Historic Sites of Manitoba: Rathwell War Memorial (Rathwell, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne)

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A monument at Rathwell in the Municipality of Norfolk Treherne was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Rathwell War Memorial (June 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.64654, W98.54524 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Calder	Labourer	4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 August 1882	30 June 1916
S. Campbell	?	?	?	?	?
William Campbell [Roseisle]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 December 1895	12 September 1918
Robert Ralston Cavanagh	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	15 August 1917
John Falconer [Winnipeg]	Clerk	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	2 March 1876	26 September 1916
Arthur Frederick Ferris	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	23 August 1917
Samuel Finlay	Farm hand	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	15 February 1918
Gordon Cecil Forbes	Farmer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	13 September 1916
Charles Edward Ford	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 April 1873	20 March 1915
Samuel Edward Fulsher	Engineer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	9 August 1918
William Robert Chisholm Haver	Farmer	58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	8 October 1916
Robert John Jones	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	26 October 1917
John Kincaid	School teacher	53rd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery	Corporal	1890	11 September 1918
Sanford Wesley Leitch	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	9 April 1917
John Proctor Litton	Grocery clerk	Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	1899	8 October 1916
Alexander Archibald McLachlan [Treherne, 108 Battalion]	Farmer	8th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	18 December 1893	31 October 1917
John James McLachlan	Engineer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1893	11 October 1916
Alexander Urquhart McLeod [St. George's Anglican, Treherne, Westbourne]	Engineer	3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers	Sergeant	23 October 1892	9 August 1918
Charles William Poland	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	10 November 1917
Russell Porter	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	26 September 1916
James John Robert Scarrow	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	10 April 1917
J. D. Scott	?	?	?	?	?
Frederick Stockdale MM	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1896	15 October 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Lawrence Pritchard	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1908	23 October 1944
Francis Norman Brown	429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1925	5 January 1945
Hugh Paterson McTaggart	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	1914	5 December 1943
Norman Edwin Wilson	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1916	21 August 1944

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).

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 4 November 2021

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