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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 KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.08775, W97.21580
denoted by symbol on the map above
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
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
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 DFC
[Stonewall, Swan Lake]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
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)
“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: 24 June 2023
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