Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carroll Memorial Hall (Carroll, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)

A fieldstone monument in front of a community hall at Carroll, in the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, was dedicated on 5 July 1981. A bell on top of the monument is from the former Carroll Consolidated School. Inside the hall is a bronze tablet containing the names of 35 local men who served in the military during the First World War, five of whom were killed. The tablet was prepared by the Devonshire Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and unveiled in August 1919 at a ceremony held at the Methodist church in Carroll.

Carroll School commemorative monument by the Memorial Hall (November 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Carroll Honour Roll for First World War veterans (no date) Source: Norma Will Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.60779, W100.03206 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Herbert Bickerstaff	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 September 1895	3 May 1917
Charles William East [Brandon Armoury]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 July 1896	27 October 1917
James Smith Ord	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	24 December 1892	15 September 1916
Leslie Scott	R.R. Section Foreman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 March 1885	16 August 1918
Albert Walter Sopp [Vimy Ridge]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 February 1894	6 June 1917

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carroll Consolidated School No. 868 (Carroll, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)

Sources:

“Carroll memorial for those who went overseas,” Brandon Daily Sun, 13 August 1919, page 1.

We thank Norma Will for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 8 August 2021

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