Historic Sites of Manitoba: Basswood and District War Memorial (Basswood, RM of Oakview)

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A monument at Basswood in the Rural Municipality of Oakview commemorating veterans of the Basswood, Cadurcis, and Fairmount areas killed during military service was unveiled at a ceremony on 2 September 1923.

Basswood War Memorial (July 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.30061, W100.03405 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Thomas Edward Cassady	Butcher	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 November 1894	9 April 1917
Henry John Curwen	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 April 1895	15 August 1917
William James Day [Armoury]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 January 1894	2 September 1918
William John Gibson	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 September 1897	10 October 1917
Charles Henry Hollett	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 March 1884	3 June 1917
Edgar Charles Larcombe	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 December 1889	28 April 1917
Robert Henry MacDonald [Rapid City]	Aviation	200th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 July 1897	25 May 1917
Lauchlan J. MacLean [Rapid City]	Accountant	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 April 1883	26 October 1917
John Hector Neil MacMillan [Minnedosa]	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	29 December 1891	12 November 1915
Donald George Matheson	Grain Buyer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 February 1882	9 April 1917
James Edmond McCullough	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 February 1884	29 November 1918
Neil McPhail [Rapid City]	Machinist	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 February 1885	29 June 1916
Alexander Morrison	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 September 1888	15 October 1916
Edmond Nixon [Kelwood, Rapid City]	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 October 1886	6 November 1917
Roy Dickson Paine	General Merchant	Royal Air Force	Cadet	14 August 1897	10 October 1918
Robert Richardson	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 March 1895	9 April 1917
William Ellice Warwick	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	4 December 1882	7 April 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Alexander John Anderson [Rapid City]	61 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1922	26 August 1944
James Richmond Blackwood	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	15 May 1922	25 September 1941
Walter Isaiah Feir	9th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	13 May 1921	27 August 1944
Thomas Makepeace	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer	1923	31 May 1944
Arthur Clarke McNabb	407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	23 March 1919	31 May 1943
MacKenzie Davidson Reid	197 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	21 November 1923	13 September 1944

Sources:

“Memorial Is Unveiled to Basswood Soldiers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 September 1923, 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).

This page was prepared by Allan Drysdale, Darryl Toews, Gordon Goldsborough, David Ford, and Tim Worth.

Page revised: 12 June 2021

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