This cemetery at Margaret in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes contains a monument unveiled at a ceremony in June 1921 attended by Lieutenant Governor James Albert Manning Aikins, General James Kirkcaldy, and MLA George William McDonald. It commemorates men of the local area killed during military service in the First World War and Second World War.
Margaret Cemetery (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Margaret Cemetery (September 2020)
Source: George Penner
Margaret War Memorial (October 2011)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.41442, W99.85717
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
James Gilbert Campbell
Farmer
13th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Private
1897
25 February 1918
Wellington Star Garbutt
Sheel Metal Worker
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1891
30 December 1915
George Victor Lancaster
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1894
10 August 1918
William David McKellar
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Sergeant
1891
26 October 1917
John Kennedy Murray
Farmer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1897
30 October 1917
Edward Winship Stephens
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1891
14 September 1918
George Wilken
Farmer
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1893
28 September 1918
Name
Service
Birth Date
Death Date
Alvin Alston Patton
408th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
c1915
31 March 1944
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).
History of the Riverside Municipality: 1879-1967 by the Rural Municipality of Riverside Centennial Committee, 1967, pages 176-178.
Riverside Heritage: 1896-1996 by Riverside Centennial Committee, 1996, page 169.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 3 November 2024
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