Historic Sites of Manitoba: Crandall War Memorial (Crandall, Municipality of Prairie View)

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A monument in Crandall in the Municipality of Prairie View was erected by the Crandall Womens Patriotic Society in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Crandall War Memorial

Crandall War Memorial (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.15064, W100.78250
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

David Hugh Brown
[Miniota, Next of Kin]

Well Driller

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 April 1889

6 April 1918

Victor Fraser Gow

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1896

28 April 1918

Evelyn Charles Godson Little

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

1896

9 September 1918

Percy Norton Phillips

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lance Corporal

1893

16 April 1917

Theron Leroy Phillips MM
[Armoury, Miniota]

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

25 July 1890

11 August 1918

William Charles Smith

Farm Labourer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

27 November 1916

Stephen Tindall
[Armoury, First Baptist, Miniota]

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Company Sergeant Major

4 June 1894

26 August 1918

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Arthur Wayne Colbeck

HMCS Clayoquot, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Sub-Lieutenant

1922

24 December 1944

Kenneth Samuel Lawrence

Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Rifleman

1922

8 June 1944

George H. Padfield

11th Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Private

1922

13 July 1944

Sources:

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 Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 3 February 2021

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