Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minitonas War Memorial (Minitonas, Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)

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A monument at Minitonas in the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman was unveiled on 30 July 1922 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service. The monument was badly damaged in a windstorm in July 2017.

Minitonas War Memorial (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N52.08631, W101.04177 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harold Coulthurst	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	9 April 1917
A. Evans	?	?	?	?	?
Seymour Arthur Gilroy	Farmer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1892	6 November 1917
Richard Henry Gough	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	11 August 1918
Joseph Frederick Godin	Logger	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	28 November 1916
Arthur Haggerty	Plasterer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	24 September 1916
George Hunter	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	6 June 1916
Stanley Christopher Henderson	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	12 August 1915
David Andrew Hilland	Farrier	4th Division, Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery	Staff Sergeant	1891	16 October 1918
Charles John Ivens [Virden]	Farmer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	19 November 1887	9 November 1917
Walter Eckford Laing	Plumber	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 November 1876	10 September 1916
Alfred George Kerley	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1878	10 August 1918
William Andrew McCleary	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	8 May 1917
A. McDonald	?	?	?	?	?
Alexander Campbell McPhee	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	15 September 1918
Frank Moline	Farmer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	21 August 1917
Robert Chester Sargent [Rivers, Rivers Methodist]	Farmer & Teacher	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	15 November 1895	16 September 1916
Charles Bradlaw Stevenson	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	26 September 1916
Harold Reuben Taverner	Merchant	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	17 April 1917
Robert John Walker	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 December 1892	6 November 1917
Arthur Edward West [Armoury, Brandon Hills, Carberry]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 April 1899	27 September 1918
Stuart Robertson Widmeyer MM	Student	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1895	1 October 1918
Meredith Wray	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	30 October 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Alexander Brown	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	18 February 1920	26 May 1943
William Kokot	Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	21 September 1922	17 April 1945
Emil Lewicki	14 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	7 August 1922	19 September 1944
Johnstone Macdonald Maltman	12th Armoured Regiment, Three Rivers Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	19 October 1920	14 October 1943
David James Pogue	Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	14 December 1921	2 September 1944
Norman Archibald Hunter Pott [Brierley School]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	26 June 1921	11 February 1944
David Thomas Shand	North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	30 January 1918	23 August 1944
Frederick G. Shiel	Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	2 January 1922	24 December 1944
Earl Beaverley Till	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	5 September 1920	1 January 1942

Sources:

“The Minitonas Memorial Service,” Swan River Star and Times, 27 July 1922, page 9.

“Historic Minitonas, Man. cenotaph destroyed by storm,” CBC News, 9 July 2017.

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 Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 21 November 2020

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