Historic Sites of Manitoba: McCreary War Memorial (First Avenue, McCreary, Municipality of McCreary)

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A monument in McCreary in the Municipality of McCreary was erected by Branch 173 of the Canadian Legion in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

McCreary War Memorial (May 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough McCreary War Memorial (September 2023) Source: Glen Toews McCreary War Memorial (September 2023) Source: Glen Toews Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.77297, W99.49032 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Benstead	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	19 November 1916
Herbert Charles Benstead	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	9 April 1917
Roy Campbell	Contractor	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	30 October 1917
Percy Worrall Cave	Farmer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	19 April 1916
Gus Cooper	?	?	?	?	?
Robert James Copeland [108 Battalion]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 September 1896	15 August 1917
Newton Lowell Dring	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	1 October 1918
James Ernest Francis	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1891	7 April 1917
Hugh William Gardiner	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	26 September 1916
Charles William Greentree	Farmer	1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1 June 1895	20 February 1919
Joseph Lavoie	Farmer	22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	27 August 1918
George Mann [Next of Kin, St. James Anglican]	Labourer	3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 October 1886	8 October 1916
John “Jack” Mann	Farmer	3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	3 September 1916
William Angus McBain	Farmer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 October 1897	26 September 1916
Robert Henderson McCrae [Gladstone, Roblin]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 May 1894	11 November 1918
William McLean	Labourer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	14 September 1891	9 February 1918
Percy Edward Millard	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1878	6 June 1916
Joseph Pinnette	Locomotive Engineer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	23 April 1915
Alexander Sansregret	?	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	3 September 1918
Thomas Watson	Bricklayer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	28 September 1916
Charles Weaver	Labourer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 December 1877	6 November 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Alfred Andrews	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	25 February 1912	19 August 1942
Allan Benjamin Angus DFC	85 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Flying Officer	10 May 1918	16 May 1940
Aurele Edmond Barre	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	25 May 1924	28 September 1944
Ruben Ray Bennett	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1 May 1922	23 May 1944
Leslie Gordon Emanuel Burnett	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	5 January 1922	24 August 1943
Clement Francis Amedee Cantin	213 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	13 September 1919	9 October 1942
Maurice Raoul Cantin	514 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	15 July 1922	26 November 1943
Wilfred Robert Cantin	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Troop Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer III)	7 March 1914	4 November 1940
Armand Caumartin	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Lance Corporal	16 October 1917	4 July 1944
James William Christensen	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	2 October 1924	19 December 1943
Edward Edwin Evans	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	26 January 1918	9 June 1944
Stanley Evans	12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	31 July 1919	7 June 1942
Stephen Joseph Fedak	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	18 August 1921	6 December 1944
Charles Wesley Fletcher	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Major	13 August 1911	23 October 1944
Frank Fletcher	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	5 March 1920	28 May 1948
Lindsay Leroy Francis	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1 August 1913	7 August 1944
Chester Gallagher	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Corporal	16 July 1914	29 August 1944
Alexander Gibb	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	15 March 1905	6 December 1941
Cornelius Ginter	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	6 February 1922	2 April 1945
Alvin Roy Jackson [Neepawa, Polonia]	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	22 April 1924	26 August 1944
Michael Marchisky	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	31 March 1905	9 June 1944
Alexander McRae [Kelwood]	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	6 September 1901	26 December 1944
William James McLean	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Sergeant	3 April 1905	6 July 1944
John Charles Mosionier	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	20 July 1920	5 October 1946
Andrew Mutch	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	16 March 1920	6 June 1944
Robert Mutch	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	6 August 1922	8 June 1944
George A. Newman	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	23 April 1923	22 August 1944
Jacob Patkau	Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	14 September 1920	26 August 1944
James Renton Maltman Rankine	162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	3 October 1916	6 April 1944
Arthur Edward Robinson	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	5 August 1924	3 February 1945
William Edward Shineton	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Corporal	23 July 1920	4 July 1944
John Shura	Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	7 February 1923	1 March 1945
Melvin Charles Smith	Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	22 January 1922	4 May 1945
Cecil Otto Westman	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	9 June 1921	16 February 1945

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).

We thank Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 November 2023

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