Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kinosota War Memorial (Kinosota, RM of Alonsa)

A stone monument beside the community hall in Kinosota, in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa, commemorates local residents who served in Canadian military forces during the First World War and Second World War.

Kinosota War Memorial (November 2018) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N50.91022, W98.86791 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Leslie Alfred Evelyn Botte [Alonsa]	Farmer	Canadian Forestry Corps	Sergeant	10 August 1887	7 December 1918
James Alfred Corfield [Portage]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 December 1895	23 May 1917
Charles Anthony Craig [Alonsa, Gladstone]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 July 1898	10 November 1917
Louis Curtis [Alonsa]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 December 1879	11 August 1918
Peter Demerais [Amaranth]	?	?	?	?	?
Archibald Edwards [Alonsa]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 February 1886	28 September 1918
Alexander Thomas James Favelle [Alonsa, Next of Kin]	Labourer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	23 July 1892	30 March 1918
Joseph Horsley [Alonsa]	Farmer	24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 October 1897	9 August 1918
Charles Moar [Alonsa]	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 March 1892	6 March 1918
Angus Rupert George Moore [Alonsa]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 August 1894	26 August 1917
Walter Moore [Alonsa]	Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 August 1894	27 April 1918
Mostyn Scott Sands	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 August 1895	8 May 1917
Ernest Leslie Seale [Alonsa]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 September 1896	4 November 1917
Leslie Byatt Walker [City Hall, Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Constable	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 May 1894	14 June 1916

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: 14 June 2019

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