Historic Sites of Manitoba: Souris War Memorial (First Street South, Souris, Municipality of Souris-Glenwood)

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A pair of monuments in front of the Souris Legion on First Street in Souris were erected in commemoration of soldiers from the Souris area killed during military service.

Souris War Memorials (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.61836, W100.25816 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arthur Andrews [Hartney]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Company Quarter Master Sergeant	14 April 1889	30 October 1918
Frederick Barlow	Locomotive Wiper	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Sergeant	1888	24 March 1918
William Henry Barlow	Coal Miner	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1884	12 August 1916
David Bell	Farmer	78th Company, Canadian Forestry Corps	Private	1887	6 October 1918
Albert Cecil Cutting Bloomfield	Tinsmith	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lieutenant	1896	8 April 1918
William Ernest Brindle	Electrician	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	3 October 1916
Robert Bruce Brommell	Customs Broker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	25 April 1915
Herbert John Brunt	Cook	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1883	21 August 1917
Daniel Campbell	Farm Labourer	27 Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1889	27 November 1916
Roy Alexander Chaplin	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1891	2 June 1916
George Laban Clevett	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	12 November 1917
Eli Ferris Collier	Clerk	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	4 September 1916
Samuel Conway Davison	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Corporal	1897	4 January 1919
William Alexander Davison	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1885	15 November 1917
Roland Donogh	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	12 April 1917
Floyd Clifton Freeman	Printer	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	1883	12 March 1918
J. Hackett	?	?	?	?	?
William Albert Haddleton	Engineer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	28 November 1917
Robert James Harrison	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1889	6 June 1916
Frederick Hart	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	25 July 1916
Malcolm Charles Heather	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	27 October 1917
William Frank Hillier	Farmer	Canadian Labour Corps	Private	1880	19 May 1918
George Hodgson	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	6 November 1917
Norman Frederick Hoon	Brakesman	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	9 September 1916
George Robert Jackson	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	10 November 1917
Leonard Burnley Kitchen	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	15 September 1916
James Knowles	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	27 September 1918
Albert Philip Lacombe	Livery	11th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1876	14 November 1918
Stanley Edward Lewis [Armoury]	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	30 January 1893	24 May 1915
Charles Wesley Lovatt [Bunclody, Minto, Next of Kin, Riverview, Wesley College]	Student	12th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	1886	29 October 1917
William Lovie	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	15 September 1916
Basil Douglas Martin	Labourer	90th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	12 December 1915
Arthur Mills	Plumber	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	15 January 1891	10 August 1918
George Edward Moss	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	31 October 1916
Archibald William McConechy [Lenore, 108 Battalion]	Chemist & Druggist	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	17 November 1890	8 August 1918
David McDill [Lakeside]	Bank Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	11 December 1915
Dugald George McDougall	Farmer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 August 1893	14 July 1916
James Foy McFadzen	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	24 March 1917
Richard McKeevor	Fireman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1888	23 March 1916
N. C. McLeod	?	?	?		?
Samuel Tyndall Nelson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Sergeant	1880	18 September 1916
Thomas Vincent Patrick	?	Royal Air Force	Cadet	?	18 May 1918
Bertram Raynor	Trackman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	30 October 1917
Warren Read	Telegraph Operator	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	26 October 1917
James Harold Riddle [Armoury]	Clerk	3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	7 July 1888	14 August 1918
Henry Edwin Roberts	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1878	5 November 1917
R. Rowland	?	?	?	?	?
Joseph Sharman	Farming	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	23 August 1917
William Howard Simpkins	Apprentice Engineer	14th (Reserve) Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	26 June 1917
George Ralph Singleton	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Quartermaster	1889	28 September 1918
Thomas James Smallman	Motorman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	5 June 1916
William Smallman	Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	5 January 1917
Henry Leonard Smith	Farm Labourer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 March 1894	15 September 1916
Earl Ross Smyth [Eatons]	Engraver	101st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	15 April 1916
William Somersall [Riverview, Treesbank, Wawanesa]	Engineer	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1889	9 June 1917
Thomas Alfred Stamp MM	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	9 August 1918
Robert William “Bob” Temple	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	24 June 1916
John Wood Thomson	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	28 September 1916
Richard “Percy” Webber	Sewer Foreman	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1876	6 April 1916
J. White	?	?	?	?	?
Fauntelroy Wickett	Farming & Tinsmith	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	6 July 1917
Jonathan Wilson [Riverview]	Farming	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1880	26 October 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arthur Franklin Alcock	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1919	17 June 1942
Percy Barlow	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1909	17 December 1944
Donald Lyall Beatty	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer	1918	26 May 1943
Harold N. Byers	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	1919	23 January 1945
Clarence Melville Collier	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1916	16 December 1943
William Thomas Crabb	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1913	8 September 1942
James Herbert “Jim” Forster	3rd Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps	Trooper	?	12 April 1945
Frederick William Fraser	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	15 February 1921	21 July 1944
John William Graafstra	242nd Squadron, Royal Air Force	Flight Officer	1912	23 May 1940
Rudolf Carle Hase	227th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1922	4 December 1944
James Patrick Hayes	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1920	6 July 1942
Gordon Glynn Marsh	8th Reconnaissance Regiment, 14th Canadian Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	1922	30 August 1944
William John McLachlin	Veterans Guard of Canada	Private	12 December 1898	10 May 1944
Harry Nathanial McRae	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman	1912	31 October 1942
Joseph Lawrie Outerson [Brandon Collegiate]	76th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	15 September 1924	25 April 1945
Albert Alexander Poyner	HMCS Chippawa, Royal Canadian Navy	Stoker	1921	9 January 1944
Edward James Reid MC	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Captain	1916	6 October 1944
Norman Wesley Robinson	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1922	31 March 1945
Albert Edward Roden	431st Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1912	19 November 1943
John Sadeski	419th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1919	3 August 1943
Donald Sinclair	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	14 May 1916	22 July 1943
Daniel Donald Stark	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	1913	4 November 1944
Frederick George Stephenson	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Lance Corporal	1920	20 September 1944
Gordon Suddaby	Regina Rifle Regiment	Corporal	1921	17 August 1944
Arthur Percival Thompson	10th Armoured Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lieutenant	2 July 1918	28 September 1944
James Walter Walford	Saskatoon Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1925	12 April 1945
Harold Robert Wallbridge	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	1921	8 June 1945

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).

The People of Souris and Glenwood From the Earliest Beginnings to the Present by Souris and District Heritage Club, Inc.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 28 January 2024

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