Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kelwood War Memorial (Kelwood, RM of Rosedale)

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A monument in front of the Royal Canadian Legion in Kelwood, in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the area killed during military service. It was unveiled at a ceremony on 26 June 1931.

Kelwood War Memorial (May 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Kelwood War Memorial (March 2021) Source: Kathryn Hyndman Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.62567, W99.46145 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Roy Campbell	Contractor	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	30 October 1917
Harry Dougan	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1891	15 September 1916
Harry Philip Eady	Stationary Engineer	85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	27 September 1918
Hugh Oswald Emmons	Engineer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	26 October 1917
James Alexander Fairley	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	23 September 1916
Carman Henry Gardiner [Neepawa, Riding Mountain]	Farmhand	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 May 1898	28 April 1917
Hugh William Gardiner	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	26 September 1916
William Henry Hearn [Neepawa, Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1892	10 August 1918
John Milton Ingram	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1893	15 September 1916
Melville George Ingram	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	15 September 1916
John Mann	Farmer	3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	3 September 1916
Edmond Nixon [Basswood, Rapid City]	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 October 1886	6 November 1917
Thomas James Smallman	Motorman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	5 June 1916
William Smallman	Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	?	5 January 1917
James Smith	?	?	?	?	?
Joseph Willerton	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	9 April 1917
Thomas Arthur Worsey	Student	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1882	8 September 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Alfred Andrews	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1912	19 August 1942
Melvin Charles Cox	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1925	13 April 1945
Herbert Hubert Hugo Hillbach	Reginal Rifle Regiment	Rifleman	1918	22 April 1945
Alexander McRae [McCreary]	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1901	26 December 1944
Merveyn Lloyd Murphy	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Sergeant	1916	6 June 1944
John Harold Saunders	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Corporal	1915	27 August 1944
Cecil Robert Spratt	149 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1916	30 July 1942
Elmer Vernon Stewart	10th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1918	26 May 1944
Keith Robertson Wood [Cypress River, Stonewall, Stony Mountain]	51 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 September 1921	26 June 1943

Sources:

Kelwood Bridges the Years 1890-1967 by the Kelwood Centennial Committee, 1967, page 67.

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 David Ford and Kathryn Hyndman for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Christian Cassidy, and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 12 June 2021

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