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Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Percy James Wade	Gasoline Engineer	Lord Strathcona’s Horse	Sergeant	11 March 1885	1 December 1917
Thomas Wade	Labourer	107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion	Private	12 July 1872	15 August 1917
Alexander Wagrel	Iron Moulder	85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 October 1881	2 September 1918
Arthur Waind	Teamster	107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion	Pioneer	22 September 1876	2 September 1918
Jonathan Waite	Farm Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 June 1896	1 May 1917
Alfred Leonard Wake	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 January 1887	14 October 1916
George Wakefield	?	Manchester Regiment, British Army	Private	?	29 September 1918
Daniel Thomas Waldron	Barber	1st Canadian Pioneers	Private	25 October 1886	26 May 1916
Claud Leslie Wales	Traveler	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 December 1881	29 October 1917
Andrew Walker	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 December 1891	30 September 1916
Arthur Walker	Teamster	5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	22 October 1889	8 August 1918
Fred Walker	Laborer	Canadian Infantry Works Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 February 1881	13 May 1918
James Walker	Fireman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 September 1891	26 October 1917
James Walker	Engineer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 January 1898	7 July 1918
James Walker	Surveyor	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 July 1891	22 March 1917
Robert Westley Walker	Driver	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 February 1895	9 August 1918
William George Walker	Bridgeman	6th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	5 August 1870	7 November 1917
William W. Walker	Stone Cutter	32nd Company, Canadian Forestry Corps	Private	19 October 1873	6 September 1918
Joseph William Waller	Shoemaker	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 June 1876	1 May 1915
Robert Arthur Walley	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	18 February 1892	2 October 1916
William Henry Wallington	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 October 1897	9 October 1916
Donald Alexander Wallis	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 May 1888	1 October 1918
William Wallis	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	16 December 1893	14 June 1916
Michael James Walpole	Plumber	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 October 1889	26 September 1916
Robert Walsh	Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 October 1880	8 October 1916
Thomas Morrow Walsh	Law Student	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Lieutenant	21 April 1890	8 October 1916
Archie Walter	Railroad Man	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	6 August 1892	9 April 1917
Harry Walters	Carpenter	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 October 1884	15 August 1917
Richard Walters	Baker	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 November 1878	24 February 1922
Ernest Walton	Plumber	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 February 1889	9 April 1917
Richard Wilbraham Walton	Telegraph Operator	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 September 1891	13 April 1917
Willard Wambolt	Painter	5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artilllery	Gunner	8 December 1884	11 October 1917
Stephen William Warbank	Clerk	4th Siege Battery, Canadian Artillery	Gunner	24 September 1898	7 November 1917
Albert Edward Ward	Auto Mechanic	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 July 1891	22 April 1915
Moses Ward	Bricklayer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 May 1880	10 November 1917
Owen Warne	Farmer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	14 December 1887	9 April 1917
Harold Warren	Farmer	42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 March 1889	16 September 1916
James Warren	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 May 1892	14 June 1916
Arthur Warrilow	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 April 1891	5 June 1916
Adrien Warzee	Printer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 December 1896	8 August 1918
Thomas Waterfield	Laborer	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	15 April 1890	8 May 1915
Francis Charles John Waters	Farm Hand	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 December 1893	6 June 1916
Sidney Charles Waters	Asylum Attendant	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 August 1883	15 August 1916
Alfred Edmund Watson	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 March 1891	9 December 1915
Cyril Watson	Machinist	4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Dvr	14 May 1894	20 November 1917
Frederick Wentworth Watson	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 March 1896	1 August 1921
John Watson	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 July 1892	25 September 1916
John McGregor Watson	Blacksmith	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 June 1878	25 May 1916
Peter Watson	Farm Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 December 1895	8 October 1916
Reid Crossley Watson	Farmer	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	25 June 1893	16 September 1916
Robert William Watson	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian INfantry	Corporal	14 September 1891	19 April 1917
William Watson	Miner	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 February 1888	8 April 1917
William Hay Watson	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 August 1891	27 October 1917
John Heigh Watt	Accountant	Worcestershire Regiment	Second LIeutenant	19 August 1891	12 April 1918
Clarence Raymond Watts	Book-keeper	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 January 1890	26 October 1917
John James Watts	Groom	Canadian Engineers	Sapper	12 December 1887	1 June 1919
Karl Gable Watts	Saw Mill Worker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 January 1896	21 February 1919
Thomas Waugh	Barber	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 July 1885	23 April 1915
Nicholas Way	Milkman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 June 1882	8 October 1916
Milton Wayling	Driver	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 October 1897	3 September 1918
Henry Weatherston	Shipper	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 February 1881	5 January 1917
Frank Hugh Webb	Carpenter	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 May 1891	10 November 1917
Thomas Webber	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Serjeant	28 August 1890	13 January 1916
William James Webber	Bricklayer	Canadian Engineers	Lance Corporal	1 October 1883	24 November 1919
Francis Battison Webster	Farmer	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	2 September 1893	8 October 1916
Roy Webster	Laborer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 February 1896	16 February 1918
William Wellington Webster	Master Machine Railroading (CPR)	Canadian Railway Troops	Lieutenant	22 May 1870	29 March 1920
David Weir	Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 November 1892	10 June 1917
Frederick Charles Welch	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 December 1887	14 September 1917
John Edward Welch	Laborer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 July 1891	15 September 1916
Leonard Coole Welch	Carpenter	239th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	28 February 1888	21 March 1920
Edward Hart Wells	Car Man	Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1892	10 August 1918
John Hedley Wells	Motor Mechanic	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 September 1894	11 June 1916
John Herkless Wellwood	Teamster	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1892	10 June 1916
Leonard Alfred Welsh MC	Soldier	Lord Strathcona’s Horse	Lieutenant	4 November 1895	9 October 1918
Harold Wilfred Welstead	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	10 December 1886	4 April 1916
Arthur West	Butcher	42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 March 1886	26 August 1918
Frederick Clark West	Farmer	222nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 March 1891	26 December 1916
Harold Clarence West	Steelworker	72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 August 1892	14 November 1916
Mark Westaway	Locomotive Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 November 1885	12 March 1916
John Whatmore	Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 May 1892	5 November 1917
Charles Edward Wheadon	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 May 1896	31 August 1917
Arthur Wheatley	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	16 June 1883	10 April 1917
Bernard Wheeler	Grocer	Training School, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	8 March 1886	18 November 1916
Elwin Edwin Wheeler	Mechanic	72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 October 1895	28 June 1917
Frank Wheeler	Tailor	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 January 1891	22 May 1915
John Whitaker	Farm Laborer	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	3 February 1891	8 October 1916
Joseph White	Camp Cook	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 January 1883	19 June 1916
Robert White	Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	9 December 1886	9 October 1916
William Arthur Whiteear	Clerk	3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	19 January 1888	27 September 1918
Herbert Steele Whitehead	Clerk	10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	20 August 1894	8 April 1917
Frank Whiteman	Butcher	221st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1873	2 January 1917
Edgar John Whitemore	Bartender	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 September 1879	15 August 1917
Samuel Whiteside	Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 August 1889	7 May 1917
Bertram Whitfield	Machinist	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	18 August 1885	26 September 1916
William Herbert Whitfield	Gas Engineer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 November 1884	25 September 1916
James Whitham	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 November 1885	29 September 1918
Almer Whittal	Farmer	1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 November 1895	6 October 1916
Herbert Goldsmith Whitton	Typewriter Salesman	Canadian Field Artillery	Sergeant	30 April 1872	9 June 1921
John Whyte	Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	13 February 1886	9 August 1918
Frank Wesley Wice	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 April 1887	8 August 1918
Gustaff Withal Widel	Farmer	90th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 January 1882	29 May 1916
William David Widlock	Engineer	144th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	2 March 1879	2 February 1918
Jonathan Wiggins	Clerk	38th Battery, Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	4 July 1890	10 February 1916
John Wigham	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 November 1886	6 June 1916
Roy Chambers Wight	School Teacher	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	25 February 1897	26 October 1917
Paul Peter Wiklund	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 November 1890	28 March 1918
Frederick Herbert Cumberland Wilcox	?	4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	Captain	?	14 January 1917
Thomas Edward Wild	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	11 March 1888	26 October 1917
Kenneth Percy Wilder	Engineer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 December 1895	2 September 1918
John Wilkie	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 August 1892	5 October 1915
Arthur Frederick Wilkinson	Tinsmith	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 August 1895	27 October 1917
Edgar Austin Wilkinson	Soldier	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	26 June 1881	22 April 1915
Edward Alexander Wilkinson	Glass Cutter	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 April 1886	5 November 1916
Albert Thomas Williams	?	79th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	?	12 August 1915
Alfred Williams	Metal Worker	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 April 1876	25 October 1916
Charles Frank Williams	Teamster	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 November 1890	25 August 1918
Edwin Williams	Chauffeur	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 February 1888	25 April 1915
Frank Williams	Leather Cutter	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 January 1874	15 August 1917
James John Williams MM	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 March 1896	26 October 1917
David Williamson	Plumber	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 September 1882	1 December 1915
James Fraser Williamson	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 April 1894	16 September 1917
Thomas Edward Willis	Farm Laborer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 May 1883	23 November 1917
John James Willoughby	Constable	Lord Strathcona’s Horse	Private	19 October 1890	30 March 1918
Samuel Thomas Willoughby	Newspaper Manager	2nd Canadian Tank Battalion	Lieutenant	10 June 1882	23 October 1918
Archibald Wilson	Barber	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	12 February 1892	16 August 1917
Claude Melnot Wilson DFC	?	29th Squadron, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	?	14 October 1918
Ephraim Wilson	Checker	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 October 1889	6 October 1918
Fletcher MacLaren Wilson	Surveyor	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 April 1894	3 September 1918
Frank Claude Wilson DCM	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	13 June 1894	8 August 1918
Frederick Wilson	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 October 1888	26 September 1916
George Frederick Wilson	Labourer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 July 1888	8 October 1916
Henry Gordon Wilson	Printer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 October 1896	2 December 1916
Henry John Wilson	Telegraphist	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 February 1892	15 September 1916
irving Wilson	Pumpman	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 January 1890	18 October 1916
James Wilson	Machinist	107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Lance Serjeant	10 April 1887	15 August 1917
James Wilson	Laborer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 May 1891	1 September 1916
John Wilson	Miner	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 January 1876	25 April 1915
John Miller Wilson	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 October 1890	13 June 1916
Stanley Edward Wilson	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	28 April 1917
Sydney Harold Wilson	Accountant	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	10 March 1886	7 November 1917
Thomas Wilson	Farm Servant	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 March 1894	10 September 1916
William Wilson	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 March 1887	28 April 1917
Arthur Wilton MC	Cement Finisher	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	10 March 1877	4 May 1917
Henry Windred	Farmer	200th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 September 1890	1 April 1919
Alexander Winearls	Laborer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Serjeant	4 December 1880	19 November 1916
Arthur Townsend Winn	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 August 1890	11 April 1918
Nathaniel Winslow	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant Major	30 June 1882	17 April 1917
Robert William Witty	Preacher	12th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army medical Corps	Sergeant	18 January 1883	3 September 1918
Stuart Wixey	Telephone Linesman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 April 1877	24 July 1917
Nicholas Wonsawitch	Handyman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 April 1896	27 September 1916
Alfred Wood	?	Royal Engineers	Sapper	?	19 May 1921
Alfred Thomas Wood	Farmer	Canadian Infantry	Private	1 September 1895	9 November 1918
Edgar E. Wood	Farm Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 November 1880	14 November 1917
George Henry Wood	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	4 October 1883	1 August 1918
John Alexander Wood	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 January 1889	27 October 1917
John Sutherland Wood	Groom	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	3 October 1889	26 October 1917
Leonard Wood	Farmer	3rd Canadian Divisional H.Q.	Corporal	4 September 1886	26 December 1917
John Woodrooffe	?	Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	?	7 February 1916
David Woods	Machinist	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 May 1890	22 April 1915
Sydney Woods	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 December 1888	21 May 1918
Thomas Alexander Woods	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 January 1878	6 November 1917
Hedley John Woolway	Drayman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 July 1892	12 August 1916
George Woor	Farmer	12th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	15 October 1872	11 March 1918
Joe Woytis	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 March 1891	9 April 1917
Ernest James Wrennick	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	12 August 1889	6 June 1916
Bertie Wright	Wheelwright	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Armourer Corporal	29 March 1891	24 February 1919
Cyric Healy Wright	Stenographer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 March 1887	15 August 1917
George Harold Wright	Accountant	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	8 March 1896	10 November 1917
Percy Wright	Salesman	4th Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lieutenant	18 September 1885	1 September 1918
Robert Sinclair Wright	Clerk	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	14 November 1888	13 December 1918
William Henry Wright	Wood Machinist	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 May 1891	14 June 1916
Ronald Wylie	Boilermaker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 March 1887	26 September 1916
Richard Wynne	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 March 1888	29 September 1918

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).

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 3 January 2024

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