Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stonewall War Memorial (Stonewall)

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Unveiled on 7 October 1922 in memory of First World War veterans killed in action, the monument designed by Gilbert Parfitt of Winnipeg is made of Tyndall stone. Surrounded by a terrace with steps mounting on opposite sides, on four sides are four bronze tablets bearing 102 names. It was later expanded to commemorate veterans of the Second World War and Korean War, as well as Peacekeepers.

Stonewall War Memorial (no date) Source: Peels Prairie Provinces, PC001549 Stonewall War Memorial (May 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.13735, W97.32530 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William John Warwick Adair	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	5 January 1917
Albert Edward Ahmed	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	11 August 1918
Hewitt Anderson	Clerk	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	1895	30 March 1917
Edward Archer	Farm Labourer	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1886	5 September 1918
Gunnar Jonas Backlund	Pressman	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	9 April 1917
Edwin Berry	Farmer	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1896	8 May 1915
Edward Bishop	Farmer	1st Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1889	27 August 1918
George Albert Blake	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	11 August 1918
Thomas Charles Botham	Grocery Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	16 August 1918
Jason Whitefield Brouse	Steam Engineer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	9 October 1916
Fred Brown	?	?	?	?	?
George Henry Brown	Draftsman	4th Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1890	14 November 1916
Carl Martin Carlson	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	12 August 1916
Carleton Abany Cathcart	Police	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1881	18 June 1921
Alexander Sutherland Christian	Pattern Maker	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1880	17 April 1916
Kenneth Arthur Clark	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1888	8 August 1918
Gilbert Edward Cooper [Bank of Hamilton, Next of Kin, St. Matthews Anglican, Stonewall Masons]	Bank Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	25 January 1916
Albert Cross [Stonewall Masons]	Building Contractor	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Csm.	1881	31 March 1917
William Frankland Curle	Surveyor	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1896	15 August 1917
James Dalgleish	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	19 April 1916
Walter Norrsey Daniels	Lumber and Trapper	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1883	3 December 1916
George Duboard	Farmer & Chauffeur	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	15 September 1916
Joseph Dunn [Teulon]	Teamster	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 December 1898	2 September 1918
Bert Aaron Emms [Argyle, Armoury, MacGregor]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	21 August 1889	1 November 1918
Alexander Gall [108 Battalion]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 July 1889	4 August 1917
Angus John Gardiner	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	12 November 1917
John Thomas Gibson	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	28 April 1918
Earl Gillespie	Farmer	26th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1900	14 March 1919
Arthur Leonard Greenway	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 November 1896	20 October 1916
Thomas Halbert	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	24 May 1917
Albert Harold Hammill [Post Office]	Railway Mail Clerk	Canadian Postal Corps	Corporal	1892	26 November 1918
Roy Curtis Hand	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	17 August 1918
Frank Heale	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	26 October 1917
James Henderson [Stony Mountain, 108 Battalion]	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	24 October 1918
Samuel Thomas Hester	Labourer	14th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1885	9 November 1917
Archibald Joseph Hill	Machinist	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1885	4 June 1916
Stanley Hodge [Bank of Commerce, First Baptist]	Bank Manager	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1897	14 September 1918
John Hoover [108 Battalion]	Shoemaker	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 November 1897	10 August 1918
Robert Franklin Howsam	Farmer	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1893	25 December 1917
Archibald Irwin	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	10 November 1917
Francis John Jefferson	Lumberman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	?	26 September 1916
Ernest William Johns	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	11 November 1881	22 July 1916
Aubrey John Kirby [108 Battalion]	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 August 1890	30 October 1917
Frank Lamb	Farmer	2nd Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1893	3 June 1916
Charles Little	Well Driller	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1880	12 November 1917
Thomas Alexander Lumsden	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1889	15 December 1916
Edmund Percy Macrow	?	491st Field Company, Royal Engineers	Sapper	?	2 October 1917
Benjamin Charles Martin [Engineering, Teulon]	Student	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	20 December 1898	10 August 1918
Malcolm May	Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	21 March 1917
William Alexander McBean	Druggist	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	14 April 1917
David Leonard McComb [Next of Kin, St. Giles, Stony Mountain, Stonewall Lodge No. 12]	Carpenter	5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Corporal	1889	13 June 1916
Charles McConnell	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	16 September 1917
James McKenzie	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1880	25 April 1915
Alan Arnett McLeod VC	Student	Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	1899	6 November 1918
Basil Gordon McNeil	Farmer	50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	13 February 1917
Elmer Lawrence Metcalf	Farmer	Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	25 October 1918
Enoch Aldred Mitchell	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1894	10 April 1917
Frank Mitchell	Shipper	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 April 1890	28 April 1917
Charles Anson Mollard	Teamster	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	4 June 1918
Joseph Ewart Moore [Masonic, Teulon]	Insurance Agent	Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	24 June 1878	28 June 1918
Neil Morrow	Farm Labourer	3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	3 May 1917
Robert Sinclair Mowat [Teulon]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 January 1891	20 April 1917
Arthur Oakford	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	15 August 1917
Andrew Lewis Peterson [Stovels]	Pressman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	26 October 1917
Gotthard Emanuel Petterson	Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1885	23 August 1917
Frank Porter	Teamster	1st Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Private	1888	15 September 1916
Frederick Porter	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	4 September 1918
James Langford Porter	Carpenter	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	2 March 1916
James Douglas Pringle	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1879	8 August 1918
Douglas Graham Purchas	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	9 August 1918
William Rackley	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	21 May 1915
Charles Herbert Ray	Gas Traction Engineer	190th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	1 January 1920
Harry Albert Reading	Labourer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	6 June 1916
John Edward Reynolds [Law Society, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]	Barrister	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1889	23 April 1915
Thomas Reynolds	?	?	?	?	?
Ivor Roberts [108 Battalion]	Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 November 1890	15 August 1917
Clarence Walter Rothwell	Farming	251st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	20 January 1918
David John Rutherford	Labourer	Reserve Brigade, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1890	18 January 1918
Thomas Rutherford	Carpenter	72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1892	9 April 1917
Fred Scott	?	?	?	?	?
Stephen Ernest Shortliffe [Bank of Hamilton]	Bank Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	25 December 1892	26 October 1917
William Alexander Sibbald	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	15 August 1918
Edwin John Sims [Erinview]	Farmer	Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	12 November 1892	1 December 1917
Ivan Smith [Post Office]	Railway Mail Clerk	20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	14 March 1916
Leslie Clyde Smith	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	2 June 1916
James Smith [Next of Kin]	Bridge Builder	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 May 1882	14 October 1916
William Smith [Argyle, Next of Kin]	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 May 1886	3 October 1916
Thomas Smyth [Argyle]	Farmer	42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	3 July 1917
Thomas Smyth [Argyle]	Labourer	1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	28 April 1916
Cecil Moir Stewart [Erinview]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 October 1891	1 October 1918
Roy George Edward Stokes [Stonewall Masons, Teulon]	Engineer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	13 June 1916
Edwin Talbot	Teamster	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1896	5 June 1916
James Reginald Turle	Teamster	Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	19 May 1880	22 April 1919
Marlborough Thorne	?	8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment	2nd Lieutenant	?	27 September 1915
Charles Henry Walker [Woodlands, 108 Battalion]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 August 1893	23 August 1918
Stanley Brunskill Cowley Webb	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1895	15 August 1917
Abraham Charles Wharfe	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	10 August 1918
John “Jack” Williams	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Company Sergeant Major	1883	29 September 1918
James Wellington Willson [Brant Argyle, Woodlands, 108 Battalion]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 July 1891	15 August 1917
Robert Wesley Wilson	Farmer	24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	15 August 1917
Horace Vincent Milford Wood	Quarryman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1880	31 August 1918
Edward Albert Yarnton [Argyle]	Farmer	Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	1897	8 August 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
L. J. A’Bear	?	?	?	?
Abram Arbour MC	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Warrant Officer Class II	27 July 1917	23 August 1944
John Aird Aitken	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	12 October 1907	19 December 1941
John Leonard Baldock	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Private	27 August 1923	10 December 1943
Donald Howard Bennett	166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	14 June 1920	31 December 1944
Johann Aubrey Benson	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	9 April 1920	11 August 1943
David William Bowes	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	20 December 1919	27 February 1944
Albert Brown	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	4 May 1915	23 July 1943
James Ambrose Campbell	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Private	23 May 1909	16 September 1944
Ernest Clayton Corbett	60 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	4 May 1914	17 May 1942
George Arnold Costello	442 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	12 February 1923	28 October 1944
Henry Lyle Crawford	8 Provost Company, The Canadian Provost Corps	Lance Corporal	17 August 1920	10 August 1943
Walter Daniels	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	25 November 1916	8 June 1944
Charles Albert Dodd	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	30 July 1922	11 May 1944
John Esaruk	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Lieutenant	31 March 1905	25 September 1944
Harold Lundy Flynn	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	18 July 1921	15 December 1944
Glenn Gillespie	Regina Rifle Regiment	Rifleman	10 April 1922	10 October 1944
John Howard James Grahame	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	11 April 1920	16 March 1945
George William Guest	100 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	26 September 1923	24 December 1943
Michael Stephen Gurski	177 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	20 February 1920	22 April 1944
Vernie William Hammerberg	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	9 March 1925	22 April 1945
Allan Charles Hancock	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	14 December 1904	19 August 1942
James Frederick Hirst	7 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	14 August 1909	13 July 1942
William Allan James MC	Durham Light Infantry	Lieutenant	24 March 1905	1 July 1944
Allan Johnston	407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	19 May 1913	13 August 1943
Clifford Johnston	283 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	7 March 1920	18 October 1943
Donald Joseph Galbraith Kirk	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	30 March 1916	19 August 1942
John Anthony Klowak	4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	11 March 1916	24 September 1944
George Korski	160 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	23 April 1923	6 May 1944
Peter Kowalchuk	Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 July 1920	31 December 1944
William Kwasney [Teulon]	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	24 January 1923	17 April 1943
John Arthur MacDonald	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	2 October 1921	14 September 1944
Allister Currie McLeod	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	25 October 1922	1 November 1944
Donald Colin McLeod [Domain, Stony Mountain]	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	19 December 1919	6 June 1944
Norman Stanley McLeod	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	8 December 1920	3 November 1943
William John Mollard	115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	4 June 1922	16 October 1942
Franklin Miles Murray	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa	Private	15 January 1909	14 August 1944
Ervin Muth	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	22 June 1922	13 January 1945
Allan Reginald Neve	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	26 November 1921	13 April 1942
Neville William Nisbet	Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	7 August 1916	2 May 1945
Reginald Frederick Noton	218 (Gold Coast) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	18 May 1911	2 July 1942
Alvin Gustaf Olson	420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	31 March 1905	21 January 1943
William Frank Pachkowski	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	6 May 1925	6 March 1945
James Pankiw	HMCS Cornwallis, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Ordinary Seaman	14 September 1925	17 August 1945
George Harold Paterson	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	?	19 December 1941
James Earl Phillips	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	21 February 1910	30 October 1942
Donald Irwin Rose	434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 April 1923	29 January 1944
Thomas Herbert Rose [Stony Mountain]	40 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	6 April 1921	12 March 1941
Peter Shmigelski	502 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	1 July 1919	22 March 1943
Michael Joseph Donald (Danny) Slator	18th Armored Car Division, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lance Corporal	23 February 1924	9 August 1944
Bert Howard Smith	608 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	28 April 1922	16 September 1944
Michael I Solodiuk	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	25 December 1921	6 June 1944
Robert Edwin “Bobby” Stewart [Teulon]	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	25 July 1920	19 August 1942
Keith Robinson Stratton	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	2 January 1923	28 April 1943
Ronald Grant Stratton	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	26 April 1921	5 July 1941
Norman Styne	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman 1st Class	18 September 1921	31 January 1941
Lawson Armstrong Swallow [Stony Mountain]	SS New Northland	Chief Engineer	29 June 1909	17 September 1941
Walter David Taylor	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	23 July 1918	19 August 1942
Ernest Robert Thompson	3 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	24 November 1919	8 June 1944
Alexander George Thomson	162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	21 August 1911	3 April 1945
George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove DFC [Stony Mountain, Swan Lake]	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	15 April 1917	31 August 1943
Stanley Vincent	Canadian Army General LIst	Private	9 February 1925	25 October 1944
Keith Minshull Walley	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	18 September 1922	5 April 1943
Kenneth Richard Walley	410 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	20 November 1915	20 October 1944
Eric Warburton	51 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	24 October 1917	31 October 1941
George Ronald Watson	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	30 May 1923	23 May 1944
John Webb	Veterans Guard of Canada	Private	19 September 1893	23 April 1944
John Golden “Jack” Williams	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	4 November 1907	19 December 1941
James Henry Williams	50 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	?	6 August 1944
Tracy Arthur Thomas Williams	78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	20 January 1922	24 August 1943
Michael Wiwsianski [Wish]	432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	26 August 1923	23 May 1944
Keith Robertson Wood [Cypress River, Kelwood, Stony Mountain]	51 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 September 1921	26 June 1943
William Ray Zubek	1 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	24 February 1921	18 December 1943

Sources:

“Memorial to Stonewall war slain unveiled,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 October 1922, page 10.

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 Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Darryl Toews, and Tim Worth.

Page revised: 15 July 2023

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