Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lansdowne War Memorial (Lansdowne Avenue, Arden, Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne)

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A monument in Arden, in the Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne, was erected in 1926 to commemorate soldiers from the Lansdowne area killed during military service.

Lansdowne War Memorial (August 2011) Source: Allan Drysdale Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.27692, W99.27003 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Stanley Barr	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	23 August 1917
George Gerald Bowman	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	15 September 1916
William Amos Norris Butler	Student	Royal Air Force	2nd Lieutenant	1890	2 August 1918
Lawrence Buchanan	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	25 December 1917
Francis William “Fred” Clark	Labourer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	6 June 1916
Walter Day	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1890	9 September 1916
Milford John Diehl	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1893	7 April 1917
Joseph Rolfe Gibson [Neepawa, Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1899	2 September 1918
Walter McNicol Halliday [Gladstone]	Riveter & Blacksmith	Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers	Sapper	28 August 1890	31 March 1918
William Walter Haygreen	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	9 November 1916
Francis Bennett “Frank” Haywood	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	25 October 1916
George Frederick Hoddinott	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1879	15 August 1918
Alexander Ingram	Farm Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 June 1896	29 September 1918
Thomas Jackson	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	30 October 1917
Richard Hamilton Lloyd [Neepawa, Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	27 September 1918
James Alexander Lobban	Student	5th Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1888	2 June 1916
Frederick William McRae	Railway Mail Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	2 June 1917
John Arthur Oakes	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	12 April 1917
George Alfred Peacock	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1886	7 May 1917
Ernest Lawrence Reilly	Student	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	11 September 1917
Ben Singleton	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 May 1917
George William Watson	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	6 November 1917
George Robert Younger	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	30 August 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Frank Earl Burton	Royal Canadian Air Force	Airman	1923	12 December 1942
Grenville Smith-Windsor	104 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Pilot Officer	1912	26 June 1942
Robert McLean Brown [Neepawa]	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Private	23 October 1915	8 August 1944
Bruce Albert Sneesby	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	1918	8 February 1945
Benjamin Walter Singleton	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	1918	22 January 1943
Robert Murray Pennie	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	1924	1 September 1944
Harvey Anson McGorman	Royal Regiment of Canada	Private	1920	28 August 1944
William Howard Ritchey	Queen’s Own Highlanders of Canada	Lance Corporal	1905	26 July 1944

Sources:

Legacies of Lansdowne: A Sequel by R.M. of Lansdowne History Committee, 1984, page 34.

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: 21 March 2024

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