Historic Sites of Manitoba: Emerson War Memorial (Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)

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The Soldiers Memorial located at the Emerson Town Hall was constructed in 1919-1920 in memory of the men and women who served in the First World War. It features a stone sculpture of a soldier craft by St. Boniface sculptor Nicolas Pirotton. The monument was subsequently expanded to include those who served in the Second World War.

Emerson War Memorial (May 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.00574, W97.21419 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harry Aylward	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	2 August 1916
Clifford Waterworth Baskerville	Inspector	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1890	14 November 1917
Charles Birch [Next of Kin]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	15 January 1898	29 March 1917
Leslie Arthur Black	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	10 April 1917
Antoine Gabriel Anatole Blandin [Notre Dame, St. Boniface]	Farmer	282e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	17 July 1887	6 July 1915
George Harold Chase	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	2 September 1918
Henry Walter Collins	Farmer	8th Light Trench Mortar Battery	Private	1896	29 September 1918
Fred Crampton	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	9 August 1918
Joseph Deschenes	Labourer	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1897	25 April 1920
Hugh Alexander Empson	Grain Buyer	Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	28 October 1918
Francis Eric Farrell [City Hall, Next of Kin]	Fireman	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 July 1890	4 September 1918
Patrick Grandbois	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1891	29 September 1918
George Grawbarger	Labourer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	15 September 1916
James Gurney	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1876	1 February 1918
Iver Olai Iverson	Bridgeman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1888	30 March 1918
F. Jones	?	?	?	?	?
W. Jones	?	?	?	?	?
Everett Kirkpatrick	Farmer	Royal North West Mounted Police	Trooper	1898	29 June 1918
Harold Arthur Knowles	Farmer	232nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 August 1886	1 December 1918
George Washington Liddle	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	8 October 1918
Alexander Marshall	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1882	20 August 1917
William Donald Marshall	Farmer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	8 October 1916
Wilfred John Mason	Farmer	4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	2 September 1918
J. McCormick	?	?	?	?	?
Robert Millar	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	15 September 1918
Phillip Vernon Mills	Farmer	222nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	30 October 1916
Archibald Moore	Fireman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	10 April 1917
Theron Patterson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1897	26 August 1918
William Elias Patterson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1888	7 April 1917
David Edgard Peterson	Telegraph Operator	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1893	6 June 1916
Charles Horace Pott	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	6 November 1917
Albert Pryor	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1878	19 July 1917
George Roberts	Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1880	26 October 1917
Thomas Rossall	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1899	9 October 1918
William Edward Sheppard MM	Teamster	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	29 September 1918
Robert Frederick Simpson	Chauffeur	Clearing Office, Royal Army Service Corps	Private	29 May 1898	14 December 1918
Amos Smith	Painter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	10 April 1917
William David Spear MM	Motor Driver & Mechanic	1st Division Signal Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1895	27 September 1918
Arthur Spick	Car Inspector	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1881	26 October 1917
George Taylor Urquhart	Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	17 February 1920
Charles Henry Waterman	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1872	29 October 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Amos Albert	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	17 June 1921	31 August 1943
Raymond Arthur Brooks	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	3 September 1920	9 August 1942
J. Chapman	?	?	?	?
Jules Armand Comeault	Royal 22e Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	5 April 1905	2 December 1944
Melvin Sinker Dowswell	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	5 January 1914	22 December 1941
Allan Martin Fostey	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	30 August 1920	9 February 1945
William George Garlick	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Sergeant	19 November 1919	16 August 1944
Joseph Henry	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	16 May 1922	20 October 1944
David Johnston	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	11 January 1899	7 June 1943
Robert Henry Keehn	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	30 September 1919	29 May 1945
Victor Robert David Kissick	50 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 April 1920	12 March 1943
Hector Lochhead	298 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	6 February 1924	25 February 1945
Alfred Allan Moore	7 Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	7 February 1909	7 September 1944
Arthur Frankland Moore	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	31 December 1917	19 February 1944
John Prysianznuk	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1 June 1925	1 November 1944
Clarence Alvin Turner	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	22 December 1922	6 November 1943
William Alexander Warun	14 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1 March 1922	6 June 1944
John Kerridge Wightman	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	24 December 1914	5 June 1945
James Duncan Wright	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	21 June 1917	15 June 1945

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 Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 12 November 2023

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