Located in the southwestern area of Memorial Park in Winnipeg, this stone monument commemorates Manitoba’s fallen Peace Officers, Firefighters, and those who died of workplace injuries and occupational diseases.
The origins of this monument date to 2007 with the passing of Bill 22 - The Firefighters, Peace Officers and Workers Memorial Foundations Act, which respectively created the Workers Memorial Foundation, Peace Officers Memorial Foundation, and Firefighters Memorial Foundation. Work on the monument began in 2013 following an agreement between the three foundations and the provincial government, along with donations from the government and the Manitoba Government Employees Union. The monument was designed by Scatliff Miller Murray and it features engravings on three large granite slabs.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 27 April 2018, one day before that year's National Day of Mourning, and it was unveiled officially at the National Day of Mourning on 28 April 2022, that day having been federally designated under the Workers Mourning Day Act in 1991.
Manitoba Workers Memorial (October 2024)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Manitoba Workers Memorial (October 2024)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88601, W97.14917
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name begins: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Name
Service
Death Date
Harry Adams
Winnipeg Fire Department
1914
George Anderson Adams
Ste. Anne Fire Department
2 February 1996
Allan Assiniboine
1976
B
Keith M. Bartley
1989
Bernard Bartmanovich
Winnipeg Fire Department
2019
Eric Basarowich
Winnipeg Fire Department
1985
Robert Beatson
Winnipeg Fire Department
1955
John Beattie
13 April 1911
Ronald C. Bloomfield
1954
Frank Brigham
Winnipeg Fire Department
2000
Frederick J. “Fred” Brown
Brandon Fire & Emergency Services
6 April 1953
Les Brown
Winnipeg Fire Department
2018
Robert Alexander James Brown
Manitou Fire Department
15 January 1930
Brian B. Brusegard
Winnipeg Fire Department
2013
C
John Campbell
Swan Lake Fire Department
2009
Keith Campbell
Winnipeg Fire Department
2004
Thomas P. Carroll
1966
Barry J. Chipka
Winnipeg Fire Department
2006
Frank Christie
Winnipeg Fire Department
1952
John W. Clarkson
1905
Rhonda Commodore
2014
J. S. Coull
Winnipeg Fire Department
1944
D
Kenneth Davidson
Winnipeg Fire Department
2004
Charles Dawson
Winnipeg Fire Department
1896
Bruce Lindberg Davis
RCMP, Constable (Portage la Prairie Detatchment)
8 January 1979
George de Beaujeu
1890
Felix Desrochers
Winnipeg Fire Department
2019
Harris Clarke Diack
Winnipeg Fire Department
18 June 2006
Fredrick Dolding
Winnipeg Fire Department
1929
Robert Dougherty
Winnipeg Fire Department
2001
Gerald Doyle
Winnipeg Fire Department
1998
Nestor Dudar
Winnipeg Fire Department
2007
Leo Dusablon
Winnipeg Fire Department
1976
Ron W. Dysart
Wildland
2007
E
Murray G. Eastoe
Winnipeg Fire Department
2012
John Elgar
Winnipeg Fire Department
1998
Ron Ellie
Winnipeg Fire Department
2021
F
William Farrington
Winnipeg Fire Department
2002
Ron J. Fehr
Winnipeg Fire Department
1999
Gary Fenske
Winnipeg Fire Department
2015
Anton Fladeby
1919
Walter S. Flood
1906
Alvin French
Winnipeg Fire Department
1973
Albert ”Bert” Fries
Portage la Prairie Fire Department
2016
Werner R. Friesen
1984
Brian Fuller
Winnipeg Fire Department
2023
G
Anthony Gallager
Winnipeg Fire Department
1914
Lawrence C. Gant
Wildland
1978
Lionel Aime Gauthier
L. B. Fire Department
9 December 2022
Ervin J. Giesbrecht
1964
Henry Giesbrecht
Winnipeg Fire Department
2022
Charles Gillis MM
Winnipeg Police Department, Constable
7 February 1936
Lorne O. Green
Winnipeg Fire Department
2011
Stanley Green
1974
Albert E. Grundy
Winnipeg Fire Department
2001
Jerry Guenther
Winnipeg Fire Department
2022
Paul J. Gyselinck
Winnipeg Fire Department
2012
H
George Ronald Hawkins
RCMP, Corporal (Brandon Detatchment)
6 June 1968
Andrew Hebenton
Winnipeg Fire Department
1956
Preston R. Heinbigner
Winnipeg Fire Department
2024
Leslie Helman
Winnipeg Fire Department
2008
Winnipeg Police Department, Detective
27 June 1970
Robert Hughes
Winnipeg Fire Department
1979
I
Robert Innes
Winnipeg Fire Department
1999
J
Brian E. Johnston
Winnipeg Fire Department
2002
Richard “Rick” Johnson
Springfield Fire & Rescue Services
2017
Gary Johnson
Winnipeg Fire Department
2020
Edward Paul “Ted” Jordan
Portage la Prairie Fire Department
21 August 2022
Kenneth Joss
Winnipeg Fire Department
2021
K
Edward J. Kelsch
Winnipeg Fire Department
2011
William “Bill” Kidd
Winnipeg Fire Department
1989
David B. Kitching
Winnipeg Fire Department
2005
Reynold Klassen
Winnipeg Fire Department
1999
Elford Knox
Winnipeg Fire Department
1958
John Krahn
Winnipeg Fire Department
2005
L
Morris J. Lawrence
Winnipeg Fire Department
2006
Stanley George Lee
Portage la Prairie Fire Department
2003
Laurence Lees Jr
Dominion Forest Ranger (Riding Mountain National Park District)
13 July 1932
Harold A. Lessard
Winnipeg Fire Department
2007
Robert C. Logan
1983
Guy Lovel
Winnipeg Fire Department
1986
Glen A. Lucas
Winnipeg Fire Department
2001
Frank Lunney
Winnipeg Fire Department
1915
M
Donald Ross MacDonell
RCMP, Constable
19 April 1931
Peter Magdic
RCMP, Constable (Portage la Prairie Detatchment)
18 November 2001
Tyler Riley Manych
Wildland
2022
Ronald Martin
Winnipeg Fire Department
2004
William Martin
Winnipeg Fire Department
2006
Norman Massan
RCMP, Special Constable
19 April 1931
Donald R. MacDonnel
?
1931
Douglas McAdam
Winnipeg Fire Department
2003
David W. McCorriston
Winnipeg Fire Department
2012
Peter McCrae
Winnipeg Fire Department
1915
Alexander McCurdy
Manitoba Provincial Police, Inspector
11 November 1920
Alfred McDonald
Winnipeg Fire Department
1979
James S. McDonald
Winnipeg Fire Department
2009
John McDonald
1940
Mel M. McEachern
Brandon Fire & Emergency Services
2014
John McEwan
Winnipeg Fire Department
1956
George C. McLean
Winnipeg Fire Department
2012
Keith McLeod
Brandon Fire & Emergency Services
2012
William McLeod
1967
William McIlhagga
Winnipeg Fire Department
1921
Charles McPherson
Winnipeg Fire Department
1912
Edward McTaggart
Winnipeg Fire Department
2001
Donald Melville
Winnipeg Fire Department
23 December 1926 (Winnipeg Theatre Fire)
Kenneth Merritt
Winnipeg Fire Department
1983
Arthur Gary Miller
Winnipeg Fire Department
2021
Edward Molyneux
Winnipeg Fire Department
1912
Frederick [Fredrick] “Fred” Moose Sr.
Wildland
28 June 1995
Harry Morphy
1890
Charles Morrish
1966
Alexander Morrison
Winnipeg Fire Department
1929
J. T. “James” Murray
Winnipeg Fire Department
1940
Ronald Murray
Winnipeg Fire Department
2024
N
Abe Neufeld
Winnipeg Fire Department
1995
Richard Henry Nicholson
31 December 1928
Thomas W. Nichols
Winnipeg Fire Department
2007
Jack Nicol
Winnipeg Fire Department
2015
O
James A. O'Malley
1970
George E. Olmstead
Winnipeg Fire Department
2007
Dennis A. Onofrey
1978
P
Edward J. Palamar
Winnipeg Fire Department
2014
Alfred J. Papson
Winnipeg Fire Department
2010
Willie R. Patchnose
Wildland
2007
Edwin Leinman Pearse
11 November 1943
Henry H. Philpott
Winnipeg Fire Department
2007
John Pitolay
Winnipeg Fire Department
1974
Allan Poapst
2019
Richard Power
1880
Q
Lawrence Quinn
Winnipeg Fire Department
1990
R
Bruce Relke
Winnipeg Fire Department
2021
Robert L. Richardson
Winnipeg Fire Department
2001
David C. Rivers
Winnipeg Fire Department
2003
Donald Robertson
Winnipeg Fire Department
1993
Jamie Robertson
Wildland
1978
Charles Rooke
3 February 1913
Kenneth Ross
Winnipeg Fire Department
1954
Fred E. Roy
Winnipeg Fire Department
2008
Norman J. Roziere
Brandon Fire & Emergency Services
2016
Arthur James Ryan
Brandon Fire & Emergency Services
1994
S
Norbert Sabourin
Winnipeg Fire Department
1997
Walter Samson
Winnipeg Fire Department
2011
Joseph K. Sander
1954
Frank Sandison
Winnipeg Fire Department
1945
Barry P. Schedler
Winnipeg Fire Department
1999
Pete Schesnuk
Brandon Fire & Emergency Services
2011
Gerhard Schilke
Winnipeg Fire Department
1986
Thomas W. Scrase
Dauphin Fire Department
1936
Harold S. Seigel
1971
Leonard Shakespeare
1969
John G. Shaw
RCMP, Constable (Swan River Detatchment)
4 October 1935
Robert Smith Shearer
Winnipeg Fire Department
23 December 1926 (Winnipeg Theatre Fire)
James E. Sims
1950
Kenneth Wayne “Ken” Skwark
Natural Resources Department, Officer (Winnipegosis Office)
28 June 1995
Arthur Robert Smith
Winnipeg Fire Department
23 December 1926 (Winnipeg Theatre Fire)
Gerald Smith
Winnipeg Fire Department
2021
James Smith
Winnipeg Fire Department
1945
Bernard W. Snowdon
Winnipeg Police Department, Constable
5 April 1918
Jim “Jimmy” Spence
Wildland
28 June 1995
Frank Albert John Spooner
Winnipeg Fire Department, Captain
9 August 2008
Thomas Starmer
Winnipeg Fire Department
1913
Robert Stewart
Winnipeg Fire Department
23 December 1926 (Winnipeg Theatre Fire)
Winnipeg Fire Department, Captain
22 February 2003
RCMP, Constable
21 December 2001
T
Robert William Cochrane Thomas
RCMP, Special Constable
6 March 1986
Joseph T. Thompson
1961
Allan G. Turner
Winnipeg Fire Department
2001
U
James Uttley
Manitoba Provincial Police, Constable
16 November 1920
V
John Verne
St. Boniface Police Department, Sergeant
24 July 1934
W
William Wainwright
Benito Municipal Constable
4 October 1935
Frank Watt
Brandon Fire & Emergency Services
1997
Joseph G. Wendl
1984
David George White
15 June 1927
Gordon Earl White
Brandon Fire & Emergency Services, Lieutenant
11 October 2012
John Williams
Corrections, Guard (Stony Mountain Penitentiary)
25 June 1926
Malcolm Normaine “Mac” Williams
RCMP, Sergeant
28 April 1995
James Roger “Jim” Woodman
Winnipeg Fire Department, Captain
22 April 2004
X
Y
Z
Albert “Al” Zembik
Winnipeg Fire Department
21 March 2022
Raymond Gordon “Ray” Zillman
Winnipeg Fire Department
3 July 2008
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Fire Fighters Memorial Monument (Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg)
Death registrations [Laurance Lees, Robert Alexander James Brown], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Constable killed on Main Street,” Manitoba Free Press, 6 April 1918, page 1.
“Johnson to pay with life for Snowdon murder,” Manitoba Free Press, 28 June 1918, page 1.
“St. Boniface murderer is still at liberty,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 November 1920, pages 1 & 2.
“Alex. McCurdy in Manitoba for more than 30 years,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 November 1920, page 2.
“Bandit under arrest was leader in St. Boniface murder, witness says,” Manitoba Free Press, 16 November 1920, page 1.
“Constable Uttley dies,” Brandon Daily Sun, 16 November 1920, page 1.
“Tribudes to devotion of deceased officer,” Manitoba Free Press, 19 November 1920, page 11.
“Penitentiary guard killed by blast at Stony Mountain [John Williams],” Manitoba Free Press, 26 June 1926, page 1.
“Victim of blast at penitentiary buried,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 July 1926, page 7.
“Forest Ranger murdered in home,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 July 1932, page 2.
“Police check scores of clues in search for slayer of Lees,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 July 1932, page 6.
“Policeman critically wounded attempting to capture bandit,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 24 July 1934, page 1.
“Thousands pay last tribute to Sergeant Verne,” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 28 July 1934, page 1.
“Memorial in honor of Sergeant John Verne is unveiled on Wednesday,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 July 1935, page 3.
“Rural Municipality of Swan River - Council Minutes [... the resignation of William Wainwright, Municipal Constable at Benito ...],” Swan River Star and Valley Times, 16 May 1935, page 2.
“Two police officers are brutally slain in Arran, Sask. district [J.G. Shaw sand William Wainwright],” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 October 1935, page 1.
“Bandits victim [Constable J. G. Shaw],” Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 8 October 1935, page 3.
“Police murderers are taken into custody; one of trio killed,” Swan River Star and Valley Times, 10 October 1935, page 1.
“Benito notes [William Wainwright],” Swan River Star and Valley Times,, 17 October 1935, page 1.
“Murder charge,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 February 1936, pages 1 and 7.
“Fireman lost life as block burned,” Brandon Daily Sun, 7 April 1953, page 1.
“$250,000 inferno kills Fire-Fighter,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 April 1953, page 1.
“Firefighter accorded last tribute [Frederick J. Brown],” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 April 1953, page 18.
Obituary [Cpl. George R. Hawkins], Brandon Sun, 7 June 1968, page 13.
“Doctors study any luck of tick bite to death,” Brandon Sun, 12 June 1968, page 3.
“Collision kills constable [Bruce Davis],” Brandon Sun, 9 January 1979, page 2.
“RCMP Officer killed,” Brandon Sun, 9 January 1979, page 2.
Obituary [Special Constable Robert William Cochrane Thomas], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 March 1986, page 39.
“Funeral bares community’s grief,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 March 1986, page 4.
Obituary [Malcolm Normaine Williams], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 May 1995, page B5.
“Chopper shook before crash,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 June 1995, pages A1 & A14.
“Love of ourdoors led him to firefighting,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 June 1995, page A14.
Obituary [Kenneth Wayne Skwark], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 July 1995, page B5.
“Winnipegosis man killed in helicopter crash,” Dauphin Herald, 4 July 1995, page 3.
“Chopper judged normal,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 July 1995, page B1.
“‘Selfless service’ hailed as firefighters buried,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 July 1995, page B2.
“Giroux firefighter run over by truck,” Steinbach Carillon, 7 February 1996, page 1.
“Firefighter accidentally kills partner [George Anderson Adams],” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 1996, page A3.
Obituary [George Anderson Adams], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 1996, page C9.
“Mounties mourn colleague [Peter Magdic],” Brandon Sun, 20 November 2001, page 1.
Obituary [James Roger Woodman], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 Apil 2004.
Obituary [Harris Clarke Diack], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 2006.
Obituary [Ray Zillman], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 July 2008.
Obituary [Frank Albert John Spooner], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 August 2008.
Obituary [John Campbell], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 November 2009.
Obituary [Gordon Earl White], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 2012.
Obituary [Rick Johnson], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 March 2017.
Obituary [Albert Zembik], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 March 2022.
Bill 22 - The Firefighters, Peace Officers and Workers Memorial Foundations Act, Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
“Breaking new ground on the Manitoba Workers Memorial,” Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union - News and Resources, 28 April 2018,.
“New monument honours Manitoba workers who died on the job,” Winnipeg Sun, 28 April 2022.
“Winnipeg memorial to workers who died on the job unveiled,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 2022.
“Manitoba Workers Memorial unveiled during Annual Day of Mourning,” Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union - News and Resources, 28 April 2022.
“Manitoba Government observes International Day of Mourning for those impacted by workplace tragedy,” Government of Manitoba - News Bulletin, 28 April 2022.
Obituary [Lionel Aime Gauthier], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 December 2022.
Obituary [Edward Paul “Ted” Jordan], McKenzies Portage Funeral Chapel.
Events - National Day of Mourning, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 October 2024
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