Historic Sites of Manitoba: Russell War Memorial (Memorial Avenue North, Russell, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth)

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A monument in Russell, in the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, was manufactured by the Thomson Monument Company of Toronto and unveiled at a ceremony on 22 June 1922 attended by Lieutenant Governor James Albert Manning Aikins, Committee Chairman Albert Gale Parker Smellie, Mayor Peter J. McIntosh of Binscarth, Russell School Principal Albert Maurice Pratt, Major Darcy Everard Boulton, and Rev. Mr. Secker of Selkirk.

The monument commemorates military personnel from Russell, Benito, Binscarth, RM of Russell, RM of Boulton, RM of Silver Creek, and RM of Shellmouth killed during the First World War. Plaques commemorating Second World War dead were added on 11 November 1980 as a result of a donation by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 159.

In 1999, the head of the soldier atop the memorial was removed by vandals. It was later recovered and reattached. The monument was refurbished in 2000 as a project of the 677 Russell Royal Canadian Air Cadets and funded by a Millennium grant from the Department of National Defence. Additional donations were provided by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 159, Pelly Trail Metis Federation, Town of Russell, and several persons.

Russell War Memorial with Knox United Church in the background (August 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Russell War Memorial (September 2024) Source: Greg Petzold Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.78040, W101.28490 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Damien Alary [Binscarth, Ritchot, St. Lazare]	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 July 1895	21 August 1917
George Nelson Allbright [Shellmouth]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1890	19 February 1917
William Henry Allbright [Shellmouth]	Lumber Agent	15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	20 July 1917
Sidney Edwin Allen [Russell Anglican]	Farmer	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1894	14 August 1918
Andrew Herbert Anderson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1890	29 March 1917
John Burns Arnott	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1885	2 June 1916
Charles Albert Ballard [Russell Anglican]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	5 June 1916
James Pickard Bell [Russell Anglican]	Tailor	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	8 October 1916
William A. Boldt	Railway Clerk	Headquarters Company, 18th Infantry, US Army	Sergeant	?	1 October 1918
Russell Heath Boulton [Armoury, Law Society, Russell Anglican]	Barrister-at-Law	3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers	Lieutenant	24 February 1884	14 August 1918
George Hume Keese Bradshaw	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1890	5 June 1916
Ernest Bray [Russell Anglican]	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	15 August 1917
George Brown [Russell Anglican]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	26 October 1917
Thomas Brown	?	?	?	?	?
Herbert Brumage [Russell Anglican]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	1 October 1918
William Wallace Bryant [Bank of Toronto, Shellmouth]	Bank Clerk	107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1896	4 February 1916
Richard Bryer	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1878	16 September 1916
William Burke	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	21 November 1916
Leonard Burley [Russell Anglican]	Grain Buyer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1882	2 June 1916
Lionel Charles [Russell Anglican]	Farm Labourer	45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	22 February 1917
John Ladyman Clark	Veterinarian	Royal Army Veterinary Corps	Captain	1869	16 December 1918
Kenneth Clark	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Corporal	1888	8 August 1918
Anthony Dennis Cope [Russell Anglican]	Student	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1897	28 September 1918
Harry Cope [Russell Anglican]	Printer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	12 September 1915
Robert Lawson Cumming [Rossburn, Shoal Lake, Westminster]	Commercial Traveller	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	3 December 1888	27 November 1916
Nelson J. Davidson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1888	5 June 1916
Robert C. Davidson	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	28 October 1916
Robert Devlin [Russell Anglican]	Butcher	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Sergeant	1895	29 August 1918
Arthur Doig	Hardware Clerk	200th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1893	25 May 1917
Harold Douglas [Russell Anglican]	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	21 August 1917
John Stride Durant	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Sergeant	1883	5 June 1916
Albert Edward Eardley [Brandon Armoury, Salvation Army]	Contractor	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 June 1878	8 October 1916
William Earle	Chauffeur	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	21 May 1915
Lincoln Horace Eby MM	Barber	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	3 May 1918
Robert Russell Elliott [Dauphin]	Harness Maker	74th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	9 March 1889	7 July 1916
Patrick Flaherty	Farmer	19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	4 March 1918
John Albert Hall [Russell Anglican]	Cook & Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	2 September 1918
Richard Hallam	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1880	15 September 1916
Hugh Bertram Heather	Farmer	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1886	21 March 1915
George Franklin Honey	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	12 October 1916
Arthur Winter Hunt [Dropmore]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 April 1894	9 April 1917
Frank Hunt	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	7 February 1917
William Inglis	Farmer & Grocer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1876	6 November 1917
Arthur Garnier Johnson [Binscarth, St. Lazare]	Farmer	1st Training Depot, Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	11 August 1895	23 February 1917
William Louis Johnson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	2 June 1916
Charles Lloyd Lee [Russell Anglican]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	2 June 1916
Ira Asa Leflar	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	20 September 1916
Spencer Herbert Lewis [Lakeside, Russell Anglican, Selkirk]	Bank Manager	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Captain	1885	5 June 1916
Margaret A. Lowe [Binscarth, Nursing Alumnae]	Professional Nurse	1st Canadian General Hospital, Canadian Army Nursing Corps	Nurse	26 January 1886	28 May 1918
John William McAndrew [Russell Anglican]	Section Man	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	9 October 1916
Donald Maxwell McDonald	Mechanic	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	26 October 1917
Alexander McFadyen [Shellmouth]	Accountant	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	28 September 1894	7 November 1917
Roy Simon McFadyen [Shellmouth]	Farmer	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	25 December 1892	2 June 1916
George Clarence Murdock	Jeweller	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	8 October 1916
Ralph Nevill	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1890	30 September 1918
Bertie Horace Newman	Farmer	Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	1 June 1886	6 August 1918
David Nixon [Russell Anglican]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	10 April 1917
Alexander Papple [Armoury]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	23 December 1888	5 June 1916
Mervyn Lionel Arva Pearpoint [Shellmouth]	Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1889	5 June 1916
Harvey Rea [Minnedosa]	Store Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 June 1897	28 September 1916
Harold Paul Roberts [Shellmouth]	Farmer	Depot Battalion	Private	21 September 1896	17 June 1918
Alfred Ryons	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1877	26 September 1916
Edward Allen Seeback [Russell Anglican]	Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	26 August 1918
Norman Sherritt	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	27 December 1917
Wallace Sherritt	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1888	5 June 1916
Alexander Simms	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	14 June 1916
William Simms	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	11 August 1918
Ernest Sudbury	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1889	15 November 1921
Herbert Swindell	Drug Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1889	12 April 1917
Percy Newton Switzer	Farmer	Canadian Forestry Corps	Private	25 June 1896	19 October 1921
Edward Eastugh Symonds	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	21 May 1915
John Anderson Tennant	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	8 August 1918
Arthur Henry Teulon [Shellmouth]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 August 1890	2 September 1918
Albert Thickett [Russell Anglican]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	10 April 1917
John Thompson	Farmer	Canadian Engineers	Private	1898	7 September 1918
Ernest Gray Tyrrell (aka John Gray) [Dropmore]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 June 1896	10 April 1917
Henry Lawrence Wadland [Russell Anglican]	Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	10 November 1917
James Miller Wallace [Russell Anglican]	High School Teacher	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	5 June 1888	27 August 1918
William Douglas Watson	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1886	4 September 1916
Francis “Frank” White [Shellmouth]	Bricklayer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1882	2 November 1917
David Williams [Russell Anglican]	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 January 1885	21 August 1917
Albert Wise [Shellmouth]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 May 1896	27 September 1918
William Woods [Russell Anglican]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	21 May 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Sidney Arthur Allen	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Lance Corporal	19 August 1919	21 July 1944
Clive Arkoll Boulton	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	6 November 1923	15 March 1945
Edward Bryer	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	25 May 1920	3 August 1944
Francis Paul Fitzgerald Cope	1st Canadian Special Service Battalion	Corporal	9 September 1917	10 July 1944
John Stewart Coulter	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Lance Corporal	4 November 1911	19 August 1942
Robert Leslie Coulter	115 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	30 April 1909	25 March 1944
John Delipper	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	15 September 1909	12 December 1944
Louis Genaille	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	31 December 1916	27 December 1944
Luverne Henry Glasman	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	27 May 1913	21 February 1945
George Arthur Hodgkins	166 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	29 March 1912	25 July 1944
Murdock Ian Leslie Morrison	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	27 October 1921	15 November 1944
Percy Gordon Williams	207 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	8 September 1922	25 February 1943
Henry Murray Wishart	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	7 April 1913	6 June 1944
Anthony J. Yankoski	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant / Wireless Operator	5 November 1915	25 June 1942

Sources:

“Russell district war memorial,” Russell Banner, 29 June 1922, page 1.

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 Greg Petzold for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 10 November 2024

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