Historic Sites of Manitoba: Camp Hughes Cemetery (Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)

This cemetery is the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford contains graves of those killed in 1916 while training at the nearby Camp Hughes, as well as others from the local area, including several with no associated identities.

Camp Hughes Cemetery (June 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Camp Hughes Cemetery (July 2021) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88007, W99.55649 denoted by symbol on the map above

Training Fatalities

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arthur Walter Barringer	Barber	200th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 October 1872	22 July 1916
John James Davidson	Farmer	96th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 December 1897	13 July 1916
James Ernest Kendall	Clerk	188th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	20 October 1884	12 September 1916
John Henry Messenger	Farmer	214th Ballation, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 September 1891	17 July 1916
William R. Perkins	?	Canadian Corps Military Police	Private	c1868	25 July 1916
Percy Douglas Smith	Jeweller	226th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 April 1886	5 August 1916

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Camp Hughes (Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)

Sources:

Death registration [William Perkins], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

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.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 September 2024

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