Historic Sites of Manitoba: Miniota War Memorial (Miniota, Municipality of Prairie View)

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A monument at Miniota in the Municipality of Prairie View was unveiled on 29 August 1926 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Miniota War Memorial (September 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Miniota War Memorial (July 2022) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.14273, W101.03441 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Allan	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	25 October 1916
George Edmund Featherstone Aspinwall	Carpenter	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	25 July 1916
Frederick Allan Bedford [Hamiota]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	3 October 1918
Frederick William Bradford [Hamiota]	Student in Agriculture	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1893	23 August 1917
Ernest Brew	Miner	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	20 January 1917
K. Brewer	?	?	?	?	?
David Hugh Brown [Crandall, Next of Kin]	Well Driller	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 April 1889	6 April 1918
J. Chamberlain	?	?	?	?	?
George William Coulson	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	19 February 1917
David Alexander Fraser Dickson	Notary Public	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1887	9 April 1917
Herbert John Evans	Farmer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1877	27 May 1920
James Lloyd Evans	Hardware and Lumber Merchant	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	17 March 1879	1 September 1918
Kingsley Alan Evans	Confectioner	48th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	18 December 1915
R. Ferguson	?	?	?	?	?
J. Forsyth	?	?	?	?	?
Thomas S. Gerrand	Teacher	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1893	11 February 1915
Victor Fraser Gow	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	28 April 1918
Herbert Greig	Telephone Installer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	18 May 1915
Alan Sinclair Hodnett	Merchant	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	3 May 1917
G. Karloch	?	?	?	?	?
Evelyn Charles Godson Little	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1896	9 September 1918
Wilfrid Reginald Long	Drug Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	26 October 1917
Robert McCheyne	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	6 November 1917
Thomas McCheyne	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	26 April 1916
James Randall Munshaw	Law Student	161st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1883	22 February 1919
T. Nealing	?	?	?	?	?
Herbert Henry Owen-Taylor	Cook	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	6 June 1917
Reginald Drake Palmer [Blenheim]	Teamster	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Corporal	25 September 1890	1 October 1916
Percy Norman Phillips	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1893	16 April 1917
Theron Leroy Phillips MM [Armoury, Crandall]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 July 1890	11 August 1918
William Russell Preston	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	9 April 1917
Henry Stansfield “Harry” Rake [Birtle, Blenheim]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 August 1887	26 October 1917
Edward Seeley	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1879	4 May 1917
Edmund Sismey	Farmer	3rd Canadian Division, Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery	Driver	1882	26 July 1916
Fred Sharpe	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	9 January 1917
George Albert Still	Farmer	The Fort Garry Horse	Private	1896	28 March 1919
Ralph Hunt Thorpe	Mechanic	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	19 February 1918
William Frank Trickett	Cook	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1883	14 June 1916
Stephen Tindall [Crandall, First Baptist]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Company Sergeant Major	4 June 1894	26 August 1918
William Vogel	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	3 May 1917
John Williams	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	8 October 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Wilfred P. Barrett	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1918	25 December 1941
Stanley Clarence Benn	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1918	22 August 1942
Wilbert Jacob Bieber	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1921	7 August 1943
Murray Wallace Bonner	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1920	19 August 1943
Harold Arthur Brad	106 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1922	27 April 1944
Robert Campbell Carnegie	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1923	12 January 1945
Clarence Taylor Clark	97 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1918	24 November 1943
James Harrison Clark	299 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	10 June 1920	7 June 1944
Leslie Walter Dickinson	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	1915	23 July 1944
Clarence Henry Finkbeiner	408th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1917	9 May 1942
Murray Thomas Forster	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman	1922	17 November 1941
Arthur William Gibbon	12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	1918	28 September 1941
David Ronald Gilchrist	77 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1917	26 May 1943
Jack Edgar Graham	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	8 January 1920	31 October 1944
William Alfred Grainger	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	1911	23 November 1944
Kenneth Lavern Hanna	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Sergeant	1919	28 October 1944
William Russell Hurlin	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1925	8 October 1944
Percy John Iles	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1917	11 October 1942
John Andrew Iverach	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	1907	30 September 1942
Garth Borland Johnson [Birtle]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	6 May 1922	26 November 1944
Kenneth Samuel Lawrence	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1922	8 June 1944
Lyall Thomas Lelond	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Private	1916	12 April 1945
Arthur Douglas Maw [CPR Weston]	76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	27 June 1923	31 March 1944
George Edward McKinnon	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Lieutenant	1917	19 August 1944
Francis Lloyd Milburn	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1919	13 June 1943
George M. Norrie	8th Light Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	1915	24 September 1944
George H. Padfield	11th Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	1922	13 July 1944
William George Scorgie	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1924	28 August 1944
Walter Arthur Shean	Veterans Guard of Canada	Private	1891	29 December 1940
Guy Steuart	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1910	8 June 1944
Percival Stevens	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	17 January 1915	4 July 1944
David A. Titley	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	1913	21 July 1944
Norman Clifford Walker	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1912	20 December 1941

Korean War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Charles Lorne Stowe	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	1927	13 October 1952

Sources:

“Returned Soldiers Notice,” Miniota Herald, 18 August 1926, page 8.

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 George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 11 July 2022

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