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Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Evan Babbs	Shoemaker	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 May 1878	16 July 1919
Gunnar Jonas Backlund	Pressman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 December 1891	9 April 1917
Arthur Frederick Bagg	Farmer & School Teacher	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 August 1898	9 April 1918
Gerald Walton Bailey	School teacher	Royal Air Force	2nd Lieutenant	18 March 1897	1 September 1918
Andrew Stuart Baird [Augustine, Law Society, Manitoba College]	Barrister	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	31 December 1891	8 August 1918
John Robertson Baird [Augustine Presbyterian, Blue Ribbon Tea, Canadian Club]	Bookkeeper	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	2 February 1891	5 June 1916
James Geddes Baird-Smith	Chartered Accountant	24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	Private	1886	5 February 1916
Frank Bairstow	Steamfitter	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	3 January 1880	10 April 1917
Miriam Eastman Baker	Nurse	15 General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps	N/S	20 August 1886	17 October 1918
James Henry Baker	Bricklayer	1st Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	13 November 1871	25 September 1918
William Baldwin	Teamster	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 August 1889	3 May 1917
Albert Ransome Ball [Allan Killam & McKay, St. Lukes Anglican]	Insurance Broker	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	21 April 1891	29 April 1915
Edwin Vere Ball [Electric Railway]	Motorman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 August 1879	9 April 1917
Oswald Ballendine [St. Johns]	Lather	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 August 1887	2 September 1918
William Banks	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 March 1890	2 September 1918
Murray M. Bann	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 August 1892	25 October 1916
Roderick Alexander Bannatyne [Kelvin]	Undergraduate in Arts	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 January 1897	9 April 1917
Gordon Newton Barbour	Druggist	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 August 1898	14 November 1917
John Taylor Barker	Plumber	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 April 1885	19 April 1916
Henry Lewis Barlow	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Sergeant	9 May 1893	19 November 1916
Amber Randall Barnard	Clerk	3rd Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery	Sig	23 July 1898	21 May 1920
Arthur John Barnes [Assiniboia, Eatons, St. Matthew's Anglican]	Nightwatchman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 May 1886	30 December 1916
John Henry Barnes MC & Bar	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	22 June 1895	2 November 1918
Frederick Gerald Barnes [Agricultural College]	Student	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	2 December 1892	1 October 1916
Thomas Samuel Barr	Teamster	107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 August 1886	5 May 1917
Cecil Roy Barrett MC [Bank of Montreal]	Bank Clerk	113th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	Second Lieutenant	30 May 1891	25 June 1917
F. Barstow	?	?	Private	?	?
Alexander Batchelor	Clerk	3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Coprs	Corporal	1 March 1896	30 September 1918
Frank Harris Bates	Farmer	44th Battalion Canadian Infantry	Private	19 July 1887	7 May 1917
George William Battershill [St Johns]	Clerk	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	10 March 1894	17 April 1917
Alexander Bawden	Carpenter	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	18 May 1884	15 August 1917
David Leland Bawlf	Student	203rd Squadron, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	28 June 1898	21 April 1918
Ernest Walter Baxter	Indoor Servant	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 April 1889	31 October 1916
Charles Robert Baxter	Brakeman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 March 1894	7 November 1915
Stanley Swithin Bayles MM	Travelling Salesman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lieutenant	15 August 1892	13 September 1918
Lewis MacKenzie Bean [Bank of Commerce]	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 December 1892	23 April 1915
John Wesley Bears [St. Johns, St. Giles]	Bookkeeper	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 December 1892	27 October 1916
Robert Beath	Messenger	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 August 1895	4 September 1918
George Gilbert Beatson [Norwood Methodist]	Assistant Purchasing Agent	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	12 August 1889	2 June 1916
Henry Beaudry	Grocery Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 August 1895	12 April 1917
John Maxwell Beckett	Agent	3rd Canadian Division Signal Company, Canadian Signal Corps	Lieutenant	2 March 1888	21 October 1917
William James Beetham	Marine Engineer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 September 1883	10 October 1918
Horace Carl Beken	Electrician	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	11 February 1888	24 April 1915
William Winten Beker	Lineman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 September 1881	8 October 1916
Charles Stuart Belcher MC	Insurance Agent	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	3 February 1891	11 May 1917
Leslie Kenneth Belcher MC	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Capt	16 August 1895	29 September 1918
Joseph William Bell [Electric Railway]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 April 1884	27 September 1918
Thomas Albert Ernest Bell	Checker	12th Canadian Railway Troops	Private	23 February 1880	8 December 1920
Trevor S. Bell [Kelvin]	Customs Broker	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	14 February 1895	15 September 1916
Richard Stacpool Wynyard Bellhouse [Cypress River, Engineering, St. Lukes Anglican]	Building Superintendent	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 October 1891	31 March 1916
Stanley Carleton Belyea	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 April 1894	11 October 1918
William Whitford Benny	Druggist	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Lieutenant	15 April 1881	30 October 1918
John Berry	Boiler Maker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1888	14 June 1916
Roy Thomas Berryhill (Mitchell)	Cook	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 July 1889	26 September 1916
Walter Clifford Bertram [Post Office]	Postal Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 October 1888	27 September 1918
Alfred William Bevan	?	10th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)	Private	?	9 August 1916
Sydney James Bevan [Westminster]	Homesteader	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	28 January 1891	9 April 1917
Herbert Bickerdike	Clerk & Stenographer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	23 April 1889	6 November 1917
Thomas Howard Billman	Student	203rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 February 1899	5 August 1919
Geoge Binnie	Mail Courier	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 March 1892	3 May 1917
Camiel Bintien	Farm Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 April 1897	2 September 1918
Charles Birch [Emerson]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	15 January 1898	29 May 1917
Fred Birchenall [Electric Railway]	Street Railway Conductor	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 December 1883	8 October 1916
Parkyn Sydney Bishop [Eatons, Fort Rouge Methodist, 108 Battalion]	Transportation	1st Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)	2nd Lieutenant	1892	30 November 1917
Peter William Bissett [Augustine, Kelvin, Wesley College]	Student	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	29 June 1896	14 July 1916
Thorarin Bjornson [108 Battalion]	Barber	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1876	16 August 1917
Walter Douglas Baker	Carpenter	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	24 November 1891	3 May 1917
Albert Ferguson Blackie [HBC]	Clerk	16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	Captain	1880	17 April 1917
Alfred Ernest Blackmore	Farmer	16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	Private	19 October 1873	4 September 1916
Roland Blades	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 March 1894	19 October 1915
Kenneth Campbell “Casey” Blair [Engineering]	Engineering student (University of Manitoba)	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	2 October 1888	17 January 1916
George Blake	Teamster	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	17 July 1874	8 October 1915
Ernest Blenkin	Laborer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 June 1890	26 October 1917
Frank Boal	Plumber	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 June 1883	15 August 1918
Charles Boening	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1892	11 April 1918
William Otway Boger DFC [Armoury]	RMC Cadet	56th Squadron, Royal Air Force	Capt	19 June 1895	10 August 1918
James Bolton	Baker	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 December 1892	28 September 1918
George Ernest Bolton	Printer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 June 1894	9 October 1916
William Edward Bolton	Printer	13th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Corporal	4 April 1896	2 November 1917
David Scott Borthwick [Law Society, Morden]	Law Student	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lieutenant	January 28, 1891	2 June 1916
Frank Boult [St. Philip’s Anglican]	Draftsman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	8 February 1884	9 April 1917
Marcellin Eustache Bourque	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 February 1882	17 February 1917
Frederick Percival Bousfield	Carpenter	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	8 March 1896	7 June 1916
George Bowie	Shipping Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 March 1889	2 November 1918
R. Walter Bowley	Driver	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 June 1885	9 April 1917
Stanley Horace Bown	Teamster	2nd Division Train, Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	7 January 1895	30 April 1916
Charles Thurston Bowring [Canadian Club, St. Lukes Anglican]	Grain Merchant	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	2 September 1881	29 December 1916
John Bowton	Carpenter	5th Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	9 December 1881	11 August 1918
Albert Boyce	Builder	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 November 1877	24 April 1915
Hugh Francis Boyle	Machinist	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 January 1895	19 April 1917
Thomas Edward Boyle [St. Giles]	Printer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 November 1895	21 December 1916
Charles Edmund Bradley	Machinist	8th Battalion, Canadian Infanry	Private	6 March 1898	10 November 1917
John Percy Bradley [Bank of Toronto, Maryland Methodist, Vimy Ridge]	Bank Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 August 1893	26 June 1917
Stephen Goddard Bradley	Sheet Metal Worker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 November 1898	26 September 1916
Robert Oliver Bradshaw	Carpenter	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	29 June 1880	11 August 1916
John Brady	Electrician	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 January 1893	25 April 1915
Charles Brames	Hotel Porter	Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Regiment)	Private	22 October 1889	30 March 1918
William Brandon	Boxmaker	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 May 1894	4 April 1916
Charles Edgar Atheling “Dykes” Bredin DSO [Edrans, Portage, Sidney]	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	13 August 1876	18 November 1917
John Wlliam Brenchley	Telephone Lineman	?	Sapper	19 March 1881	?
James Brett	Salesman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	30 October 1896	11 August 1918
Fred Willard Bridgman [Wesley College]	Student	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 September 1895	22 October 1916
Thomas Lewis Briggs [Killarney, Killarney School, Wesley College]	Student	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 July 1895	2 October 1916
Clarence Bright [Wesley College]	Law Student	1st Division M.T. Company, Canadian Army Service Corps	Lieutenant	6 September 1892	18 November 1918
Frank Telford Brindell [Knox Presbyterian, Portage]	Stenographer	85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 January 1897	2 September 1918
James Basil Fean Broadbelt [St. Johns]	Civil Engineer	2nd Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	23 November 1883	3 June 1916
Ernest Broadhurst	Metallurgery	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	25 August 1897	31 December 1916
Sherman Brock CdeG	Lineman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 August 1889	27 August 1918
Arnold Brookes	Farm Laborer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 April 1890	9 August 1918
Andrew Dalgleish Brown [Central Congregational, Norwood Presbyterian]	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 December 1896	20 October 1918
Benjamin Harold Brown	Painter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 March 1874	3 April 1917
Bertie William Brown	Carpenter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 April 1888	11 August 1918
David Hugh Brown [Crandall, Miniota]	Well Driller	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 April 1889	6 April 1918
Edwin Brown [Assiniboia]	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 December 1889	15 August 1917
Ernest Robert Stuart Brown [St. Lukes Anglican]	Accountant	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	27 May 1888	6 November 1917
George Brown [Assiniboia]	Painter	10th Battalion, Canadian Garrison Regiment	Private	17 February 1890	29 October 1918
Joseph Alexander Brown [St. Mary's Road United]	Accountant’s Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	13 August 1881	30 October 1917
Ralph Russell James Brown [Law Society, Masonic, Wesley College, Westminster]	Student at Law	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	21 November 1875	31 October 1917
William John Brown DCM [Assiniboia]	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	22 June 1886	26 September 1916
John Alexander Brownlie	Farmer	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	10 November 1890	9 October 1918
George Albert Bruce	Printer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 July 1888	15 August 1917
Gilbert Brunton MM [Kelvin]	Shipping Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 November 1898	15 November 1917
Gregory Bryan [Bank of Montreal]	Bank Clerk	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 February 1895	15 September 1916
George Walker Buchan	Car Repairer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 January 1892	31 March 1917
Harry Buck [St. Thomas Anglican Weston]	Fitters Helper	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 December 1880	9 October 1916
William Budge	Teamster	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 January 1888	31 October 1917
Reginald Edward Burch [Canadian Club]	Insurance Manager	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 February 1873	30 October 1917
Frederick Thomas Burgess	Storer	Canadian Infantry	Private	26 March 1879	24 March 1918
Ivor John Burgess [St. Lukes Anglican]	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	16 April 1892	25 September 1916
John Thomas Burgess	Painter	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 March 1884	5 March 1915
Clement Scott Burnett	Bookkeeper	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	13 September 1897	17 August 1918
George Washington Burnett	Accountant	The Fort Garry Horse	Private	21 May 1894	24 September 1918
Henry Burns [St. Thomas Anglican Weston]	Painter	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 December 1884	22 May 1915
James Burns	Butcher	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 January 1887	8 October 1916
J. D. Burns	?	?	Private	?	?
William Frank Burns	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 August 1897	15 September 1916
Clifford George Burrows MM	Grocer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	February 1898	27 September 1918
Frederick Harold Burrows	Packer	9th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	3 April 1896	14 April 1917
Maxwell Burton	Car Repairer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	8 June 1880	7 April 1917
William Burton	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	C QMS	18 February 1878	20 November 1916
Thomas Johnstone Logie Butchart [Fort Rouge Methodist, Minnedosa, Vimy Ridge, Wesley College]	Student (Wesley College)	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 April 1897	20 June 1917
George W. Butler	Lineman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 January 1891	9 April 1917

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 Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 4 May 2024

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