Historic Sites of Manitoba: Domain War Memorial (Domain, RM of Macdonald)

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A monument was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion and Auxiliary No. 208 in Domain, in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, in memory of veterans of the First World War and Second World War.

Domain War Memorial (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Domain War Memorial (August 2023) Source: Glen Toews Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.61580, W97.32260 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Alvin Cox	?	?	?	?

Other veterans of the Domain area who served were Klyne Cox, Lionel Cox, John C. Dryden, Glen Reis, Alex Sim, Walter Swenson, and Rev. J. Whillans.

Second World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Peter Murray Anderson DFC [Morris, Ritchot]	207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	8 April 1922	11 April 1945
William Richardson Bower [Morris, Ritchot]	14 RAF Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	7 March 1911	23 November 1942
Richard Carswell	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	15 December 1909	19 August 1942
Harry Kenny Cox [Morris, Ritchot]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	4 March 1923	2 July 1942
Leslie Charles Manness	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	4 November 1912	23 May 1944
Donald Colin McLeod [Stonewall, Stony Mountain]	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	19 December 1919	6 June 1944
Michael “Mike” Mostowy	99 RAF Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	5 September 1922	5 June 1945

Other veterans of the Domain area who served were Alan Anderson, Bill Anderson, Edgar Bartlette, Donald Bower, Warren Breyfogle, George Burney, Allan Carswell, Donald Carter, Jim Cox, Edna Curtain, Andrew Dryden, Murray Dryden, Richard Dryden, Robert Dryden, Bruce Durnin, Herman Dyck, Abe Enns, John Enns, More Gilbert, Hilda Harder, Charles Harrison, Elmer Johnson, Glen Jones, Jim Jones, Stanley Jones, Allan Kemp, Jim Litster, Pete Lozinsky, Douglas Manness, Fred Manness, Gordon Manness, Sidney Manness, Thomas Manness, James Manson, John McLarty, Walter McLeod, Bill Mills, Gordon Milne, Mary Milnes, Tony Pasieczka, Walter Pasieczka, Elizabeth Postello, Henry Rempel, Walter Roberts, Harry Saunders, Percy Thompson, and Ernest Wiens.

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).

We thank Vaughan McLeod and Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 8 October 2023

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