Historic Sites of Manitoba: Argyle War Memorial (Baldur, RM of Argyle)

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A monument at Baldur, in the Rural Municipality of Argyle, commemorates people from the local area killed in military service.

Argyle War Memorial (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Argyle War Memorial (April 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.38476, W99.24469 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Dougal Alexander Chambers	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	6 May 1917
James Harold Chambers	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 June 1917
Lewis (Louis) Earl Cline	Farmer	179 Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 October 1885	19 March 1916
Thomas Arthur Cramer	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	26 October 1917
Delbert Morden Cramer	Farmer	Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	12 April 1919
Thomas Drysdale	Farm Labourer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	28 August 1918
Charles Bates Embury	Barber	184th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	9 January 1921
Christine Frederickson [Glenboro]	Nursing Sister	Canadian Army Medical Corps	Nurse	1886	28 October 1918
John Albert Furness	Butcher	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 December 1885	27 November 1916
Frederick Goslin	Farm Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1895	9 August 1918
Daniel Joelson	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	26 October 1917
Fred Josephson	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	3 September 1918
Paul Johannesson	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	5 May 1917
Henry Lander	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	1 November 1918
Clarence McLean Mitchell	Blacksmith	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1892	15 July 1917
Emil Montroy	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	28 April 1917
William Henry Odell	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	26 October 1917
Francis Pierson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	15 September 1916
John Burgh Smeaton	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	10 April 1917
Gustave Oliver Sole	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1895	10 August 1918
Clarence Thomas Standing	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1893	26 October 1917
Frederick Victor Strutt	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	14 September 1918
Richard Tapsell	Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1893	10 November 1917
Eirikur Thorbergson	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	10 October 1918
Oscar Leonard Tisdale [Lenore]	Agent	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	30 October 1884	1 October 1918
Wilfred Playfair Welsh	Engineer	53rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	14 February 1916
Orville King Wilson	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	22 October 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Lloyd Lawrence Aikenhead	407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1916	21 June 1942
Gerald McKee Beech	9 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1918	29 July 1942
William Lionel Beech	234 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Pilot Officer	Circa 1920	16 January 1941
George Roy Bullion	273 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1922	11 December 1944
Lawrence Thaddie Choquette	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	1917	8 August 1944
Elmond Joseph Choquette	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	RFM	1918	28 October 1944
Murray Clayton Craik	467 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Air Bomber	1920	23 September 1943
Barney August Isliefson [Cypress River, Glenboro]	8th Reconnaissance Regiment, 14th Canadian Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Tapper	22 January 1921	13 July 1944
Ben Johnson	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	RFM	1922	19 February 1945
David Herman Jonasson	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1913	20 February 1944
Theodore H. Jonsson [Cypress River, Glenboro]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	18 December 1919	19 December 1941
William George Kilgour	HMCS Vernon, Royal Canadian Navy	Midshipman	1923	30 August 1942
Brian Thomas Poole	12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1899	18 February 1941
Thomas Thomasson	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1917	14 October 1942
Albert J. Warrener	1st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1921	15 September 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Poole Building / Argyle Museum (Argyle, RM of Argyle)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brant Argyle Cemetery (RM of Rockwood)

Sources:

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).

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews, Gordon Goldsborough, Rose Kuzina, and Ed Grassick.

Page revised: 7 December 2019

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