Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hartney War Memorial (East Railway Street, Hartney, Municipality of Grassland)

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This monument at Hartney in the Municipality of Grassland was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed in the First World War and Second World War.

Hartney War Memorial (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): 49.48141, W100.52227 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arthur Andrews [Souris]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Company Quarter Master Sergeant	14 April 1889	30 October 1918
William Baker	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	11 August 1917
William Cross	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Sergeant	1890	23 September 1916
Richard Samuel Dellow	Farm Hand	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	9 August 1918
James Dixon	Tinsmith	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1896	19 August 1918
Edgar Alexander Eastwood	Hardware Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	30 August 1918
Howard Fry	Farmer	24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	6 April 1917
Robert Jacob Gallinger	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	14 May 1917
John Hardie	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	10 November 1917
Harry Henderson	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	8 October 1916
Wesley William Irvine [Brandon College, Maryland Methodist, Wawanesa, Wawanesa, Wesley College]	Teacher	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	5 April 1893	28 September 1918
William Jackson	Farmer and Labourer	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1895	10 August 1918
Patrick James McCann	Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	26 September 1916
Daniel McCuaig	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	10 April 1917
Frederick Augusted Peterson	Labourer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	4 May 1917
Thomas William Norton Pettypiece	Painter	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	1882	5 November 1917
Kenneth Torrance Ross [Merchants Bank]	Bank Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	9 April 1917
John Alexander Slimmon	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1881	30 September 1918
Henry Isaac Strickland	Farm Labourer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	26 September 1916
Francis William Trevitt	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1876	28 November 1918
Charles Heughan Walker	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	8 May 1917
James Watt [Armoury]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 August 1893	8 October 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Merle William Atkinson	76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	15 February 1922	1 October 1942
Robert McLaughlin Boardman	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	17 October 1923	12 June 1944
George Cleveland Cantlon	Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	2 October 1921	14 August 1944
Kenneth William Couling	Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	21 October 1921	15 September 1944
Eldon Thornton Hatch	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Corporal	29 July 1914	19 August 1942
Russell Ross Keeler	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	4 March 1922	12 August 1943
Harold Allen Nelson Kitchen	196 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	15 March 1920	17 September 1943
Arthur Lang Milne	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	24 May 1910	11 December 1943
Donald Morrison	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	26 October 1923	20 July 1944
Dennis Pritchard O’Neill	18th Armored Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	1923	20 August 1944
Gordon Raymond Pearce	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	26 August 1915	24 January 1946
Melville Kenneth Mitchell Spencer	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	18 February 1924	9 October 1944
William Thirde	233 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	23 October 1921	1 November 1942
John Day White	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer II Navigator	27 August 1921	3 April 1943
Stewart Edward Wilson	1 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	30 June 1921	6 November 1943

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: 2 May 2024

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