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First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Mary (Marie) Abalea	Farmer	1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	25 July 1889	22 February 1919
Arthur David Abbiss	Station Agent	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1 February 1892	8 October 1916
James Curtis Abbott	Cabinet Maker	Canadian Infantry	Private	27 June 1896	11 August 1918
Robert Abbott	Salesman	85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 August 1889	30 October 1917
Robert Edward Abigail	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 November 1890	2 September 1917
John Joseph Achard MM	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 March 1895	28 September 1918
Charles Lloyd Acton	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 April 1896	9 August 1918
James Adam	Teamster	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 October 1885	9 April 1917
Albert Adams	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 November 1893	28 September 1918
Charles Henry Adams	Electrical Engineer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 October 1884	23 April 1915
Malcolme Adams	Laborer	222nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 October 1896	12 April 1917
Richard Allen Alexander Adams	Bank Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 January 1886	11 April 1918
George Adamson	?	King’s Own Scottish Borderers	Private	?	1 January 1922
Geoffrey Addison	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 February 1894	26 September 1916
Walter William Addison	Farm Hand	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 November 1893	3 November 1918
Beresford Addy	Carpenter	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 August 1893	15 September 1916
John Leland Ade	Clerk	10th Canadian Garrison Regiment	Corporal	6 December 1870	16 July 1921
Edward Murville Agnew	Engineer	5th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	5 December 1872	31 July 1919
Henry Aitken	Bookkeeper	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 April 1890	23 April 1915
Herbert John Aitkinson	Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 February 1879	10 November 1917
Edward Aivazian	Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Sergeant	25 July 1890	1 April 1918
Walter Akerley	Laborer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 April 1896	26 September 1916
Arthur Harry Akers	Stenographer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 October 1886	28 September 1918
Frederick Akers	Farming	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1894	27 August 1918
Carl Emil Albrectsen	Surveyor	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 June 1893	7 November 1917
Henry James Alexander	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 June 1878	23 June 1916
John Alexander (Ramsay)	Labourer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 March 1887	23 April 1915
Nelson Alexander	Plumber	222nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 July 1884	14 July 1918
Joseph Marie Allain	Farmer	66e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	5 November 1892	29 February 1916
John Edgar Allan	Brakeman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 August 1892	3 May 1917
Richard Kenneth Allan	Farmer	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	4 April 1877	9 March 1916
Joseph Allard	Painter	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	21 October 1895	10 August 1918
Francis William Allen	Farmer	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 February 1889	26 September 1916
Fred Allen	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 May 1886	30 October 1916
Herbert William Allen	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 July 1893	9 April 1917
Kennedy Cuthbert Allen	Finisher	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 December 1889	27 September 1918
Hans Allertson	Laborer	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	13 January 1889	14 April 1918
Sidney Allingham	Waiter	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 November 1889	7 June 1915
Seth Sarido Alloway	Homesteader	HMCS Niobe, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve	Able Seaman	24 June 1881	8 June 1918
Donald James Alston	?	Canadian Engineers	Staff Sergeant	?	25 July 1916
Richard Alston	Florist	Canadian Army Medical Corps	Sergeant	1 August 1871	5 March 1921
Thomas Leigh Ambrose	Farming	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 September 1897	7 January 1917
Walter Allan (Joseph) Amos (Palmer)	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 October 1886	20 July 1916
Alexander Thomas Anderson	Painter	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 December 1895	30 September 1918
Andrew Christian Stensig Anderson	Farm Labourer	51st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 October 1892	3 May 1917
Arthur Anderson	Blacksmith	1st Canadian Division Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	1 January 1885	3 October 1916
Bernard Barton Anderson	Farmer	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 March 1897	8 October 1918
Charles Anderson (Sime)	Stonemason	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 December 1876	1 February 1918
Chester Anderson	Farmer	85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 January 1898	21 October 1918
Clarence Roland Anderson	Dairyman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 September 1897	15 September 1916
Francis Joseph Anderson	Bank Clerk	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Lance Corporal	22 November 1891	25 January 1917
George Anderson	Farmer	47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	12 November 1888	3 September 1918
George Henry Anderson	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 June 1897	16 September 1916
George Lyon Anderson	Teamster	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 July 1886	24 May 1917
Harry Anderson	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 December 1892	6 June 1916
John Anderson	Tailor	Canadian Pioneers	Sergeant	1 August 1878	5 June 1916
John Anderson	Labourer	4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 June 1884	30 September 1918
John Anderson	Engineer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	27 February 1886	9 April 1917
John Grant Anderson	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 November 1894	13 October 1915
Nels Anderson	Teamster	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 September 1898	1 November 1918
Peter Anderson	Farmer	107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Private	24 April 1890	25 October 1917
Peter Thornton Anderson	Butcher’s Helper	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 November 1891	11 August 1918
Telford Anderson	Electrician	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 August 1896	27 November 1916
Thomas Ramsey Anderson	Farmer	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 May 1889	26 September 1916
William Anderson	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 August 1888	26 October 1917
William Anderson	Carpenter	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	17 December 1888	4 September 1916
William Anderson	Teamster	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 July 1890	15 August 1918
William Anderson	Blacksmith	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 November 1890	1 December 1915
Hugh Arbuckle Andrew	Elevator Operator	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 June 1893	19 February 1917
Oswald Adam Andrew	Farmer	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 February 1891	7 September 1916
Arthur Andrews	Carpenter	10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Driver	2 September 1894	10 October 1918
Ernest Edward Andrews	Bricklayer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	30 June 1876	6 April 1916
Francis William Becham Andrews	Butcher	Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	6 October 1888	25 October 1918
Fred W Andrews	Plumbers Laborer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 August 1880	16 September 1917
Albert Angell	Laborer	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 January 1892	27 September 1916
Alexander Angus	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 May 1884	11 September 1916
George Roger Angus	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 April 1883	4 June 1917
Murdoch McLeod Angus	Cooper	9th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	4 June 1884	16 June 1918
Percival Joseph Anker MM	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	20 August 1892	29 September 1918
Lewis Wood Annandale	Stone Mason	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 July 1887	15 September 1916
Willard Hiram Appleby	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 October 1895	10 April 1917
George Arbon	Farmer	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1889	28 September 1916
John Archer	Farmer & Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 August 1887	27 September 1916
Henry Ardery	Cookee	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 April 1897	25 June 1917
William Joseph Arkwell	Bricklayer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infnatry	Private	3 April 1874	21 May 1915
Alexander Armstrong	Labourer	144th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 July 1878	9 May 1921
Archibald Armstrong	Sheet Metal Worker	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 August 1893	10 April 1917
David Armstrong	Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 January 1894	19 September 1917
George Bunyan Armstrong	Carpenter	H.Q. 4th Brigade, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	21 January 1880	8 November 1918
James Francis Paul Armstrong	Clerk	4th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	7 February 1879	17 September 1916
Roy Clarence Armstrong	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 February 1898	30 October 1917
William Christopher Armstrong	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 December 1896	20 April 1918
William Robinson Armstrong	Bookkeeper	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	27 March 1881	8 August 1918
Peter Allen Arnett	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 January 1897	16 June 1916
Ernest Vance Arnold	Sash and Window Maker	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 November 1892	6 June 1916
Henry Arnold	Comp.	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 February 1888	26 September 1916
Richard Henry Arnold	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 November 1896	27 February 1917
Arthur Arrowsmith	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 October 1895	29 April 1918
Joseph Edmond Arseneau	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 October 1891	23 January 1916
Bruce Arthur	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 May 1887	8 August 1918
Cecil William Ashby	Farm Laborer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 December 1896	29 December 1917
Frederick Charles Roberts Atkins	Loco Fireman and Mechanic	Canadian Overseas Railway Constructions Corps	Sapper	2 June 1885	7 November 1918
George Atkinson	Telephone Expert	Canadian Engineers	Sapper	18 August 1893	26 June 1921
Horatio Nelson Atkinson	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	25 April 1894	28 October 1917
James Atkinson	Timekeeper & Storekeeper, CPR	3rd Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	18 March 1888	15 June 1918
John Atkinson	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 March 1873	17 October 1916
Charles Attwood	Printer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 October 1894	25 April 1915
Thomas Gibson Auld	Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	11 January 1891	16 June 1916
George Austin	Caretaker	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 June 1880	25 October 1916
George Young Austin	Sailor	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1877	8 October 1916
William Andrew Austin	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 February 1888	1 November 1918
Albert Arthur Avery	Car Cleaner	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 December 1885	29 August 1918
Edwin Herbert Avison	Carpenter	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 January 1878	15 August 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Ralph Bernard Aandal	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	2 September 1925	17 December 1944
Leonard Delburt Abigail	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Sergeant	7 March 1915	18 September 1945
Albert Joseph Abram	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	17 November 1920	20 July 1944
Robert Nesbit Adam	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	15 September 1908	14 April 1945
Frederick William Adams	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	15 November 1912	19 August 1942
John Henry Adams MiD	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 January 1915	26 August 1942
Lloyd Herman Adams	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	10 April 1916	6 June 1944
Sidney Alexander Armstrong Adams	Royal Canadian Engineers	Lieutenant	29 October 1918	17 June 1944
Stephen Otto Adams	Cape Breton Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	19 August 1921	13 September 1944
Willis Keeton Addison	Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	1 March 1914	12 December 1943
William Charles Adie	HMCS Avalon, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Leading Supply Assistant	?	12 December 1942
William Reaper Aitkens	Royal Canadian Artillery	Sergeant	31 July 1910	31 August 1941
Robert Akeroyd	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	8 October 1917	29 August 1944
Ernest James Alexander	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Company Quarter Master Sergeant	22 August 1898	18 October 1943
George Alexander	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	10 October 1922	16 July 1944
Robert Keith Alexander	HMCS Chippawa, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Signalman	12 January 1924	30 August 1945
Selena Pearl Alexander	Canadian Women’s Army Corps	Private	27 February 1919	9 October 1944
Hugh Rose Allan	14th Army Tank Battalion, Calgary Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	27 September 1901	7 January 1942
John Mulholland Allan	HMCS Alberni, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Able Seaman	12 April 1920	21 August 1944
Bernard Allbright	Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	7 March 1900	28 January 1947
John James Allen	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	31 July 1895	26 June 1945
Frank Quinton Allery	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	28 January 1917	24 August 1943
Charles Edmond Allison	The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals	Signalman	12 May 1921	17 September 1944
Lyle Melburn Allison	Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	24 April 1924	12 August 1944
Alasdair MacDonald Allnut	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lieutenant	8 June 1916	8 June 1944
Frances Earl Alyward	Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	Private	24 January 1916	25 November 1944
Birger George Anderson	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	21 October 1910	1 August 1944
Clifford Macdonald Anderson	Royal Canadian Engineers	Lance Corporal	19 July 1906	22 May 1940
Edward Laurence Anderson	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	14 January 1912	14 September 1944
Eric Albert Anderson	Calgary Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	23 March 1913	13 December 1943
Herbert Anderson	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	4 April 1891	9 July 1946
Peter Thomas Garfield Anderson	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	5 October 1915	20 July 1944
Stewart Lyon Anderson	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	22 November 1919	19 April 1945
John “Jack” Andre	Royal Canadian Artillery	Lieutenant	30 October 1913	18 February 1943
Alfred Edwin Andrew	6 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	28 August 1918	16 October 1944
Benjamin Nelson Angus	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	20 October 1913	24 July 1944
Frank Edward Antoniak	3rd Division Troops Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	20 September 1914	27 July 1944
Elie Antonyszyn	8 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	10 March 1923	15 July 1945
Reginald Glen Argue	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	30 September 1919	23 May 1944
George Armstrong	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	10 May 1899	5 October 1942
Charles Herbert Arthur	HMCS Stadacona, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Able Seaman	17 November 1903	1 October 1943
Gilbert George Asham	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	7 September 1917	7 September 1944
Robert Pinder Ashley	HMCS Ottawa, Royal Canadian Navy	Able Seaman	20 January 1921	13 September 1942
John Ashley-Pryce	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	26 July 1918	22 July 1943
Royden George Ashmall	HMCS Raccoon, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Telegraphist	6 June 1917	7 September 1942
Sidney William Astle	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lieutenant	31 May 1915	6 September 1943

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 Jim Busby for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 30 May 2023

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