Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stony Mountain War Memorial (Stony Mountain, RM of Rockwood)

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A monument at Stony Mountain in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood was unveiled on 4 October 1925, at a ceremony attended by General H. D. B. Ketchen and Lieutenant Governor J. A. M. Aikins. It commemorates soldiers from the local area killed in military service during the First World War. It was renovated in 1947 to include those killed during the Second World War. Plaques on the monument recognize those who served during the Korean War, and the 230 men and women from the community who served and returned to live here. It is said that Stony Mountain had the highest per-capita enlistment of military volunteers in the British Commonwealth.

Stony Mountain War Memorial (August 2014) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Stony Mountain War Memorial (September 2017) Source: George Penner Stony Mountain War Memorial (June 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.08775, W97.21580 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Edward Archer	Farm Labourer	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	15 May 1886	5 September 1918
Jason Whitefield Brouse	Steam Engineer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 November 1887	9 October 1916
James Henderson	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 October 1897	24 October 1918
David Leonard McComb [Next of Kin, Stonewall, St. Giles, Stonewall Lodge No. 12]	Carpenter	5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Corporal	7 July 1889	13 June 1916
Charles McConnell	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 June 1898	16 September 1917
Frederick Scott	?	?	?	?	?
James Smith	?	?	?	?	?
Edwin Talbot	Teamster	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	14 July 1896	5 June 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John A. Aitken	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	12 October 1907	19 December 1941
Abram Arbour MM	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Warrant Officer Class II	27 July 1917	23 August 1944
Donald Howard Bennett	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
John Esaruk	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Lieutenant	31 March 1905	25 September 1944
John Arthur McDonald Jr.	Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	2 October 1921	14 September 1944
Donald Colin McLeod [Domain, Stonewall]	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	19 December 1919	6 June 1944
Reginald Frederick Noton	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	18 May 1911	2 July 1942
Donald Irwin Rose	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 April 1923	29 January 1944
Thomas Herbert Rose [Stonewall]	40 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	6 April 1921	12 March 1941
Michael Joseph “Danny” Slator	12 Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lance Corporal	23 February 1924	9 August 1944
Lawson Armstrong Swallow [Stonewall]	SS New Northland	Chief Engineer	29 June 1909	17 September 1941
George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	15 April 1917	31 August 1943
Stanley B. Vincent	General List, Canadian Army	Private	9 February 1925	25 October 1944
Keith Robertson Wood [Cypress River, Kelwood, Stonewall]	51 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 September 1921	26 June 1943

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stony Mountain Veterans and Pioneers Monument (RM of Rockwood)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stonewall Masonic War Memorial (Stony Mountain, RM of Rockwood)

Sources:

“Memorial unveiled at Stony Mountain,” Stonewall Argus, 7 October 1925, page 1.

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 Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 22 May 2021

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