Historic Sites of Manitoba: Shoal Lake War Memorial (Shoal Lake, RM of Yellowhead)

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The Shoal Lake War Monument was erected in 1952 in Shoal Lake, in the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead, to commemorate local people killed during military service.

Shoal Lake War Memorial (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.43662, W100.59899 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
George Henry Chandler	Farmer & Policeman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	4 March 1918
Gordon Chaple	Farmer	107th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Private	1888	23 March 1917
Charles Robert Cooper	Tailor & Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	8 August 1918
Robert Lawson Cumming [Rossburn, Russell, Westminster]	Commercial Traveller	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	3 December 1888	27 November 1916
William Robert Dick	Farmer	1st Depot Battalion, Manitoba Regiment	Private	20 March 1895	21 May 1918
George Dick	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1887	12 April 1917
John Dick MM	Barber	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1892	1 October 1918
Herbert Drury	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	1 October 1918
Arthur Roy Dunn MM	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	28 April 1917
John Dyler	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	3 September 1916
Sidney M. Gibbs	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	5 June 1915
Arthur Henry Greenshaw MM	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 August 1898	9 September 1918
Charles Greenshaw	Farmer	54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 July 1900	2 September 1918
Robert Edgar Grieve	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	11 May 1918
Joseph Griffiths MC	Farmer	73rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	24 December 1888	2 March 1917
Robert Ernest Hainstock	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	19 January 1918
George William Hepworth [Field Ambulance, Medical College, Strathclair]	Medical Student	11th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	1894	6 July 1917
Herbert William Ross Lauder	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	26 August 1918
John McGrath	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	8 November 1917
James Arthur McArthur	Farmer	200th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 December 1896	25 May 1917
John Alexander McArthur	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 February 1893	2 September 1918
Joseph Lewis McArthur	Farmer	4th Canadian Labour Battalion	Private	22 May 1892	21 August 1926
Angus Daniel McDonald [Lakeside, Strathclair]	Bank Clerk (Union Bank of Canada)	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 April 1898	8 August 1918
Hugh McNair [Hamiota]	Farmer	11th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 December 1896	25 May 1917
Percy Harold Medcalf	Mail Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	21 November 1917
William James Menzies	Merchant	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1892	8 August 1918
Reginald John Miller	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	30 April 1917
John Willard Moffett	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	8 August 1918
Wilbert Wilson Morey	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	9 August 1918
Henry Archie Morgan [Lakeside]	Banker	Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	28 October 1894	25 May 1915
Arthur Gordon Morris	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	1 October 1918
James Randall Munshaw	Law Student	161st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1883	22 February 1919
Thomas Other	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	2 September 1918
Ronald Campbell Palmer	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	9 April 1917
R. Reece	?	?	?	?	?
Owen Roberts [Strathclair]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1875	15 November 1917
Gordon Wilfred Ross	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	9 August 1918
Peter Russell	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	13 February 1917
James Simpson	Teamster	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	24 April 1916
Benjamin Henry Stevens	Blacksmith	Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1881	8 February 1919
Hector Clarke Thompson	Bank Clerk	11th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps	2nd Lieutenant	1898	18 September 1916
William Roy Thompson [Hamiota]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 April 1896	28 April 1917
Harry White MM	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1875	16 August 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Herbert John Beaton	431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	19 February 1915	5 March 1945
James Alton Cassells	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	26 July 1922	15 December 1943
Philip Chura	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	4 November 1904	12 July 1943
Walter James Deller	2nd Armoured Regiment, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	22 July 1922	4 January 1945
Lloyd Eby Findlay	415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	12 May 1917	13 July 1944
Donald Peter Gnutel	Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	18 April 1920	29 April 1945
John Melrose Grieve	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	2 February 1920	21 December 1943
Steve Hnatiw	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)	Corporal	20 August 1917	21 April 1945
Francis Surrage Jenkins	458 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	25 August 1920	25 February 1943
Percy Hallowes Wray Johnston Johnston	200 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	24 October 1911	27 August 1943
Sam Krysowaty [Lenore]	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	31 March 1915	23 May 1944
Lawrence Raymond Lussier	3 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Lance Sergeant	2 August 1921	4 September 1944
Orin Clemens Markle	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	23 May 1920	7 March 1944
Jack Wellington Markle	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	7 March 1915	9 May 1942
Allan Hector McDonald	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	18 January 1918	30 August 1944
Ellis George McLeod	106 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	3 April 1923	28 July 1943
James Kitchener Menzies	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	14 March 1915	27 October 1944
Wesley Williams Miskow	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Sergeant	16 March 1921	6 June 1944
Gordon Brydon Nesbitt	432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	17 May 1917	16 July 1943
Joseph Prayzner	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Corporal	12 March 1914	9 October 1944
Wesley W. Shwaluk	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion,  Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 July 1922	9 June 1944
Douglas Bryant Stone	428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	21 June 1915	27 September 1943
Joseph Storozuk	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	21 March 1917	20 July 1944
James Murray Wilson	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	25 September 1919	9 January 1942

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, Gordon Goldsborough, Tim Worth, and Allan Drysdale.

Page revised: 27 October 2019

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