This cemetery in the Municipality of North Norfolk contains a war memorial, unveiled at a ceremony on 24 July 1921, commemorating local men killed in military service during the First World War.
Beaver Creek Cemetery (September 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
War memorial in the Beaver Creek Cemetery (August 2016)
Source: Neil ChristoffersenSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.01930, W98.71955
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Bertram Ames
?
1st Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment
?
?
26 May 1918
Richard Harold Hannaford
Farmer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
28 January 1889
29 October 1916
Roy Daniel Hotell
Farm Labourer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
6 January 1890
31 August 1917
Lester Hudson
Clerk
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
9 May 1891
10 June 1916
Claude Elliott Matthews
Farmer
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
19 May 1894
6 November 1917
James Willard McAskie
Farmer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
27 February 1898
29 September 1918
G. S. McKenzie
?
?
?
?
?
S. Paterson
?
?
?
?
?
Frank Salter
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
10 February 1889
12 April 1917
William John Stone
Assistant Superintendent of Extension Service
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
8 February 1888
26 October 1917
William Lewis Wisenden
Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
22 July 1890
28 May 1917
James Woods
Teamster
28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
10 September 1878
6 June 1916
Alex Ross Wright
Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
4 November 1898
28 June 1917
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth Old Municipal Cemetery / Beaver Creek Cemetery (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)
“Beaver Memorial to be Unveiled Sunday,” MacGregor Herald, 21 July 1921, page 1.
A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.
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 Gordon Goldsborough, Neil Christoffersen, and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 5 December 2022
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