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A monument in Alexander, in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, was erected by the Alexander branch of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in commemoration of people from the local area killed during military service. It was unveiled at a ceremony held on 23 July 1922.
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Harold Bailey |
Carpenter |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
6 November 1917 |
Henry Barrett |
Farm Labourer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1888 |
15 September 1916 |
Henry William Borley
[Armoury] |
Carpenter |
3rd Battalion, Canadian Labour Corps |
Private |
27 October 1872 |
1 August 1917 |
Corris Russel Chapman |
School Teacher |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1894 |
7 April 1917 |
Charles Cooper
[Brierley School] |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
10 August 1897 |
20 April 1917 |
William Thomas Cox |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
18 November 1887 |
30 October 1917 |
Frank Stanley Durrant
[Agricultural College, Armoury, Brandon College] |
Student |
Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
23 July 1892 |
24 March 1918 |
Wesley Green |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1892 |
26 October 1917 |
John Stanley Hollies
[Armoury] |
School Teacher |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry |
Private |
5 September 1889 |
19 September 1916 |
Ivan Adelbert Landon |
Farmer |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
12 October 1916 |
Charles Fraser Murley |
Fireman |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1876 |
5 June 1917 |
Cecil Edward Phillips |
Student |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1897 |
9 August 1918 |
John Robbinson |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
8 August 1918 |
John Joseph Sexsmith |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1890 |
30 October 1917 |
William Shea
[Armoury] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
28 January 1893 |
10 November 1917 |
George Markland Yeomans
[Brandon College, Next of Kin] |
Student |
4th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Private |
12 October 1896 |
23 January 1919 |
Arthur Cecil Young
[Brandon College] |
Student |
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
9 August 1893 |
13 April 1917 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Reginald Shore Bray |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Officer |
1919 |
26 July 1944 |
Frederick John Chiesche |
8th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery |
Sergeant |
1902 |
24 January 1945 |
Sources:
“Around Town,” Brandon Daily Sun, 21 July 1922, page 10.
For the names of First World War casualities from Manitoba who do not appear on any physical monument in the province, see the Manitoba Historical Society War Memorial. If you know of a name that is omitted from this list, please contact the MHS War Memorial Researcher Darryl Toews (darryl@mhs.mb.ca).
Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.
Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (2015-2016).
We thank Nathan Kramer and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 26 September 2020
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