Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church and Cemetery (RM of St. Andrews)

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Built between 1845 and 1849, the building was designed by Archdeacon William Cockran to serve the local community of retired Hudson’s Bay Company personnel and English mixed bloods. Cockran was instrumental in the establishment of the Anglican Church in Manitoba. Much of the stonework was done by Duncan McRae, a mason responsible for the construction of many of the best stone buildings from this early settlement period.

The church’s history and architecture have been recognized both by the Dominion of Canada and by the Province of Manitoba. In 1970 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada concluded that “St. Andrew’s Church is of national architectural and historical importance” and a plaque was unveiled at a special service in 1974.

The adjacent cemetery is the final resting place of many HBC officers and a number of the early settlers in the area, including Captain William Kennedy. Some of the older burials are located to the south-east of the church. A stone arch near the church lists the names of those killed during military service during the First World War. It was dedicated at a ceremony on 12 November 1922. Among the other noteworthy people buried in the cemetery are William Cockran, Isaac Cowie, E. H. G. G. Hay, and William Kennedy.

Rectors

Period	Rector
1891-1894	John William Matheson (1864-1947)

Photos & Coordinates

St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (circa 1911) Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65. St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (January 2018) Source: Rose Kuzina Aerial view of St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (August 2024) Source: George Penner Aerial view of St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (August 2024) Source: George Penner Interior of St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (August 2015) Source: George Penner Military commemorative arch at the St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.06666, W96.97618 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
David Anderson	Farmer	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1893	15 September 1916
James Anderson	Farmer	Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	8 December 1918
Alexander Atkinson [Portage, St. Mark’s, Selkirk]	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 April 1873	6 June 1916
Sidney David Atkinson [Portage, St. Mark’s, Selkirk]	Carpenter	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	5 June 1916
Hugh Ballantyne	Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 May 1917
Walter L. L. Ballantine [Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Labourer	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 May 1882	21 May 1916
Alex Birston [Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Labourer	107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion	Corporal	6 September 1886	15 August 1917
Joseph Brown	?	?	?	?	?
Harry Cosbey Clarke [Next of Kin, Little Britain, Selkirk]	Salesman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 December 1888	26 September 1916
William George Corrigal [Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Labourer	108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1894	1 April 1916
William Calder Cumming [Little Britain, Selkirk]	Student	4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	2nd Lieutenant	10 June 1894	24 April 1922
Thomas James Davis [Little Britain, Selkirk]	Farm Hand	1st Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	13 November 1896	9 April 1917
George Donald [Little Britain, Selkirk]	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 February 1897	8 September 1916
Edwin Fidler [Little Britain, Selkirk]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 August 1892	12 August 1916
James Flett	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	8 October 1916
Alfred Flett	Teamster	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Sergeant	1887	1 October 1918
Charles Flett	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	27 September 1918
William Gilchrest	?	?	?	?	?
Allan Hodgson	?	?	?	?	?
Jacob Martin Johnston [Little Britain, Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Scholar	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	28 October 1897	27 December 1917
Reginald Joseph Winfield Johnston	Homesteader	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 August 1895	15 August 1917
James Bernard Kett	Lumberman	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	15 September 1916
Alexander Lambert [Elm Creek, Selkirk]	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 October 1880	9 April 1917
Radford Shuter Lane MM [Engineering, Kelvin, Next of Kin, Selkirk]	Student	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	17 August 1897	30 September 1918
Wellington Mcdonald Lane	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	11 August 1918
William Linklater	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	14 April 1917
Wilfred Leblanc	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	9 April 1918
Stanley Loutit	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	11 August 1918
William Luprt [Selkirk]	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	12 November 1897	9 April 1917
Edwin Percy Lyon	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 October 1896	16 February 1917
John Norquay McAllister [Next of Kin, St. Johns, Selkirk]	?	Royal Naval Air Service	Flight Sub Lieutenant	1896	23 June 1917
Angus Colin McDonald [Little Britain, Selkirk]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 August 1895	28 September 1918
Dugald MacDougall DFC	Railway Mail Clerk	Royal Air Force	Captain	1896	25 August 1919
William Hunter Miller [Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 October 1885	9 April 1917
Frederick Mitchell	Carpenter	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)	Trooper	1893	9 August 1918
Thomas Mowat [Little Britain, Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1887	9 April 1917
Reginald Munroe [Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 February 1894	8 August 1918
Harry Gordon Park	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1898	8 August 1918
Oliver Reginald Pruden	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1897	3 June 1917
Herbert Pruden [Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 March 1890	30 October 1917
Alexander Bert Setter	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	9 April 1917
James Stewart Swain [Armoury, Little Britain, Selkirk]	Labourer	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	15 May 1890	13 August 1918
Victor Henry Truthwaite [Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Homesteader	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1898	8 August 1918
William Hector Vezena	Farmer	4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	30 August 1918
Louis Vizena [Next of Kin, Selkirk, 108 Battalion]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 December 1897	22 October 1918
Spencer Edward Waugh [Next of Kin, Osler Hammond & Nanton, St. Johns, Selkirk]	Fireman	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	25 October 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Edward Granville Bayer	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	20 January 1923	7 March 1944
Hilliard John Henry Birston	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	22 May 1921	8 June 1944
Robert Roy Drummey	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Sergeant	1 October 1919	1 October 1944
Douglas Hawkes	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	10 April 1918	20 September 1942
Robert Linden Jensen	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	11 July 1922	16 February 1945
Martin Moore	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	20 December 1904	19 August 1942
Ralph McGowan Reid	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	22 January 1914	11 June 1944
Walter John Sandison	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	26 October 1918	20 October 1944

Korean War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Murray Andrew Truthwaite	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1933	3 May 1953

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Andrew’s Rectory (RM of St. Andrews)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s Cathedral and Cemetery (135 Anderson Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Paul’s Anglican Church (Middlechurch, RM of West St. Paul)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Captain William Kennedy House (417 River Road, RM of St. Andrews)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Plaques for Persons, Events and Sites of National Historic Significance

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Provincially Designated Historic Sites

The Road to the Rapids by Robert Coutts. University of Calgary Press, Calgary, 2000.

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).

“Sir James will unveil memorial at church,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 November 1922, page 2.

We thank Tim Worth, George Penner, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 November 2024

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