Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sandy Lake and Area War Memorial (Sandy Lake, Municipality of Harrison Park)

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A monument in the village of Sandy Lake in the Rural Municipality of Harrison was erected in 1955-1956 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service.

Sandy Lake War Memorial (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.52800, W100.17723 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Nichol Scribner	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	12 January 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Jack Eastland	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1922	20 December 1944
Stuart Holmstrom [St. James]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	10 May 1917	20 October 1943
Steve Prokopchuk	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1916	6 June 1944
Sydney William Smith	The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals	Sergeant	1916	8 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 collected by Darryl Toews, Gordon Goldsborough, and Tim Worth.

Page revised: 30 January 2021

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