Historic Sites of Manitoba: Binscarth War Memorial (Binscarth, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth)

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A war memorial at Binscarth, in the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, was dedicated at a ceremony on 2 June 1921 in memory of First World War veterans. Made of red granite with a soldier on top made of white Italian marble, public donations paid its $1,625 cost. A metal ornamental fence was made by local blacksmith and veteran Donald Mann. Surrounding spruce trees were donated by Tom Clements and the land was donated by Frank McPherson.

A plaque beside the war memorial, listing the names of men and women from the Binscarth area who served in the First World War and Second World War, was unveiled in 2020 with financial support from local residents, Binscarth Bloomers, and Russell Legion Branch #159.

Binscarth War Memorial (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Binscarth War Memorial (May 2019) Source: George Penner Binscarth War Memorial (October 2022) Source: Glen Toews Binscarth war service memorial plaque (October 2022) Source: Glen Toews Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.62575, W101.28284 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Damien Alary [Ritchot, Russell, St. Lazare]	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 July 1895	21 August 1917
George Hume Keese Bradshaw	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Corporal	1890	5 June 1916
John Stride Durant	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Corporal	1883	5 June 1916
Lincoln Horace Eby	Barber	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	3 May 1918
James Findlay	?	?	Private	?	?
Richard Hallam	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1880	15 September 1916
George Franklin Honey	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	12 October 1916
Arthur Garnier Johnson [Russell, St. Lazare]	Farmer	1st Training Depot, Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	11 August 1895	23 February 1917
William Louis Johnson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	2 June 1916
Margaret A. Lowe [Nursing Alumnae, Russell]	Nurse	1st Canadian General Hospital	Nurse	26 January 1886	28 May 1918
George Clarence Murdock	Jeweller	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1888	8 October 1916
Patrick Joseph O’Flaherty	Farmer	19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	4 March 1918
Gordon Sherritt	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	22 July 1918
Norman Sherritt	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	27 December 1917
John Houghton Smith [UGG]	Grain Buyer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	26 October 1918
Herbert Swindell	Drug clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1889	12 April 1917
Edward Eastaugh Symonds	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	21 May 1915
John Anderson Tennant	Farm labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	8 August 1918
John Thompson	Farmer	Canadian Engineers	Private	1898	7 September 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
George Berezanski	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	1915	26 August 1942
Olive Clegg	HMCS Protector, Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service	Leading Wren	1919	17 June 1944
William Joseph Cluff	8th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1917	28 April 1945
Alphonse Louis Eugene Ducharme	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	17 August 1909	17 July 1942
Harold May	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	1921	8 February 1945
Theodore Daniel Wasslen	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	?	1924	20 July 1945

Sources:

“Binscarth,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 June 1921, page 5.

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 Tim Worth, Glen Toews, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 29 March 2023

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