Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minnedosa War Memorial (First Avenue SE, Minnedosa)

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A monolithic monument in Minnedosa, unveiled on 16 October 1921, was designed by architect F. W. Simon and constructed by J. O. Brunet under the direction of F. P. Inman. It commemorates local citizens who died during military service.

Minnedosa War Memorial (August 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.24832, W99.83807 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harold Joseph Ashe	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	8 August 1918
John Attenborough	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	18 May 1915
Archibald James Robert Badger [Lakeside]	Bank Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1892	1 September 1918
Frederick William Barnes MM [Birtle, Blenheim]	Jeweller	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	17 October 1895	31 August 1918
Richard Middleton Beaumont [Armoury, Brandon College]	Farmer	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	4 November 1884	30 October 1917
Wesley John Bell	Gas Checker	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 June 1893	9 April 1917
Roger Alfred Benton	Grain Dealer	4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	13 June 1916
Harry Lauder Berg	Mechanic and Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	1 September 1918
George Frederick William Black [Birtle]	Miner	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 October 1892	26 April 1915
Frederick Francis Blake	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	17 July 1917
Thomas Carlisle Broad	Brakeman	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 September 1885	24 May 1915
Irwin Faryon Brown	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	17 March 1917
J. Bryden	?	?	?	?	?
John Walter Arthur Bryson	Farm Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	9 April 1917
Stephen J. Burrell	Carpenter	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 May 1878	9 August 1918
Thomas Johnstone Logie Butchart [Fort Rouge Methodist, Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge, Wesley College]	Student (Wesley College)	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 April 1897	20 June 1917
Sam Carter [Clanwilliam]	Farm Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 June 1884	6 June 1916
Vincent Colley	Fireman	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 January 1893	12 June 1916
John Comrie	Farmer	3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	6 March 1915
Francis Russell Cook [Clanwilliam]	Drug Store Clerk	Royal Air Force	Cadet	1898	7 August 1918
Harry J. Cook [Clanwilliam]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 March 1895	9 April 1917
Gordon Coote	Labourer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	16 September 1916
William Davidson	Cement Worker	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	5 December 1883	9 September 1916
William Daynes	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	24 May 1915
Richard Barber Delmage	School Teacher	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1895	28 September 1918
Arthur Edward Dentrey	Farmer	The Fort Garry Horse	Private	1898	1 April 1918
William Thomas Devlin	Brakeman	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	27 September 1916
Osmond Henry Ditch	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	2 November 1917
Thomas Patrick Donlon	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	2 September 1917
James Hawthorne Douglas	CPR Linesman	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1877	6 June 1916
Henry James Dowding MM	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	1 February 1918
William Drummond [Armoury]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 August 1898	27 October 1917
Joseph William Duffin	Brakeman	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	24 May 1915
Ernest Dunhill	Bricklayer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	25 June 1916
James Govan Dunn	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1884	20 December 1917
Edgar Hutchinson Elored	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	15 September 1916
Francis Riversdale Elliot	Gardener	12th Manitoba Dragoons	Lieutenant	12 August 1868	19 April 1915
Frederick Evans	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	30 Octobe 1917
George Basil Ewens [Agricultural College, Clanwilliam]	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 September 1888	27 December 1914
Wilber James Flynn	Brakeman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1893	4 November 1918
Leonard Thomas Funnell	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	30 October 1917
Hubert De’Arze Gill [Law Society, St. Johns]	Barrister at Law	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 November 1892	13 October 1915
J. Grant	?	?	?	?	?
Harold Henry Grassey MM	CNR Brakesman	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	8 August 1918
Frank Green	Market Gardener	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	11 August 1918
George Barrett Grover	Banker’s Assistant	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	8 August 1918
Ronald Hand	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	13 May 1916
Thomas William Hedges	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1897	29 September 1918
Herbert Hick	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	9 April 1917
George Henry Holder	?	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 December 1895	1 June 1915
Harold John Hulbert	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	24 April 1915
Cyril Hunsley	Accountant	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1891	27 April 1915
George Waldorf Huntington	?	8th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifles	2nd Lieutenant	?	24 August 1916
Frederick James Instance	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	1 October 1918
Matthew Stanley Shaw Irving	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	28 July 1917
Christopher H. Jacobson	Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	10 February 1918
F. W. Johnson	?	?	?	?	?
Herbert Leversidge	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 December 1897	16 August 1918
Joseph Walker Loynes	Cook	226th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	30 December 1916
John Hector Neil MacMillan [Basswood]	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	29 December 1891	12 November 1915
James Madill	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	28 October 1917
Fred Midgeley	Wiper	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	26 April 1916
Henry Farmer Millichamp	Printer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	11 August 1918
Alfred John Minns	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1884	12 December 1919
John McDonald	?	11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, British Army	Private	1887	9 April 1917
H. McFadden	?	?	?	?	?
Robert Stewart McGlashen	Hardware Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1889	24 May 1915
Lauchlan J. McLean	Accountant	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	26 October 1917
Joseph Davis Newman	Store Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 June 1897	15 September 1916
John Onhauser [Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge]	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 December 1897	12 April 1917
Angus John William Pearson	?	14th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, attached to 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, British Army	Second Lieutenant	11 June 1895	1 July 1916
Edward Eric Pearson	?	45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	26 February 1920
George O. Pedersen	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1889	11 April 1917
William Prescott	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Sergeant	21 November 1892	24 May 1915
John Alfred Raney	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	8 August 1918
Harvey Rea [Russell]	Store Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 June 1897	28 September 1916
Frank Henry Robertson	Engineer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 May 1894	12 April 1915
W. A. Robinson	?	?	?	?	?
Hugh Robert Sanderson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1893	26 October 1917
L. Schaufner	?	?	?	?	?
Alex Scott	Labourer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	6 June 1916
James Scott	Fireman (CPR)	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 January 1893	28 April 1917
Robert McGregor Scott	Labourer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	3 August 1882	1882	6 June 1916
E. F. Smith	?	?	?	?	?
Ernest Augustus Sparks	Locomotive Engineer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	25 October 1916
George Owen Sparrow	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	30 October 1917
W. Steadman	?	?	?	?	?
Robert McNaught Stone	Lumber Merchant	3rd Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery	Gunner	1885	10 October 1918
Thomas Tait	Barber	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	8 June 1871	12 August 1916
William Alfred Taylor	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	30 October 1917
Frank Thompson	Coach Builder	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	15 September 1916
Edward Percy Tilling	Butcher	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	13 July 1918
Samuel Edward Trueman	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1879	21 August 1917
Archibald Edward Vanderpump MC	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	1892	27 August 1918
John David Walker	Painter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	2 November 1917
William Ellis Warwick	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1884	7 April 1917
Alexander Peter Watt	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	25 May 1915
Ingram Dale Weldon	Farm Labourer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	7 June 1916
Thomas Lewis Owen Williams MC	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1889	21 October 1918
Harry Younger	Farm Hand	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1876	15 August 1917
John E. Zetterlund	Railroad Man	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 January 1889	20 October 1918

1. Daphne Gray of Worcestershire, England reports (15 July 2014) that F. J. Instance left Worcestershire to emigrate to Canada in 1914. He left Liverpool on 2 April 1914, age 19, and sailed to St. John’s, New Brunswick. About two years later, on 11 March 1916, he enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Minnedosa. He served in the 16th Battalion (Manitoba Regiment)and was killed in action, age 23, on 1 October 1918. He is commemorated in three locations in England: the Worcestershire Roll of Honour in Worcester Cathedral; the memorial in the Church of St. Lawrence, Lindridge, Worcestershire; and the memorial in Bayton Primary School, Worcestershire.

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Leonard Roy Anderson	101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	14 June 1918	7 December 1942
Albert Earl Atkinson	429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	13 July 1923	14 May 1943
Herbert Alfred Chislett	50 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	5 December 1918	16 August 1942
John Gibson Clarke	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1 March 1924	28 February 1945
William George Cleaver	13 Provost Company, The Canadian Provost Corps	Lance Corporal	13 September 1920	25 September 1943
James Raymond Cornwall	407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	5 June 1920	29 April 1943
Robert John Alexander Cowan	51 Squadron, Royal Canadian AIr Force	Flight Sergeant	10 July 1922	9 January 1943
Robert Owen Docking	115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	15 November 1919	17 June 1941
Roy Harold Dow	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	24 December 1915	21 February 1945
John Phillip Dyer DFC	99 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Flying Officer	14 May 1913	22 May 1940
Paris Richmond Eakins	411 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	9 September 1914	19 August 1942
Ronald Clark East	420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	31 May 1922	22 July 1943
Thomas Tristram Fox	485 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force	Pilot Officer	5 February 1921	4 April 1942
Philip Felix Gonroski [Brandon Collegiate]	429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	25 August 1925	6 March 1945
William Angus Grant	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	26 October 1919	5 May 1943
Carl Delbert Theodore Holmberg	38 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant W. Op. / Air Gunner	6 June 1918	9 April 1944
Alvin John Hunter	432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	28 December 1925	21 February 1945
Allan James Lefurgey	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)	Private	29 July 1922	24 October 1944
Richard Herbert Lewis	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	31 October 1920	27 February 1943
William Thomas Beilby McBratney	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	11 June 1914	10 September 1942
Devereaux Richard Cecil McDonald	432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	8 January 1922	3 August 1943
John Walter Brown McDonald	6th Armored Regiment, 1st Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Captain	?	27 February 1945
John Clair McLeod	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	25 September 1924	5 January 1945
Arthur Clarke McNabb	407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	23 March 1919	31 May 1943
Harold Alexander Moad	57 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	23 December 1920	2 December 1943
Kenneth Peter Morrison	3rd Armored Reconnaissance. Regiment, Governor General’s Horse Guards,Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	12 August 1922	3 September 1944
John Allen Parker	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	10 June 1920	15 February 1944
Harry Jarvis Peacey	10th Armored Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Captain	?	25 July 1944
John Swinbank Phelps	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I	17 June 1920	9 April 1943
William Maurice Popplestone	114 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	22 September 1920	26 March 1942
Arthur Leslie Pullen	102 Ceylon Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Flight Officer	27 May 1914	1 July 1941
Gordon John Rankmore	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	5 February 1920	28 May 1943
Russell Clare Scott	458 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	27 August 1919	24 August 1943
Lloyd Wallace Setter	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	?	9 January 1949
Ernest Leslie Shuttleworth	407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	17 January 1920	30 June 1943
William Harvey Tippett	2nd Armored Regiment, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	2 June 1919	30 May 1944
Albert Robert Weech	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	6 June 1906	27 September 1944
Gerald Harvey Woodcock	78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	18 October 1918	30 July 1943
Kenneth John Woodcock	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	8 July 1920	30 March 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).

“Local and general news,” Minnedosa Tribune, 13 October 1921, page 5.

“Minnedosa soldiers’ monument unveiled,” Minnedosa Tribune, 20 October 1921, page 2.

“Manitoba honors “glorious dead” with suitable monuments,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 November 1922, page 67.

We thank Daphne Gray for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 3 November 2024

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