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A monument at Brookdale, in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area area killed in the First World War, Second World War, and Korean War. Each side of the monument is inscribed for a community: Oberon, Ingelow, Mentmore, and Brookdale. Also listed are veterans from each of the communities who served in these conflicts but who returned home alive.
Brookdale War Memorial (September 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.04630, W99.56441
denoted by symbol on the map above
Community
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Brookdale
Norris Farrar
Farmer
The Fort Garry Horse
Trooper
1892
20 November 1917
Wilbert John Mallory
[Carberry]Labourer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1 November 1876
29 January 1917
Alexander McGregor McRae MM
[Carberry, Neepawa, Next of Kin]Clerk
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
9 November 1895
4 September 1918
Ralph Meredith
Salesman
174th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
1892
1 June 1918
Albert Payne
Telegraph Operator
Royal Flying Corps
Second Lieutenant
11 January 1889
13 January 1918
James Alan Roberts
Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1896
14 February 1918
Harold Russell Webb
[Next of Kin]Farmer
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Sergeant
18 October 1890
15 August 1917
Ingelow
William George Doak
[Douglas]Farmer
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
9 February 1894
26 October 1917
Kenneth James Fraser
Farmer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
?
1894
16 January 1920
J. McCullock
?
?
?
?
?
Mentmore
Marcus Chisholm
Labourer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
?
1896
11 August 1918
Andrew Blair Hockin
Farmer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
?
1891
11 August 1918
Community
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Brookdale
Henry Maximillian Slezak
Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
1921
27 July 1942
Ingelow
William Hamilton
Royal Canadian Artillery
Gunner
1922
7 September 1944
Richard Henry Wilman
Royal Canadian Air Force
Leading Aircraftman
1914
16 July 1944
Mentmore
Ebenezer Alfred Sirett
Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1919
3 April 1943
Oberon
George James Olstead
Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1916
14 October 1939
Community
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Brookdale
Thomas Berry Wotton
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1930
14 August 1950
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, Gordon Goldsborough, Darryl Toews, and George Penner.
Page revised: 26 September 2020
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