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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Deloraine Methodist Church / Deloraine United Church (109 Cavers Street South, Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

A Methodist Church was built in Deloraine, in what is now the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester, in 1897. Its congregation united with that of a nearby Presbyterian Church and services were held here. Destroyed by fire in 1951, a new church was built within the walls of the older building in 1952. A bronze plaque listing parishioners killed during military service in the First World War, unveiled on 23 May 1920, was saved from the fire and is displayed in the present church.

Methodist ministers between 1884 and 1915 were Andrew Stewart, William Elliott, T. Ferrier, Wellington Bridgman (1892-?), Chancellor Teeter, Thomas Lawson, T. J. Johnston, J. Holmes Toole, William P. McHaffie, Francis J. Price, and W. McKim Young. The United Church ministers were W. Stanley Owen (1918-1919), J. lrvine Walker (1919-1921), Percy Victor Samson (1921-1926), J. Norrie Anderson (1926-1928), W. Westcott (1928-1929), A. W. Guild (1929-1933), Harry R. C. Avison (1933-1937), Dr. P. E. Scott (1937-1939), John W. Ridd (1939-1940), Tom D. Barnett (1940-1941), Duncan A. MacLean (1941-1949), Ian J. Harvey (1949-1956), D. Douglas Young (1956-1957), Alexander Sllitters (1957-1961), Robert L. Naglls (1961-1969), Stirling H. Brown (1969-1970), G. Lloyd Lovering (1970-1977), and Allan Saunders (1977-?).

Deloraine United Church

Deloraine United Church (July 2018)
Source: George Penner

Deloraine United Church commemorative plaque for First World War casualities

Deloraine United Church commemorative plaque for First World War casualities (November 2021)
Source: Pat Whiteside

Site Location (lat/long): N49.19218, W100.49560
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

George Herbert Burns MM & Bar
[Deloraine]

Drug Clerk

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

13 August 1892

28 August 1918

Richard James Cummings

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 April 1899

16 August 1918

Alexander McDonald Ferguson
[Deloraine, Vimy Ridge]

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

22 May 1897

18 May 1917

Henry James Gutteridge
[Deloraine]

Farmer

52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 October 1896

13 May 1917

Ernest Hermon Hawthorne
[Deloraine, Agricultural College]

Civil Servant

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

Private

1 August 1884

2 June 1916

Edgar Reginald Hames
[Deloraine, Hamiota, Lakeside]

Bank Accountant, Union Bank of  Canada

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

30 November 1890

18 August 1917

William Stanley Maynard
[Deloraine]

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 January 1888

15 September 1916

Lamont Livingstone Paterson
[Deloraine, Law Society, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]

Law Student

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Second Lieutenant

19 December 1893

1 September 1918

William Plant
[Deloraine]

Labourer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

6 June 1886

4 October 1916

George Gilbert Rankin
[Deloraine, Agricultural College]

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 February 1896

10 November 1917

Ernest Thornton Steele
[Deloraine]

Student

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 December 1897

17 December 1917

William Wilson Urie
[Deloraine]

Clerk

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

16 February 1889

11 September 1916

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Deloraine Presbyterian Church (Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

Sources:

“Impressive Memorial Service at Deloraine,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 May 1920, page 36.

Deloraine Scans a Century: A History of Deloraine and District: 1880-1980 by Deloraine History Book Committee, 1980, page 51.

We thank Pat Whiteside for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by George Penner, Darryl Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 February 2023

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