Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pierson Memorial Cemetery / Pierson War Memorial (Pierson, Municipality of Two Borders)

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Plaques on the gateposts into this cemetery, near Pierson in the Municipality of Two Borders, commemorate local residents killed during military service. They were dedicated at a ceremony on 3 August 1931.

Entrance to the Pierson Memorial Cemetery (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.17758, W101.24938 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Kenneth Smith Anderson	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	11 May 1917
A. Beck	?	?	Private	?	?
H. Bryant	?	?	Major	?	?
John James Clark	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	11 May 1917
H. Cook	?	?	Sergeant	?	?
James Graham	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	12 April 1917
Arthur Harris	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 March 1884	10 July 1916
Thomas Henry Maxwell Johnson	Barber	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	12 April 1917
James Theodore Johnson	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	12 April 1917
George Keech	Farm Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1890	13 April 1917
Archibald Hugh Linton	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	16 January 1917
John Augustus Lyng	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	27 September 1918
Edward McDermit	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	28 August 1918
William McDermit	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	10 May 1917
William Hugh McQueen	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	3 June 1917
David Leslie McRae	Farm Labourer	1st Depot Battalion	Private	1895	27 September 1918
Innes Rae Melvin	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 October 1894	2 June 1916
Edward Thomas Minshull	Farmer	45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	14 October 1915
David Mundell [Manitoba College]	Barrister	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1883	26 May 1915
Eric Nelson Norris [Armoury]	Butcher	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 July 1895	15 September 1916
William Lawson Taylor	Merchant	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	3 June 1917
Henry Urquhart	Farm Labourer	54th Battalion, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1885	15 September 1916
R. Turnbull	?	?	Private	?	?
Elmer Stewart Winchester	Farm Labourer	Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	28 August 1918
William Richard Yates	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	11 May 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Albert Douglas Philip	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	30 October 1912	28 August 1944
Russell Rennie	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	4 April 1906	8 June 1944
Durward Arthur Saar	25th Armoured Delivery Regiment, Elgin Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	6 October 1913	8 July 1944
John H. Storey	Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	21 August 1916	12 August 1944

Sources:

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.

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).

“Gate honoring fallen opened at Pierson,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 August 1931, page 12.

This page was repared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 24 January 2021

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