Two memorial tablets honouring Engineering undergraduate and graduate students who died during the First World War were commissioned by the Engineers’ Alumni Association and the Students’ Engineering Society of the University of Manitoba. The tablets were unveiled at a ceremony on 4 April 1924, by Major-General H. D. B Ketchen and were placed outside the entrance to Lecture Theatre “A”. The tablets are currently located in the atrium of the Faculty of Engineering building at the University of Manitoba.

Engineering undergraduate war memorial at the University of Manitoba (February 2019)
Source: Darryl Toews

Engineering graduate war memorial at the University of Manitoba (February 2019) Source: Darryl Toews
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.80886, W97.13353 denoted by symbol on the map above
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First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Richard Stacpool Wynyard Bellhouse
[Cypress River, Next of Kin, St. Lukes Anglican] |
Building Superintendent |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
13 October 1891 |
31 March 1916 |
Arthur Anderson Bishop |
Student |
Royal Naval Air Service |
Flight Sub Lieutenant |
? |
14 September 1917 |
Kenneth Campbell “Casey” Blair
[Next of Kin] |
Engineering Student |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
2 October 1888 |
17 January 1916 |
George Cooper
[Carman] |
Student |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
20 December 1895 |
8 September 1918 |
Charles Bruce Duxbury MM
[Elkhorn, Next of Kin] |
Student |
2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
7 February 1895 |
11 April 1918 |
Frederick Anthony Gordon Forbes |
Law Student |
13 Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery |
Gunner |
24 August 1891 |
20 April 1919 |
Victor Edwin Jackson
[John Black Memorial] |
Student |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
27 April 1893 |
14 July 1919 |
Radford Shuter Lane MM
[Kelvin, Next of Kin, St. Andrews, Selkirk] |
Student |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
17 August 1897 |
30 September 1918 |
Robert Inglis “Bob” Lothian
[Pipestone] |
Electrical Engineer |
8th Field Company, Canadian Engineers |
Sapper |
12 January 1889 |
4 April 1916 |
Ogilvie James Marchbank |
Civil Engineer |
Canadian Engineers |
Lieutenant |
22 March 1892 |
2 June 1918 |
Benjamin Charles Martin
[Engineering, Teulon] |
Student |
1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
20 December 1898 |
10 August 1918 |
Oliver Franklin “Mac” McKnight
[Kelvin, Next of Kin, St. Lukes] |
Student |
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Private |
19 April 1898 |
30 March 1918 |
Jared Carl Mitchell
[Next of Kin, Norwood Methodist, Wesley College] |
Bookkeeper |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
16 May 1894 |
16 September 1917 |
Harry Irwin Morris
[Masonic, Next of Kin] |
Well Driller |
144th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
25 April 1886 |
23 October 1918 |
John Frederick Norton DCM
[Next of Kin, Westminster] |
Civil Engineer |
Canadian Engineers |
Lance Corporal |
23 July 1893 |
7 August 1919 |
Richard Hamilton O’Reilly
[Engineering, Selkirk] |
Civil & Electrical Engineer |
Canadian Engineers detached to Royal Air Force |
Lieutenant |
14 November 1887 |
29 September 1918 |
Fred Meikle Pulford
[Manitoba College, Next of Kin] |
Railroad Clerk |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Captain |
3 October 1891 |
1 October 1918 |
John Alexander Ross
[Manitoba College, Next of Kin, Wesley College] |
Student |
178th Company, Royal Engineers |
Second Lieutenant |
16 February 1894 |
13 August 1916 |
William Wilson Sharman
[Next of Kin] |
Surveyor |
47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
1 September 1887 |
29 September 1918 |
Robert Wilfred Summerscales
[St. Johns, Selkirk] |
Civil Engineer |
7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
5 August 1896 |
8 June 1917 |
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).
“Engineers war memorial,” The Manitoban, 27 January 1922, page 5.
“Students honor their war dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 April 1924, page 13.
“Ketchen Unveils War Memorials,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 April 1924, page 3.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 31 May 2023
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