Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minto War Memorial (South Railway Street, Minto, Municipality of Grassland)

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A monument at Minto, in the Municipality of Grassland, was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Minto War Memorial (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.40705, W100.02454 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Abbott	Farmer	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1868	8 May 1915
David Miller Calderwood	Carpenter	20th Squadron, Royal Air Force	2nd Lieutenant	1892	20 September 1918
Allistar Chambers [Armoury]	Farm Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1895	2 October 1918
John Dickson	?	?	?	?	?
James Edward Garwell	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1893	3 May 1917
William Greig	Farm Hand	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 February 1893	2 June 1916
Sidney Halliday	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	11 August 1918
Charles Wesley Lovatt [Bunclody, Next of Kin, Riverview, Souris, Wesley College]	Student	12th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	1886	29 October 1917
Angus Lawrence McIntyre	Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	15 August 1917
Alfred Christopher McLatchie MM [Armoury, St. Andrews Presbyterian]	Brakeman	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	5 November 1894	20 April 1918
James Meek	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	16 September 1916
George Elmore Pringle	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	27 September 1918
David Ribbans	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	10 April 1917
John Sheppard	Carpenter and Barber	Depot Battalion	Private	1889	16 April 1918
Thomas Henry Tyreman [Boissevain]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 June 1917
Norman James Waddell [Lakeside]	Bank Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 August 1897	8 October 1916
James Philip Wark	Plumber	Royal Flying Corps	Am.	1893	10 February 1918
Lawrence Loudon Wark	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	7 May 1917
Harold White	?	?	?	?	?

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Cecil John Graham [Boissevain]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	4 September 1920	6 June 1944
William Fraser Kinsley [Boissevain]	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Private	17 March 1918	1 November 1944
Douglas Peter Lamont [Boissevain]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	3 November 1918	22 April 1943
Spencer Edwin Leppert [Boissevain]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	29 August 1923	7 December 1944
Earl Rennick Little [Boissevain]	Regina Rifle Regiment	Rifleman	19 July 1920	25 September 1944
Donald John MacDonald [Boissevain]	1st Armoured Car Regiment, Royal Canadian Dragoons	Trooper	2 August 1924	16 April 1945
William Mowatt [Boissevain]	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	11 February 1908	23 May 1944

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 Cheryl Wark for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 13 May 2023

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