Historic Sites of Manitoba: Douglas War Memorial (Douglas, RM of Elton)

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A stone monument on Railway Street next to the Douglas Community Hall, at Douglas in the Rural Municipality of Elton, is topped by a German Maxim Spandau 7.92-mm machine gun from the First World War. It was erected by veterans to commemorate comrades killed in the war and unveiled by Brigadier-General H. D. B. Ketchen at a ceremony on 17 November 1922. Next to it a monument commemorating pioneers of the Douglas district.

Douglas War Memorial (2010) Source: Allan Drysdale Douglas War Memorial (July 2021) Source: George Penner Douglas Pioneer Monument (2010) Source: Allan Drysdale Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89412, W99.70609 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Loran Llewellyn Broad [Armoury]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 April 1888	10 August 1918
Thomas Percival Broad [Armoury]	?	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	?	9 October 1916
Alexander Campbell	Labourer & Mechanic	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	18 October 1919
William George Doak [Brookdale]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 February 1894	26 October 1917
Harry Faggetter	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	1 November 1918
James Henry Leith	?	8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), British Army	Private	1884	25 September 1915
Joseph Wilfred Madder	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	1 November 1918
William John McGowan	Teamster	100th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	10 October 1916
George McLean	Teamster	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	11 August 1918
Charles Rollings [Armoury]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 July 1881	18 July 1917
Thomas Shepperson	Butcher	Canadian Engineers	Private	1897	30 November 1918
George Westcott	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1876	21 October 1917
Frank Whitall	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, British Army	Private	1 June 1888	17 November 1914

Sources:

“Roll of honour,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1918, page 7.

“Brandon,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 November 1922, page 20.

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 Allan Drysdale, Tighe McManus, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 December 2022

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