Historic Sites of Manitoba: Beaver Creek Cemetery and War Memorial (Municipality of North Norfolk)

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 Christoffersen Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.01930, W98.71955 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

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)

Sources:

“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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