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A stone monument at Sanford, in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, commemorates soldiers from the local area killed during military service during the First World War and Second World War.
Sanford War Memorial (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Sanford War Memorial (November 2022)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.68012, W97.44808
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Robert Addison
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
28 October 1878
25 October 1916
Percy Harry Blanks
Farmer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1 November 1895
27 September 1918
Urith George Bernard “Barney” Curtain
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
6 December 1896
9 May 1917
Charles Toyne Elmhirst
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
31 March 1896
27 March 1917
John Warren Evans
Salesman
2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
9 February 1888
23 July 1916
Joseph Delbert Graham
Gasoline Engineer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
20 March 1896
17 October 1918
Robert Jenkinson
Farmer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1 November 1892
8 October 1916
Llewelyn Jones
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
11 June 1883
11 May 1917
Alfred Wright Martin
Farm Hand
3rd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers
Sapper
4 June 1895
16 October 1917
John Millar
?
?
?
?
?
James Sewell Moffat
Farmer
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Private
1 October 1893
28 December 1918
Robert John Moffat
Monotype Operator
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
21 November 1891
10 April 1917
Ethelbert Howard Nugent
Farmer & Chauffeur
Canadian Army Service Corps
Private
2 January 1898
19 July 1919
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Carl Donald Johnston
525 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flying Officer
7 April 1916
6 March 1944
James Alexander Mawson
Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
1920
21 August 1943
William John Miller
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sergeant
1917
26 August 1943
Arthur Anthony Moors
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sergeant
1922
8 April 1943
Gifford W. Sedgwick
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Rifleman
1917
18 October 1944
Stanley Ernest Zadorozny
432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1923
18 December 1944
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 Tim Worth and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 14 November 2022
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