A list of employees of Manitoba Government Telephones, who served in the First World War and were killed, was unveiled at the head office of the company at a ceremony on 10 November 1922 attended by Major-General H. D. B. Ketchen. It was observed during the ceremony by MGT Commissioner John Edmond Lowry that over 50 percent of male members of the company had served during the war.
The present whereabouts of the memorial is unknown.
First World War Casualties
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Peter Borthwick |
Accountant |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
29 September 1889 |
26 October 1917 |
Herbert Trewartha Chapman
[Gilbert Plains] |
Tinsmith |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1888 |
25 October 1916 |
Thomas Birtwistle Douglas
[Portage la Prairie] |
Clerk |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
1890 |
28 April 1917 |
Arthur Taylor Fulford
[Oakland, Portage] |
Telephone Lineman |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
8 November 1891 |
3 May 1917 |
Alexander Grant DSO
[Next of Kin] |
Superintendent |
78th Battalion Canadian Infantry |
Major |
6 May 1883 |
11 August 1918 |
Thomas Henry Large |
Electrician |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
22 March 1890 |
28 October 1917 |
John Fraser
[Next of Kin] |
Driver |
28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
2 August 1881 |
18 July 1918 |
Alexander McNab
[Knox Presbyterian, Portage, Sidney] |
Telephone Inspector |
Sergeant |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
21 August 1891 |
24 May 1915 |
George Olmstead |
Electrician |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
4 September 1890 |
5 October 1918 |
David James Robertson MM
[Brandon Armoury] |
Storekeeper |
22nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps |
Serjeant |
? |
3 November 1918 |
See also:
MHS Centennial Business: Manitoba Government Telephones / Manitoba Telephone System / MTS Allstream / Bell MTS
Sources:
“Vacancies filled by returned men, he says: Statement of Commissioner Lowry at unveiling of memorial," Manitoba Free Press, 11 November 1922, page 9.
“Telephone employes’ war tablet is unveiled,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 November 1922, page 17.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 January 2021
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