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 (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

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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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