Historic Sites of Manitoba: Neepawa War Memorial (282 Hamilton Street, Neepawa)

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A monument in Neepawa, on the grounds of the Beautiful Plains County Court House, was constructed by the local firm Guinn and Simpson in 1921. It commemorates soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Neepawa War Memorial (August 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.22844, W99.46543 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

The following list also contains fatalities from smaller communities around Neepawa, including Birnie.

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
George Alderson	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1880	25 November 1916
Joseph Marian Ames [Birnie]	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	30 October 1917
James Ernest Attwood	Engineer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	6 November 1917
Robert Balfour	Barber	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	12 October 1916
Harold Ball	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	14 August 1917
William Frank Barker	Student	191st Squadron, Royal Air Force	Flight Cadet	1893	13 June 1918
Stanley Barr	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	23 August 1917
William Gibbings Betts	Farmer	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	2 June 1916
Arthur Booth	Railway Agent and Operator	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	20 June 1916
George Gerald Bowman	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	15 September 1916
Irwin Faryon Brown	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	17 March 1917
Leonard Brown	?	?	?	?	?
Lawrence Buchanan	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	25 December 1917
George Raymond Burkell	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1897	6 October 1918
Roy Robert Burns	Locomotive Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	25 April 1915
William Amos Norris Butler	Student	10th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force	2nd Lieutenant	1890	2 August 1918
Roy Campbell	Contractor	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	30 October 1917
Ernest Caswell	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	25 April 1915
Thomas George Bruce Champion	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	2 October 1916
John Edwin Cheetham	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	30 October 1917
Marcus Chisholm	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1896	11 August 1918
Francis William Clark	Labourer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	6 June 1916
Walter George Clark	Fireman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	3 April 1917
Archie Colson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1893	10 December 1915
Harry Craven	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	25 September 1916
Herbert John Crook	Clerk and Farm Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	14 June 1916
William Crossland [Riding Mountain]	Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	15 September 1916
Paul Webster Davis [Neepawa Methodist, Wesley College]	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 December 1899	28 September 1918
Walter Day	?	?	?	?	?
Walter Donnelly [Birnie]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	30 October 1917
Harry Dougan	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1891	15 September 1916
John George Downs [Neepawa Methodist]	Labourer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	6 October 1916
George Richard Elliott [Moline, Russell Anglican]	Railroader	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 May 1897	24 October 1917
Hugh Oswald Emmons	Engineer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	26 October 1917
James Alexander Fairley	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	23 September 1916
Thomas Elgin Farrell [Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	15 September 1916
Arthur Fenwick MM	Groom	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 September 1895	24 October 1961
William Malcolm Finlay	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	27 September 1918
Noel Frazer	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	8 October 1915
Robert George Foster	Bank Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1891	9 August 1918
George Fowler	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	12 April 1917
John James Foggin	Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	29 January 1887	9 April 1917
Wheelock C. Francis	Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	26 October 1917
William Francois	?	?	?	?	?
John Courtenay Fraser MC	Farmer	Guards Machine Gun Regiment, Grenadier Guards, British Army	Lieutenant	7 April 1890	9 September 1918
Carman Henry Gardiner [Kelwood, Riding Mountain]	Farmhand	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 May 1898	28 April 1917
Hugh William Gardiner	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	26 September 1916
Joseph Rolfe Gibson [Lansdowne, Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1899	2 September 1918
George Goodwillie	Foreman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1888	11 August 1916
Samuel James Graham	Farmer	226th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	2 June 1917
John Grandison [Birnie]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1875	9 June 1916
Harold Henry Grassie MM	Brakeman, CNR	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	8 August 1918
John Frederick Green [Riding Mountain]	Teamster	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1887	28 September 1915
Bernhard Francis Greentree [Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 April 1897	30 August 1918
William Walter Haygreen	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	9 November 1916
Francis Bennett “Frank” Haywood	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	25 October 1916
Kenneth William Heaps	Telegraph Operator	Canadian Engineers	Private	1897	24 November 1964 [1]
William Henry Hearn [Kelwood, Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1892	10 August 1918
Andrew Blair Hockin [Mentmore, Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	11 August 1918
George Frederick Hoddinott [Birnie]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1879	15 August 1918
William Holsey	Powderman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1877	2 September 1918
George Housley	Teamster	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	30 October 1917
Alexander Edward Howe	Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	8 November 1917
Robert Reid Howden [Neepawa Methodist]	Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1895	8 October 1916
Robert Hughes	?	?	?	?	?
Alexander Ingram	Farm Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 June 1896	29 September 1918
John Milton Ingram	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1893	15 September 1916
Melville George Ingram	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	15 September 1916
Binn Irwin	?	?	?	?	?
Thomas Jackson [Birnie]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	30 October 1917
Alexander Jamieson	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	27 June 1917
Harry Stanley Jones MM [Birnie]	Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1891	16 August 1917
Robert Edgar Jones	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	10 August 1918
Oscar Roland Kerr [Agricultural College, Franklin, Wesley College]	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 November 1893	11 February 1916
Benjamin George King	Teamster	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	21 August 1917
Christopher Kitchen	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1890	6 November 1917
George Kolesar	Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	2 June 1916
Arthur Lasseter	Labourer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	16 September 1916
Richard Hamilton Lloyd [Lansdowne, Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	27 September 1918
John Loftus Lord [Neepawa Methodist]	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	21 August 1917
William Graham Lough	Labourer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 April 1897	15 April 1918
John Lingard Lowe	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	12 April 1917
Richard Howard Macey	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	5 June 1916
George Henry Mackman	Farmer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1880	27 September 1916
Robert Maltby	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 June 1895	8 August 1918
George Harold Martin [Lakeside, Maryland Methodist, Neepawa Methodist, Newdale]	Bank Clerk	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 April 1897	6 November 1917
John G. McCausland [Birnie]	?	?	?	?	?
Arthur Francis McConaghy	Butcher	Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	8 May 1896	25 May 1915
Peter McDonald	?	?	?	?	?
Harry Honeyman McFadyen [Armoury, Birnie]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1896	17 August 1918
William McMartin	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	9 April 1917
James McNab	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	21 August 1917
Alexander McGregor McRae MM [Brookdale, Carberry, Next of Kin]	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	9 November 1895	4 September 1918
Frederick William McRae	Railway Mail Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	2 June 1917
George Edward Mennie	Farm Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	25 January 1918
Garfield Raymond Mitchell	Bank Clerk	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	9 September 1916
George Hay Mitchell	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	1 July 1917
Sedley James Monnington	Musician	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	7 November 1916
Ashton Moore	Farm Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	16 August 1918
Karl Adrian Olson	Farm Labourer	43rdh Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	26 October 1917
George Peacock	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1886	7 May 1917
Fred Reid [Neepawa Methodist]	Watchmaker	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	30 October 1917
Edward Reilly	Farmer	1st Depot Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	10 April 1918
Ernest Lawrence Reilly	Student	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	11 September 1917
Gilwyn Roberts [Neepawa Methodist]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	8 August 1918
James Alan Roberts	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	14 February 1918
Frederick Rolfe	Printer	The Fort Garry Horse	Lance Sergeant	1890	23 March 1918
Arnold Richmond Ross	Farmer	226th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	4 October 1916
Thomas Rushton	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	28 June 1917
Alfred Saxton	Farm Hand	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	28 June 1917
Ben Singleton [Birnie]	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 May 1917
William Jack Smith	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	24 August 1917
John Austin Charles Stacey [Birnie]	Seaman & Diver	1st Canadian Division, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1882	16 August 1917
Gordon Henry Suddaby [Birnie]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	10 November 1917
Thomas William Sutton [Neepawa Methodist]	?	HM Trawler Sapper Herbert Bennett, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve	Ordinary Seaman	?	29 December 1917
George Edward Thomas [Riding Mountain]	Farmer	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1892	10 August 1918
Thomas Turnbull	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1894	12 June 1916
Edward Walker [Riding Mountain]	Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	2 June 1916
George William Watson	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	6 November 1917
Alexander Francis Whitelaw	?	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	?	6 March 1916
Joseph Willerton [Riding Mountain]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	9 April 1917
Thomas Arthur Worsey	Student	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1882	8 September 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
R. Adams	?	?	?	?
Henry Douglas Baker	418 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	5 March 1919	9 April 1943
Raymond John Baroni	9 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	6 December 1922	16 December 1943
Wilfred John Thomas Birch	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Lance Corporal	12 September 1918	6 June 1944
Henry Westbrook Blackwell	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	24 November 1913	26 November 1941
Robert McLean Brown [Arden]	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Private	23 October 1915	8 August 1944
Frank Earl Burton	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman 1st Class	20 February 1923	12 December 1942
Eric Charles Carpenter	109 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	6 June 1919	23 December 1944
Benjamin Thomas Cook DFM	413 (Photographic Squadron), Air Force	Flight Officer	17 March 1919	18 October 1947
Russell Murray Coutts	183 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	6 November 1916	27 March 1944
Roy Richard Cumberland	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	8 September 1923	30 December 1941
Roy Davidson	420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	13 August 1916	21 June 1942
Jack William Day	14th Armoured Regiment, Calgary Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lance Corporal	6 February 1915	10 July 1944
Arthur Keelinge Deakin	407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	12 October 1917	13 November 1944
Claude Alphonse Forsman	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Sergeant	10 June 1914	30 July 1944
Alexander Donald Fraser DFC	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	17 December 1923	3 April 1945
Carman Boyd Graham	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	1 June 1915	19 August 1942
John A. Graham	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	11 January 1901	19 August 1942
Chesley Reginald Grassie	44 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	3 March 1922	11 November 1944
Alfred Joseph Grenon	428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	26 August 1917	22 May 1943
Edgar Arthur Hallen	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	29 March 1924	7 May 1945
Reginald Bruce Harris	410 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	15 March 1915	13 June 1943
Gerald Charles Hart	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	29 January 1917	3 September 1942
Thomas Hudson	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	11 August 1919	22 July 1944
Jack James Hunter MM	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	11 May 1921	19 August 1942
Alvin Roy Jackson [McCreary, Polonia]	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	22 April 1924	26 August 1944
Melvin Russell Jackson	Westminster Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	7 November 1914	24 May 1944
Joseph Kaspryzk [Polonia]	North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	6 August 1915	17 September 1944
Cyril Namond Kennedy	6 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	8 March 1914	2 February 1944
Frederick James Kennedy	15 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	29 April 1913	30 May 1942
William Fraser Kinsley	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Private	17 March 1918	1 November 1944
Roy Lomax Kirk	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	2 March 1920	14 July 1945
Charles Kolesar [Polonia]	4 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	28 July 1905	23 August 1944
Thomas Norman Kolesar	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	5 March 1921	16 November 1942
Ernest Hubert Laudrum	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman 2nd Class	8 September 1921	24 February 1943
R. Leslie	?	?	?	?
Arnold Coad McConaghy	Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps	Private	28 October 1900	15 June 1945
Harvey Anson McGorman	Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1 April 1920	28 August 1944
Frank Vernon Meakin	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Lance Corporal	7 July 1923	8 June 1944
George Edward Meakin	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Corporal	30 April 1921	8 June 1944
Andrew Galoway Mutch	Royal Winnipeg Rilfes	Rifleman	16 March 1920	6 June 1944
Robert Mutch	Royal Winnipeg Rilfes	Rifleman	6 August 1922	8 June 1944
Gordon Brydon Nesbitt	432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	17 May 1917	16 July 1943
Alfred Nicholson	12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	12 January 1912	14 August 1944
George James Olstead	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	13 April 1916	14 October 1939
E. J. Pasferzyk	?	?	?	?
Peter Pasowysty [Polonia]	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	6 August 1915	20 September 1944
Wilfred Nicholson Patterson	626 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	20 October 1916	21 February 1945
Robert Leslie Payn	136 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1 May 1920	25 March 1942
Robert Murray Pennie	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	1 October 1924	1 September 1944
Metro Porosiuk [Polonia]	Westminster Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	6 April 1905	26 September 1944
Charles John Prawdzik [Polonia]	415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	23 August 1921	13 October 1944
William Howard Ritchey	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Lance Corporal	20 June 1905	26 July 1944
James Sangster	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	27 September 1924	18 November 1945
Orlin Garfield Scott	Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	31 March 1905	6 October 1943
William Tom Seaman	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	22 August 1921	10 June 1943
Harold Angus Shewfelt	428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	25 September 1920	5 December 1944
Benjamin Walter Singleton	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	7 May 1918	22 January 1943
Ebenezer Alfred Sirett	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	3 September 1919	3 April 1943
Albert Skeet	3 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	24 January 1909	10 August 1944
Henry Maximilian Slezak	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1 October 1921	27 July 1942
Walter Perry Smith	90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	7 February 1924	28 June 1944
Albert Howard Spinks	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	14 June 1925	29 May 1944
Robert J Stevenson	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lance Corporal	31 July 1918	6 June 1944
George Stanley Thomas	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Sergeant	12 December 1916	15 December 1944
Gerald Robert Titus	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	17 April 1913	27 July 1942
Arthur Tomlin	1 Railway Operating Company, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	18 October 1918	22 November 1943
Philip Sinclair Touchbourne	HMS Formidable, Royal Navy	Lieutenant	26 March 1905	10 May 1941
Frank James Venn	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	29 May 1921	26 June 1941
Charles Edward Weaver	Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	4 June 1921	9 December 1943
Frederick Weaver	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	31 January 1922	5 September 1944
Glen Mason Weaver	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	26 July 1919	4 May 1944
Richard Henry Wilman	440 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	21 April 1914	16 July 1944

Korean War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harold Victor Edgley	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	30 September 1920	6 June 1951
Royal Blaine Pearson	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	8 March 1931	7 March 1951
William David Wright	2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Gunner	5 September 1930	21 November 1950

See also:

MHS Centennial Business: Guinn & Simpson

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).

1. An erroneous death announcement for K. W. Heaps in the Winnipeg Tribune (20 August 1917, page 3) resulted in his name being added to the memorial here as well as two memorials at Nottinghamshire, England.

“Guinn and Simpson,” Birtle Eye-Witness, 1 March 1921, page 8.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 3 November 2024

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