Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. James Anglican Church (195 Collegiate Street, Winnipeg)

This Anglican church on Collegiate Street in Winnipeg was built in 1922 to replace an earlier church to the east. A window in the church was designed by artist Leo Mol. Honour Rolls inside the church identify parishioners who served and were killed during the First World War and Second World War.

St. James Anglican Church (May 2016) Source: George Penner Interior of St. James Anglican Church (May 2016) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87794, W97.21762 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
George Francis Else [Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 January 1873	9 May 1917
Bernard Walter Greaves [Next of Kin, Surveyors]	Surveyor (Articling Student)	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 May 1893	25 July 1918
Walter Thomas Hooper [Next of Kin]	Accountant	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	2 February 1879	9 April 1917
A. Kelly	?	?	?	?	?
George Mann [McCreary, Next of Kin]	Labourer	3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 October 1886	8 October 1916
Christopher Edgar Wyon Rogers [Next of Kin, Osler Hammond & Nanton]	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 January 1896	8 October 1916
William George Rogers [Next of Kin, Osler Hammond & Nanton]	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 January 1897	9 October 1916
Thomas Rustige	Painter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 July 1877	24 November 1917
Daniel Gordon Shelmerdine [Osler Hammond & Nanton, St. James School]	Clerk	5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Driver	1 April 1897	9 May 1917
Reginald Skidmore	Carpenter	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 February 1883	17 June 1916
Walter Albert Webb [Next of Kin]	Plasterer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 July 1881	28 April 1917

Second World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arthur John George Barnes [Eatons]	138 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	14 May 1917	27 April 1940
Gerald Bastable	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Sergeant	23 January 1917	13 August 1940
Cecil Carter	?	?	?	?
Charles Walter Cornwell	Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	17 July 1918	8 June 1940
Malcolm Rothnie Cunningham	Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	23 September 1912	4 July 1940
Robert Henry Dearle	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	7 February 1920	11 February 1941
George J. Dunlop	?	?	?	?
Francis John Elms	434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1 October 1918	28 January 1940
John Glover	102 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	2 September 1912	6 September 1937
William Arthur Higgs	13 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	18 February 1916	5 June 1940
Stuart Holmstrom [Sandy Lake]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	10 May 1917	19 October 1939
Gordon James Hutchinson	101 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer	3 March 1916	30 January 1939
Cecil Henry James Johnson	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	5 November 1904	18 December 1937
Edward James Jones	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	9 December 1917	31 July 1938
Joseph Thomas Clifford McCartney	12th Armoured Regiment, Three Rivers Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	24 November 1905	22 May 1940
William Greenhalgh Monk	90 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	8 March 1914	28 April 1939
Robert Alexander Pildrem	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	6 May 1909	28 December 1939
Jack William Purvis	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	14 November 1921	10 April 1941
Clifford John Rasmussen	HMCS Ottawa, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Ordinary Seaman	11 July 1918	12 September 1938
Thomas Lorne Schioler	78 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	15 October 1919	23 March 1940
Jack Clarence Scotten	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	2 October 1916	9 September 1938
John Courtney Seely	422 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	30 August 1913	23 May 1940
Joseph Frederick Stanley	18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Corporal	28 September 1909	31 October 1940
John Talbot	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	9 November 1916	15 October 1939
Gordon James Wagner	70 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	23 January 1917	25 June 1938
Ronald William Warner	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	2 January 1919	27 January 1940
William Joseph Wood DFC	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	3 April 1915	18 January 1942

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. James Anglican Church and Cemetery (525 Tylehurst Street, Winnipeg)

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).

War Memorials, St. James Anglican Church.

St. James Anglican Church, 195 Collegiate Street by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009.

This page was prepared by George Penner, Darryl Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 November 2022

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