Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ritchot War Memorial (St. Adolphe, RM of Ritchot)

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A monument on the grounds of the Rural Municipality of Ritchot office in St. Adolphe was erected to commemorate local persons who were killed during military service.

Photos & Coordinates

Ritchot War Memorial (June 2019) Source: Darryl Toews Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.67162, W97.11139 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Damien Alary [Binscarth, Russell, St. Lazare]	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 July 1895	21 August 1917
George William Barrett [Niverville]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 April 1889	15 August 1917
William Dupuis [St. Claude]	Farmer	22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 March 1881	16 August 1918
George French [Niverville]	Brakesman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 October 1894	27 August 1918
William McVicar Grant [Next of Kin, Niverville]	Private	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 July 1882	9 April 1917
Cecil Albert Harrison	Rancher	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Corporal	7 June 1896	15 September 1916
David Lacroix	Labourer	22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 October 1896	17 August 1917
Robert Grant “Putts” McVicar MM [Next of Kin, Westminster]	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1 January 1895	23 December 1917
Harold Lyttleton Tayler	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 August 1895	10 November 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Peter Murray Anderson DFC [Domain, Morris]	207 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	8 April 1922	11 April 1945
Walter Jack Bigurski	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 June 1922	3 January 1944
William Richardson Bower [Domain, Morris]	14 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	7 March 1911	23 November 1942
Harry Kenny Cox [Domain, Morris]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	4 March 1923	2 July 1942
James Richard Waclaw de Rzonca	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	29 August 1921	16 April 1942
Thomas Leopold Philip Paul Delorme	245 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	29 January 1922	23 February 1942
William Keveriga	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	27 September 1916	15 September 1944
Christopher Frederick Bud McRae	75 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1 October 1917	23 September 1943
William Gordon McRae	354 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	15 June 1915	26 March 1945
Aime Pierre Trudeau	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	29 June 1917	16 February 1945
Frederick Vere Webb [Niverville]	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	10 May 1916	16 September 1943
Frank Woytowich	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	9 October 1917	25 December 1941

Post-War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
J. E. Paul Gratton	Canadian Armed Forces	Corporal	?	9 May 1970
Gilbert Lemoine	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	1940	1965

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 Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 July 2019

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