Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou War Memorial (Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

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A monument was erected in 1921 by the Rural Municipality of Pembina and the Village of Manitou in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed during military service. It is a municipally designated historic site (2010).

Manitou War Memorial

Manitou War Memorial (July 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Manitou War Memorial

Manitou War Memorial (August 2018)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.24031, W98.53881
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

David Greig Aitken

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1883

2 April 1917

Alvin Wesley Andrew

Motor Driver

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1898

7 April 1918

Howard Allen Archer

Barrister-at-Law

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Captain

1882

24 January 1918

Alexander Armstrong
[Odd Fellows]

Labourer

31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 October 1895

14 June 1916

Herbert Alfred Ascoli

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

28 December 1887

10 April 1917

Robert Lee Barrett

Baker

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

26 September 1916

Lawrence Richard Beattie
[108 Battalion]

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

24 September 1887

30 October 1917

Edgar Ernest Beckett

Farmer

14th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

1897

9 April 1917

Edward James Biggar

Engineer (Steam & Gasoline)

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

1890

5 March 1918

Reginald Stellwagen Black
[Bank of Hamilton]

Bank Manager

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

27 May 1886

6 November 1917

Elmer Leeds Bolton
[Bank of Montreal, Darlingford]

Bank Clerk

107th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Pioneers

Private

1 October 1897

15 August 1917

Harold Albert “Harry” Bolton MM
[Bank of Montreal, Darlingford]

Banker

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

25 April 1896

20 June 1917

Wilbert George Bolton
[Ag College]

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

1894

9 April 1917

Louis Ford Bond

Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1888

3 June 1917

Frederick John Bryant

Labourer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1878

22 April 1915

Edmund John Burke
[Lakeside, Vimy Ridge]

Bank Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

1896

3 June 1917

George Cade

Farm Hand

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1881

26 September 1916

William John Cassels

Clerk

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

6 October 1916

Claude Everard Cavanagh

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

4 June 1916

John Stanley Chaters

Labourer

13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1882

8 October 1916

George Cobley

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1890

10 April 1917

Mark Cockle

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

1890

10 April 1917

John Sleight Compton

?

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

?

27 September 1918

William Cooper

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

6 November 1917

Percy Lewis Crain

Farmer

31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1890

17 April 1917

Charles Henry Townsend Cripps
[St. Albans Anglican]

Telegraph Linesman

1st Division, Canadian Engineers

Sergeant

1886

13 September 1916

Daniel Crozier

Jeweler

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

9 April 1917

William Crozier

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1889

15 August 1915

Robert Ford Crutchfield

?

1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, British Army

Private

?

31 May 1917

Thomas Alexander Dickson
[St. Andrews United]

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

21 November 1896

10 April 1917

Robert Dixon
[St. Andrews United]

Farmer

Canadian Cavalry, Machine Gun Squadron

Private

1 July 1892

30 October 1918

Thomas Done
[Rosery School]

Gasoline Traction Engineer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

6 November 1917

William Albert Foord

Painter

49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1896

28 April 1917

Archibald Galbraith

Blacksmith

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1879

10 April 1917

George William Gardiner

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

30 October 1917

Archibald Graham

Clerk

Lord Strathcona’s Horse

Private

1896

5 August 1915

Frederick Haycock

Butcher

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1875

15 September 1916

William Hodgson

Printer

Lord Strathcona’s Horse

Corporal

1894

30 March 1918

Ronald Hoskins
[Canadian Club, Law Society]

Barrister-at-Law

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

1887

22 April 1915

Frank Houghton

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1890

9 April 1917

Clifford Crampton Hughes
[Altamont]

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

10 February 1918

Edgar Hutchinson

Tailor

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

1880

2 June 1916

Douglas Routledge Johnston

Trainman

5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery

Private

1890

13 October 1915

Ernest Kingsley Jones

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1884

12 April 1917

Hallgrimur Jonsson MM
[First Lutheran, St. Andrews United, 108 Battalion]

High School Teacher

12th Squadron, Royal Air Force

Lieutenant

19 March 1885

3 September 1918

Wilbur Keating

Farmer

5th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lance Corporal

1893

1 November 1917

William Henry Keown

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1898

10 November 1917

Léon Eugène Kern CdeG
[St. Boniface]

Farmer

170e régiment d’infanterie French Army

Soldat de 2e classe

4 May 1882

21 March 1915

Harvey Thomas Kivell

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

1894

1 October 1918

Findlay E. Lane

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1895

3 May 1917

William Charles Lang

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

20 September 1916

Albert Edwin Leaden

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1893

10 November 1917

Walter Lovell

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1896

9 August 1918

Walter Francis Lunn

Labourer

13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

27 September 1918

William Martindale

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1896

14 April 1917

Charles Coutts Masson

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

28 September 1918

David Alexander McKenzie

Labourer

21st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1887

11 October 1918

James McKenzie

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

6 November 1917

John McKinlay

?

Royal Army Service Corps

Private

?

14 July 1916

Alexander McNab
[St. Andrews United]

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

4 March 1894

8 October 1916

Alexander McPherson

Carpenter

7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1887

24 April 1915

Russell Melbourne

Labourer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1880

21 September 1916

William Harold Milligan

Labourer & Teamster

54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1876

1 March 1917

Harry Milne
[St. Andrews United]

Blacksmith

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

11 November 1916

Edward George Mitchell
[Odd Fellows]

Policeman

1st Battalion, Canadian Labour Corps

Regimental Sergeant Major

7 November 1877

22 September 1918

John McNaughton Mitchell
[Darlingford]

Farm Hand

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

6 November 1889

30 October 1917

A. Mitchell

?

?

?

?

?

Arthur Neill

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

1889

10 November 1917

David Scott Nichol

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1888

28 April 1917

Christopher Benoni Nicholl
[Pembina Crossing, Pharmacy]

Pharmacist

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

15 December 1882

30 July 1915

Hubert Mansel Nicholl
[Pembina Crossing]

Mechanic

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 July 1871

11 September 1917

Cecil E. C. Owens
[St. Andrews United]

Fur Trader

2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 March 1880

26 April 1915

John Owens

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1889

25 September 1918

Harry Gordon Park

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

1898

8 August 1918

Bernard Payne

Carpenter

Lord Strathcona's Horse

Private

12 April 1893

5 August 1915

William Neville Hurt Peel

Teamster

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1884

28 April 1917

Kenneth Fraser Perry
[Lakeside, St. Andrews United]

Bank Clerk

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

22 February 1897

15 August 1917

Andrew Petrie
[St. Andrews United]

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 June 1889

9 April 1917

Albert Arthur Marc Eugène Ritaine
[St. Boniface]

Farmer

147e Régiment d'infanterie [French Army]

Sergent

26 August 1883

25 October 1914

Arthur Rose

Farm Labourer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1884

1 March 1917

George Sadler

Barber

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1895

11 May 1917

Albert Edwin Savage

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1885

1 October 1918

Howard James Scales

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1887

10 April 1917

Albert Scharf

Trainman

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

1 October 1918

John Shelton
[Odd Fellows, St. Andrews United]

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

8 March 1889

5 June 1917

Lorne Gibson Shewfelt

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1896

9 April 1917

Stanley Richard Shore
[Bank of Montreal]

Bank Clerk

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

6 November 1917

Roy Sothern

Chauffeur

260th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1898

4 March 1919

Walter Steele

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1893

16 August 1918

David Stewart MM

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

12 January 1892

26 October 1917

Oliver Garfield Swire DCM, MM

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

28 September 1918

James Taylor

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1892

3 September 1917

Wilbert Richard Thompson

Butcher

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1888

8 November 1917

Earnest Elford Ullyot

Clerk

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

10 November 1917

James Henry Ward

Clerk

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

26 September 1917

John Weller

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

28 January 1890

17 November 1916

Frank Willis
[Odd Fellows]

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

20 October 1885

15 August 1917

Stanley Yardley

Electrician

7th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

Private

1890

1 July 1916

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Ivor Bruce Benson

429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

17 August 1917

25 February 1945

Ross Robert Brogden
[Darlingford]

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

11 February 1919

25 April 1943

George Keith Collins
[Darlingford]

Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

Private

8 August 1908

23 May 1944

Amos Rowe Dobson

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

28 September 1920

22 June 1944

Edwin Charles Duff

Royal Canadian Artillery

Sergeant

23 November 1914

24 November 1944

Jacob Alexander Epp

Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

11 January 1917

6 June 1942

Walter Henry Fargey

Royal Canadian Artillery

Lieutenant

25 March 1905

15 February 1945

Ray Foster

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)

Private

7 December 1921

5 August 1944

Howard Elmer Gray

Royal Canadian Air Force

Leading Aircraftman

8 September 1904

4 July 1943

Ralph Edward Hawken
[Darlingford]

148 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class I Air Gunner

21 July 1913

4 November 1943

Walter Wilfred Horn

432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class I

5 July 1914

27 June 1943

Cecil David Benjamin Hubley

419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

22 March 1923

28 December 1944

Harvey Lloyd Kinsman
[Darlingford]

Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Rifleman

19 September 1923

10 August 1944

Albert Clayton Law
[Darlingford]

405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

27 January 1915

10 July 1943

Kenneth William Lawson
[Darlingford]

76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

19 July 1921

12 June 1943

Thomas Roy Lovell
[Darlingford]

Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Corporal

1 November 1911

24 February 1944

Gordon Howard Lyons

33 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

20 June 1916

28 May 1942

Lloyd William McElroy
[Darlingford]

415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

23 March 1924

29 July 1944

Raymond Arthur Meades

Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

29 September 1920

21 December 1941

James Brian Millar

357 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

26 June 1924

1 April 1945

David Scott Nichol
[Darlingford]

Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Lance Corporal

12 December 1919

12 October 1942

John William Lyle Patterson

427 Squadron, Royal Canadian AIr Force

Pilot Officer

13 June 1922

25 November 1944

William Murray Ramsay
[Darlingford]

8 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

Gunner

24 September 1921

7 September 1944

Elven Garnet Wilbert Sims

21st Armoured Regiment, Governor General’s Foot Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Guardsman

21 April 1912

29 August 1944

William Joseph Steenson
[Darlingford]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

24 August 1920

14 April 1944

William Teichrib

South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

17 February 1921

15 October 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

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).

Manitou Cenotaph, Lots 9-11, Block 15, Manitou, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

We thank Ed Grassick, Craig Baron, Jim Busby, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 3 October 2022

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