Historic Sites of Manitoba: Balmoral War Memorial / Balmoral Pioneers Monument (Balmoral, RM of Rockwood)

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Located in Balmoral, a set of three monuments commemorate local residents who died serving in Canadian military forces during the First World War and the Second World War, as well as pioneers of the Balmoral area. The first European settlers arrived in this area in the early 1870s and, in 1877, a Methodist church was constructed on land belonging to John Peden. A year later, the Balmoral School District No. 44 opened, named after Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in the area in 1898, a grain elevator was constructed by the Northern Elevator Company, and Balmoral became a thriving agricultural community.

Balmoral War Memorial / Balmoral Pioneers Monument (July 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Balmoral War Memorial / Balmoral Pioneers Monument (July 2024) Source: Rose Kuzina Balmoral War Memorial (June 2024) Source: Milan Lukes Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.25653, W97.31712 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Hewitt Anderson	Clerk	Royal Canadian Army Regiment	Private	1895	30 March 1917
George Henry Brown	Draftsman	4th Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1890	14 November 1916
Angus John Gardiner	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	12 November 1917
James McKenzie	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1880	25 April 1915
James Langford Porter	Carpenter	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	2 March 1916
Stanley Brunskill Cowley Webb	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1895	15 August 1917

Second World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Leonard Baldock	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Private	27 August 1923	10 December 1943
David William Bowes	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	20 December 1919	27 February 1944
Albert Brown	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	4 May 1915	23 July 1943
Allister Currie McLeod	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	25 October 1922	1 November 1944
Norman Stanley McLeod	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	8 December 1920	3 November 1943
Norman Styne	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman First Class	18 September 1921	31 January 1941
Alexander George Thomson	162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	21 August 1911	3 April 1945
Keith Minshull Walley	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	18 September 1922	5 April 1943
Kenneth Richard Walley	410 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	20 November 1915	20 October 1944
George Ronald Watson	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	30 May 1923	23 May 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Balmoral School No. 44 / Balmoral Consolidated School No. 1710 (Balmoral, RM of Rockwood)

Sources:

100 Years of History: Rockwood Municipality by Rockwood Municipality History, 1982.

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, Rose Kuzina, and Milan Lukes for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 10 November 2024

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