Historic Sites of Manitoba: Plumas War Memorial (Plumas, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)

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A monument by the Plumas Memorial Rink, in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the Plumas area killed during military service.

Plumas War Memorial

Plumas War Memorial (August 2019)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.38415, W99.08735
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

John Foster Anderson

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1888

26 February 1918

George Ires Halliday

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1892

28 April 1917

Francis Bennett Haywood

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1896

25 October 1916

George Combe Lamb

Bank clerk

1st Machine Gun Brigade

Private

1895

24 March 1918

Francis James “Frank” Manning

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1887

9 April 1917

Edwin Bruce Seeley

Clerk

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1883

9 August 1918

Ivan Edgar Soule

Teacher

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Lieutenant

22 April 1892

26 August 1918

James Spalding

Clerk

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1887

9 April 1917

William Thorpe

Farm Labourer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1880

3 May 1917

Evared Inkerman Wright

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1896

10 April 1917

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

John Campbell

30th Reconnaissance Battalion, Essex Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Trooper

6 January 1895

29 October 1943

Hector Thomas Moore Cooper
[Glenboro, Oakville, Swan Lake]

101 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

21 August 1921

3 April 1942

Robert Alan Drascovitch

Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

Private

29 September 1920

19 August 1942

Cornelius Ginter

Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

6 February 1922

2 April 1945

Jack Kasik

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Private

2 November 1914

17 May 1944

John Anthony Kosteck

South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Lance Corporal

15 May 1922

5 August 1944

Thomas Henry Lazenby

420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

19 April 1911

17 August 1943

George James May

Regina Rifle Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Lance Corporal

23 April 1922

8 July 1944

George Edward Scott

612 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

13 December 1919

25 May 1944

Robert Franklin Worthington

156 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

21 July 1917

25 June 1943

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 George Penner and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 30 March 2024

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