Historic Sites of Manitoba: Newdale and District War Memorial (Newdale, Municipality of Harrison Park)

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A war memorial at Newdale in the Municipality of Harrison Park was constructed between 1919 and 1920 in memory of the community’s sons killed in the First World War. Unveiled on 17 December 1920 by Lieutenant Governor James Albert Manning Aikins and Brigadier-General Hugh Marshall Dyer, the monument stands 18 feet high, with a base and die of grey granite, surmounted by a life-size statue of a soldier carved in white marble by Signor Nicolai Rombello of Italy. In 1946 a bronze plaque bearing the names of the fallen of both World Wars was placed on the face of the stone.

Newdale and District War Memorial (July 2011) Source: Allan Drysdale Newdale and District War Memorial (August 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.35086, W100.20442 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arthur Walter Bainbridge	Farmer	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1890	2 November 1918
J. Bowman	?	?	?	?	?
William Christie [Cardale, Oak River]	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	13 November 1892	26 September 1916
John Driver	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1878	1 October 1918
Frank Robert Davidson	Electrician	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	15 September 1916
Archie Bryan Farrell	Teacher	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Corporal	28 July1886	31 October 1917
J. Henderson	?	?	?	?	?
Frederick John Howard	Farmer	107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	25 June 1917
A. Kelly	?	?	?	?	?
Samuel Douglas Lyons	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1892	7 April 1917
W. Lane	?	?	?	?	?
George Harold Martin [Lakeside, Maryland Methodist, Neepawa, Neepawa Methodist]	Bank Clerk	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 April 1897	6 November 1917
Robert Milne	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	12 October 1915
Henry Walter “Harry” Mungham	Clerk	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	15 September 1916
James Allen Mason	Farm Labourer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	6 October 1916
William Bishop Reid	Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1874	10 April 1917
Charles Wesley Robertson	Farmer	24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	9 April 1917
Clifford William Rowland	Lineman	10th Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	14 December 1890	12 February 1917
Frank Rowe	Labourer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	15 September 1916
James Dalgleish Tait	Clerk (farming now)	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Corporal	1 October 1889	10 April 1917
Edwin Thomas Wolfe	Farm Hand	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 February 1889	23 July 1916
Robert John Young	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	9 October 1893	2 June 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Douglas Andrew Adams	172 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	27 July 1915	14 August 1944
Gavin Robert Adams	87 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	7 March 1920	24 November 1943
Robert Thomas Creber	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	6 March 1921	5 July 1943
Lorne Ronald Coutts	428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	26 June 1919	27 April 1943
David Robert Hyde	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	23 November 1920	8 May 1945
Harold Herbert King	101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1 July 1920	1 July 1944
Albert Sydney McFeetors	428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	9 June 1914	14 October 1944
Paul McLean	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	11 November 1916	25 May 1944
James Wendell Kippen	Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Captain	30 March 1905	30 April 1941
Robert Stacey Kippen	Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	13 December 1911	21 May 1945
Gerald McTavish Milton [Oak River, Rapid City]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman 2nd Class	25 September 1922	10 October 1942
Vernon Earl Taylor	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	8 December 1918	23 June 1944
James Allan Waddell	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	10 February 1924	9 October 1944
Arnold Edwin Wyton	90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	4 March 1919	9 October 1943

Sources:

“Impressive scene at unveiling of memorial,” Manitoba Free Press Prairie Farmer, 22 December 1920, page 2.

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 David Ford for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews, Gordon Goldsborough, Tim Worth, Allan Drysdale, and George Penner.

Page revised: 19 November 2023

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