Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pipestone War Memorial (Pipestone, RM of Pipestone)

A monument at Pipestone, in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, was erected in 1986 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service. A list of casualties in the First World War and Second World War is displayed at the Pipestone Hall (about N49.55627 W100.94610).

Pipestone War Memorial (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55582, W100.94549 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Thomas Wilson Bartholomew	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 December 1885	13 March 1917
David Cowie	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	21 April 1893	9 April 1917
Edward George Cullen [Vimy Ridge]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 September 1898	12 April 1917
William Henry Ferguson	Farm Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 May 1896	7 September 1916
James Flannery	Farmer	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Private	8 June 1889	30 March 1918
Jean Etienne Marie Forissier [St. Boniface]	Farmer	99e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	23 July 1887	20 August 1914
A. E. Holland	?	?	?	?	?
Arthur Edwin James [Brandon Armoury, Virden]	Farm Laborer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 July 1892	28 September 1918
Thomas Kasto	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1892	21 August 1917
George Alexander Kennedy	Locomotive Fireman	3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 January 1891	3 September 1916
William Scott Kennedy MM	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 September 1896	3 November 1917
George Herbert Ledingham	Teamster	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	17 February 1887	1 October 1918
James Fulton Lothian [Agricultural College]	Farmer (Pipestone, MB)	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	6 April 1893	19 June 1920
Robert Inglis "Bob" Lothian [Engineering Graduates]	Electrical Engineer	8th Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	12 January 1889	4 April 1916
Herbert William Luck	Hotel Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Sergeant	25 February 1885	1 October 1916
Charles MacKenzie	Farmer	179th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 May 1883	8 January 1917
Thomas Ewing McLaren	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 September 1879	8 October 1916
William Norman Menzies [Brandon Armoury, Virden]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	4 November 1888	28 August 1918
Edward Ramsay Milne DCM & Bar, MC	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	6 February 1888	10 October 1918
Raymond Pigg	Clerk, Royal Bank of Canada	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 October 1896	20 November 1916
John Lindsay Reid	Farm Laborer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	24 January 1894	23 April 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Leonard Morris Barré [Virden]	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	24 April 1915	9 May 1945
Richard Ellsworth Drake	57 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	3 September 1913	25 July 1941
George Cornwall English [Virden]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 March 1919	3 June 1942
Robert McWhirter Hamilton	Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	22 June 1903	29 June 1941
Douglas Noel Hay	425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	25 December 1913	2 March 1944
John Neufeld	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	25 December 1917	1 October 1944
Stanley Graham Nichols [Melita]	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 February 1921	25 July 1944
John Emmanuel Sumpton	102 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	3 December 1917	17 June 1942

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 Sharon Simms for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 8 February 2021

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