A monument at Dropmore in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West was unveiled at a ceremony on 24 May 1920 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed in the First World War.
Dropmore War Memorial (June 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.01796, W101.44498
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Kenneth Arthur Clark
Farmer
2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Corporal
1888
8 August 1918
John Gray (aka Ernest Gray Tyrrell)
[Russell]Farmer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
17 June 1896
10 April 1917
Leonard Samuel Gysin
Merchant
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Major
1882
26 September 1916
Hugh Bertram Heather
Farmer
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Private
1886
21 March 1915
Arthur Winter Hunt
[Russell]Farmer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
7 April 1894
9 April 1917
Frank Hunt
Farmer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1892
7 February 1917
Ira Asa Leflar
Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1883
20 September 1916
Ralph Nevill
Farmer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
c1889
30 September 1918
Ernest Theobald
Farmer
Canadian Corps Military Police
Corporal
1889
1 September 1918
William Douglas Watson
Farmer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
1886
4 September 1916
“The Old Days,” Russell Banner, 30 May 1940, page 1.
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: 30 November 2019
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