Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Philip’s Anglican Church and War Memorial / Philips Square (240 Taché Avenue, Winnipeg)

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This Anglican church on Taché Avenue in the St. Boniface area of Winnipeg was built in 1904. A monument beside it was designed by local parishioner Leonard W. Meanwell (c1885-1950) and made of Tyndall stone by Arthur Waller. Unveiled at a ceremony on 31 October 1920, presided over by Military District No. 10 Commanding Officer Major-General H. D. B. Ketchen, it commemorates congregants who were killed during service in the First World War.

After the church closed, the building was renovated into six rental apartments on the main and garden levels. In 2024, the project received a Preservation Award from Heritage Winnipeg.

Rectors

Period

Rector

c1911

William John Garton (1856-1937)

c1911-1921

?

1921

Rev. W. Cowans

1922-?

?

?-1995

Arthur Newey Thompson (1929-2004)

Photos & Coordinates

St. Philip's Anglican Church

St. Philip’s Anglican Church (April 2017)
Source: George Penner

St. Philip's Anglican Church

Interior of St. Philip’s Anglican Church (April 2017)
Source: George Penner

St. Philip's Anglican Church War Memorial

St. Philip’s Anglican Church War Memorial (November 2014)
Source: James Burns

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87947, W97.12287
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Evan John Baynes

Misc. (Aviator Cadet) Manager

42nd Wing, Royal Air Force

Lieutenant

5 July 1889

26 June 1918

John Thorold Blowers

Taxidermist

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1893

6 February 1916

Frank Boult
[Next of Kin]

Draftsman

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

8 February 1884

9 April 1917

Frederick James Dagg

Brakeman

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

25 October 1916

William H. Flower

Clerk & Machinist

2nd Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Corporal

1892

9 October 1917

Thomas Higgins

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1879

14 June 1916

Oscar Harrold Hollis
[Law Society]

Student-at-Law

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

17 May 1893

23 October 1917

James Hollingworth

Paver

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1886

7 July 1916

John Hollingworth
[Electric Railway]

Car Repairer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1892

8 October 1916

George Hugh Walter

Merchant

24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

1884

9 April 1917

Cyril Osmonde Juniper
[Verona School]

Clerk

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

9 October 1916

Leslie Webster Page
[HBC, Next of Kin]

Clerk

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

30 December 1916

Francis Henry Sydney Richardson
[Canadian Fire Insurance]

Insurance Clerk

7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 December 1896

24 April 1915

Herbert Stanley Swan
[Austin, Holy Trinity, Electric Railway, Next of Kin]

Electrician

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

25 November 1916

William Julian George Swan

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1889

17 October 1916

Frederick George Wallis

Clerk

6th Battalion, East Kent Regiment

Lieutenant

1891

30 November 1917

Norman George Louis Witt

Fireman or Brakeman

13th Canadian Light Railway Operating Company

Sapper

1891

28 March 1918

Sources:

“General notes [At the morning service at St. Philips Church ...],” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 October 1920, page 13.

“Monument is erected to memory of St. Philip’s Church dead war heroes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 November 1920, page 6.

“Cenotaph unveiled at St. Philip’s Church,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 November 1920, page 6.

“St. Philip's Norwood observes anniversary,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 February 1921, page 8.

Obituary [Leonard W. Meanwell], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 July 1950, page 13.

St. Philips Anglican Church, 240 Tache Avenue by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009.

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).

This page was prepared by James Burns, Darryl Toews, George Penner, Nathan Kramer, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 January 2024

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