Historic Sites of Manitoba: Griswold War Memorial (Griswold, RM of Sifton)

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A monument at Griswold in the Rural Municipality of Sifton commemorating local First World War casualties was unveiled in 1920 at a ceremony attended by Col. J. G. Rattray and Premier T. C. Norris. A second plaque for Second World War casualties was added later. The concrete plaster on the monument was redone in 1998 for the centennial celebration in town.

Griswold War Memorial (September 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Griswold War Memorial (September 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.77454, W100.47117 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Carlisle	Farmer	3rd Divisional Supply Column, Canadian Signal Corps	Private	22 May 1890	22 October 1925
George Hugh Chandler	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 January 1898	16 July 1918
Henry Augustus Cheeseman	Clerk	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	20 April 1894	1 May 1917
Stuart Bathurst Cheeseman	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 November 1878	28 September 1918
Herbert Crampain	Farmer	4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	13 January 1896	30 September 1918
Roland Donogh	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	16 November 1895	12 April 1917
Carlyle Douglas [Armoury, Brandon College]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	18 December 1895	5 June 1916
Samuel Dowan	Farm Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 December 1892	28 April 1925
William Arthur Durston [Armoury]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	6 July 1894	15 September 1916
James Frederick Essie	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 December 1898	22 June 1924
H. Fontaine	?	?	?	?	?
David Liddell Graham	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles / 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Private	20 June 1893	24 June 1918
Frank Gudefin	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 January 1891	13 January 1918
Roger Beauchamp Humphreys [Armoury]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 August 1885	2 September 1918
John William Isbister	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 July 1893	27 January 1937
James Murray Isbister	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 January 1895	28 February 1926
Ivan Adelbert Landon	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 December 1894	12 October 1916
Roland Luxton	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 March 1890	4 November 1917
Isaac James Marchbank	Farmer	1st Canadian Infantry Works Battalion	Private	10 July 1887	24 May 1918
Stanley Oliver Michie	Student	5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	20 June 1898	16 November 1917
Eric James Milne	Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	23 July 1892	7 April 1917
Gilbert Moore	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 March 1894	24 March 1918
Manis Myrick	Farmer	1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	September 1896	20 August 1928
John Erle Sager	Farm Labourer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 July 1895	14 November 1917
John Taylor	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 March 1883	9 September 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Frank Robert Gordon	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	12 July 1919	6 June 1944
Stanley Ross Michie	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Sergeant	28 March 1917	5 July 1944
Duncan Russell	3 Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	20 September 1921	22 July 1944
Melville Ernest Russell	10th Armored Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lance Corporal	23 August 1920	19 February 1945
Robert Scott	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	6 November 1915	8 June 1944
Charles William David Wright	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	18 July 1921	11 June 1944

Sources:

“Memorial shaft to Griswold men who died in war,” Brandon Daily Sun, 4 October 1920, page 2.

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 George Penner and David Ford for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews, Gordon Goldsborough, and Tim Worth.

Page revised: 18 November 2020

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