Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brant Argyle Cemetery / Argyle War Memorial (RM of Rockwood)

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This cemetery is situated north of Argyle in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. Within the cemetery is a monument unveiled in 1919 to commemorate local people killed during military service in the First World War and Second World War, and a monument erected in 1978 commemorates the original site of the Brant-Argyle Presbyterian Church (later Brant-Argyle United Church), which stood here from 1881 to 1952, and was moved to Argyle in 1952.

Brant Argyle Cemetery (June 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Argyle War Memorial (June 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Brant-Argyle Presbyterian Church commemorative monument (June 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Brant-Argyle Presbyterian Church commemorative monument (June 2022) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.18903, W97.45929 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William John Warwick Adair	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1890	5 January 1917
Albert Edward Ahmed	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1888	11 August 1918
Edward Bishop	Farmer	222nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1889	27 August 1918
Alexander Sutherland Christian	Pattern Maker	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1880	17 April 1916
George Duboard	Farmer, Chauffeur	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1894	15 September 1916
Bert Aaron Emms [Armoury, MacGregor, Stonewall]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	21 August 1889	1 November 1918
Elmer Lawrence Metcalf	Farmer	Canadian Infantry	?	1893	25 October 1918
James Douglas Pringle	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1879	8 August 1918
Douglas Graham Purchas	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1896	9 August 1918
Clarence Walter Rothwell	Farmer	251st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1898	20 January 1918
William Smith [Next of Kin, Stonewall]	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 May 1886	3 October 1916
Thomas Smyth [Stonewall]	Farmer	42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1882	3 July 1917
Thomas Smyth [Stonewall]	Labourer	1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	28 April 1916
James Wellington Willson [Stonewall, Woodlands, 108 Battalion]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 July 1891	15 August 1917
Edward Albert Yarnton [Stonewall]	Farmer	Lord Strathcona’s Horse	?	1897	8 August 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Charles Albert Dodd	Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry	?	1922	11 May 1944
George Ronald Watson	Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry	?	1923	23 May 1944
Michael Wiwsianski [Mike Wish]	432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	?	1923	23 May 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Argyle War Memorial (Baldur, RM of Argyle)

Sources:

Hands Across the Meridian: A History of Brant-Argyle, Manitoba, Argyle History Book Committee, 2000, page 118.

War Memorials of Manitoba: A Beginning Inventory compiled by Patrick Morican BA MA, Winnipeg, 1996.

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 Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Shayne Campbell, and Tim Worth.

Page revised: 17 June 2022

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