A wall-mounted plaque inside the Memorial Hall in Cypress River, in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, commemorates local residents killed during military in the First World War and Second World War.

Cypress River War Memorial (November 2018)
Source: Lena Boisjoli
Site Location (lat/long): N49.55531, W99.09013 denoted by symbol on the map above |
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
James Allen |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1 November 1887 |
27 July 1917 |
Leonard James Angst |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
5 November 1897 |
15 August 1917 |
Richard Stacpool Wynyard Bellhouse
[Engineering, Next of Kin, St. Lukes Anglican] |
Building Superintendent |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
13 October 1891 |
31 March 1916 |
Harvey William Bridal
[Crystal City] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
12 December 1897 |
14 April 1917 |
David Charles Connon |
Clerk |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
9 June 1897 |
13 September 1917 |
Frederick Diehl DCM |
Stationary Engineer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Lance Sergeant |
21 September 1895 |
26 August 1918 |
Auguste Arsène François
[Holland] |
Farmer |
Régiment 6 D. A. Genie, Belgian Army |
Soldaat 2kl |
26 November 1894 |
28 September 1918 |
James Albert Girling |
Bridge Carpenter |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
8 February 1876 |
28 April 1917 |
Reginald Robert Hope Hebden |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
11 December 1887 |
9 April 1917 |
John Lauder
[Sidney] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
25 October 1896 |
28 April 1917 |
Gordon Samuel Marten |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
13 December 1884 |
28 April 1917 |
Edward Royal McLeod |
Butcher |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
30 October 1893 |
30 October 1917 |
John McRae |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
George Nelson Porteous
[Rivers, Rivers Methodist] |
Farmer |
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
5 April 1896 |
13 October 1918 |
William Charles Robb |
Liveryman |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
17 January 1895 |
27 November 1917 |
Thor Sigurdson
[Glenboro, Vimy Ridge] |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
21 November 1893 |
11 April 1917 |
David Stanley Stewart
[Carman, Lakeside, Vimy Ridge] |
Bank Clerk |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
19 May 1897 |
9 May 1917 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Raymond John Diehl |
Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
2 July 1923 |
19 February 1945 |
Kenneth Gordon Douglas Gawthrop |
426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
8 December 1922 |
18 August 1943 |
Barney August Isleifson
[Argyle, Glenboro] |
8th Reconnaissance Regiment, 14th Canadian Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Trooper |
22 January 1921 |
13 July 1944 |
Theodore H. Jonsson
[Argyle, Glenboro] |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
18 December 1919 |
19 December 1941 |
Horace William Knight |
3 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery |
Bombardier |
16 March 1921 |
25 August 1944 |
George Law |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
29 May 1912 |
19 December 1941 |
William Wallace Moore |
HMCS Valleyfield, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Able Seaman |
24 January 1924 |
7 May 1944 |
Keith Robertson Wood
[Kelwood, Stonewall, Stony Mountain] |
51 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
19 September 1921 |
26 June 1943 |
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 Lena Boisjoli, Darryl Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 January 2021
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