Historic Sites of Manitoba: Union Bank War Memorial / Lakeside Fresh Air Camp War Memorial (Camp Morton Provincial Park, RM of Gimli)

A monument at Camp Morton, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli, was moved from the former site of the Lakeside Fresh Air Camp for Children. It had been donated by the Union Bank of Canada in memory of its employees killed while serving in Canadian forces during the First World War. The monument has originally be unveiled in July 1922 by Lieutenant-Governor J. A. M. Aikins.

Lakeside Fresh Air Camp War Memorial (July 1922) Source: Western Canada Pictorial Index, A0787-23564. Lakeside Fresh Air Camp War Memorial (September 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.71448, W96.98689 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War (Manitoba)

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Alfred Charles Edward Ayres [Next of Kin, St. Matthews]	Bank Clerk	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 November 1896	9 April 1917
Archibald James Robert Badger [Minnedosa]	Bank Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	23 February 1892	1 September 1918
Charles Henry Blackwell [Holland]	Bank Teller	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 October 1898	1 October 1918
Edmund John Burke MM [Manitou, Vimy Ridge]	Bank Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Sergeant	28 March 1896	3 June 1917
Leslie Skelton Carter	Bank Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 May 1894	16 November 1916
John Frederick Davidson [Next of Kin, Westminster]	Bank Manager	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 April 1888	29 September 1918
James Andrew Ferguson [Crystal City]	Bank Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1896	6 November 1917
Norman Davidson Gordon [Boissevain]	Bank Manager	The Fort Garry Horse	Corporal	19 July 1885	8 July 1917
Edgar Reginald “Reggie” Hames [Deloraine, Hamiota]	Bank Accountant	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 November 1890	18 August 1917
Omar Leonard Higgins [Melita]	Bank Clerk	12th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	29 June 1893	23 January 1919
Wilfred Maurice Holden [Melita, Melita School, Next of Kin, Victoria Methodist]	Bank Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	25 November 1895	20 August 1917
Frank Stewart Holliday [Elm Creek]	Bank Banker	2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	15 March 1892	9 September 1918
Christopher Bagnall Horton [MHS Memorial]	Bank Clerk	76th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	14 August 1898	1 February 1917
Reginald Selby Hudson [MHS Memorial]	Bank Clerk	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 July 1892	26 March 1917
Douglas Hurrell [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 June 1896	24 April 1916
Richard Bathoe Jones [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 August 1894	25 October 1916
Spencer Herbert Lewis [Russell, Russell Anglican, Selkirk]	Bank Manager	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Captain	4 August 1885	5 June 1916
George Harold Martin [Neepawa, Newdale]	Bank Clerk	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 April 1897	6 November 1917
David McDill [Souris]	Bank Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 November 1888	11 December 1915
Angus Daniel McDonald [Shoal Lake, Strathclair]	Bank Clerk (Union Bank of Canada)	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 April 1898	8 August 1918
Delmer George McNamee [Crystal City]	Bank Clerk	5th Mounted Rifles, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 September 1895	6 May 1917
Henry Archie Morgan [Shoal Lake]	Banker	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)	Trooper	28 October 1894	25 May 1915
Robert Demain Mungall [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk	Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment	Trooper	8 August 1889	4 November 1916
Kenneth Fraser Perry [Manitou, St. Andrews United]	Bank Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 February 1897	15 August 1917
George Nelson Pugh [Armoury, Brandon College, Lenore]	Bank Clerk	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 April 1898	21 June 1917
Albert Victor Scott [Rapid City]	Bank Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 September 1897	21 August 1917
Alexander McLaren Stevenson [MHS Memorial]	Bank Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 February 1898	13 November 1918
David Stanley Stewart [Carman, Cypress River, Vimy Ridge]	Bank Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 May 1897	9 May 1917
Bertram Stewart Taylor [First Baptist]	Bank Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 January 1895	3 October 1916
Norman James Waddell [Minto]	Bank Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 August 1897	8 October 1916
Geoffrey Brougham Warde [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	9 November 1895	6 June 1915
George Haddon White [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 April 1891	5 June 1916
Ernest John Wilkinson [Next of Kin, Treesbank, Wawanesa]	Bank Clerk	4th Division Ammunition Company, Canadian Field Artillery	Driver	29 September 1893	9 November 1917
Alfred Wilson [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)	Private	11 May 1891	24 September 1915

See also:

Manitoba Business: Union Bank of Canada

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Camp Morton (RM of Gimli)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lakeside Fresh Air Camp for Children (RM of Gimli)

Sources:

“500 visitors attend unveiling of Union Bank war memorial,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 July 1922, page 3.

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: 7 April 2021

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