Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riding Mountain War Memorial (Riding Mountain, RM of Rosedale)

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First World War | Second World War | Other | Sources

A monument in Riding Mountain in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed in the First World War and Second World War.

Riding Mountain War Memorial (August 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Riding Mountain War Memorial (May 2019) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.53178, W99.46836 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Fred Baker	?	?	?	?	?
Ben Brinnen	?	?	?	?	?
William Crossland [Neepawa]	Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	15 September 1916
Carman Henry Gardiner [Kelwood, Neepawa]	Farmhand	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 May 1898	28 April 1917
John Frederick Green [Neepawa]	Teamster	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1887	28 September 1915
George Edward Thomas [Neepawa]	Farmer	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1892	10 August 1918
Edward Walker [Neepawa]	Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	2 June 1916
Joseph Willerton [Neepawa]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	9 April 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Roy Lomax Kirk	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	?	c1920	14 July 1945
William Murray Majury	Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	?	c1924	5 October 1944
Norman Lawrence Steele	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	?	c1914	27 October 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riding Mountain War Memorial (Wasagaming, Riding Mountain National Park)

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 for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 22 December 2021

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