Historic Sites of Manitoba: Yale Avenue United Church / Transcona Memorial United Church (209 Yale Avenue West, Winnipeg)

This United Church on Yale Avenue West in Winnipeg was constructed in 1953 to replace the former Yale Avenue United Church that sat at this site. Used by the merged congregations of Yale Avenue United and Knox United Church, the demand for space became dire when the congregation of Springfield United Church had joined in 1951. The original structure was expanded with a Christian Education Hall in 1960.

A plaque in the church commemorates parishioners of its constituent congregations who were killed during military service in the First World War and Second World War.

Transcona Memorial United Church (January 2023) Source: Alisa Kehler Military memorial plaque in the Transcona Memorial United Church (no date) Source: Stephen McKendry-Smith Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89689, W97.00631 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Donald Aird DCM [Transcona]	Locomotive Engineer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Corporal	16 January 1892	26 October 1917
Charles Edmund Bradley [Next of Kin, Transcona]	Machinist	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 March 1898	10 November 1917
John Buntain [Transcona]	Machinist apprentice	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sapper	19 August 1895	28 August 1918
David Campbell [Transcona]	Tenderman	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Sergeant	10 September 1895	25 September 1916
John Cooper [City of Winnipeg Employees, Transcona, Winnipeg Hydro]	Electrician, City of Winnipeg Light & Power	19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 November 1892	9 April 1917
John Edwards [Transcona, Vimy Ridge]	Mechanic	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 July 1890	16 April 1917
James Ellis [Transcona]	Locomotive Fireman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 July 1891	5 September 1917
George Esselmont [Next of Kin, Transcona]	Carpenter	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1885	10 August 1918
Donald Farquharson [Transcona]	Crane Operator	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 April 1886	6 November 1917
Alexander Coull Gibb [Transcona]	Teamster	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	28 April 1918
Angus Gunn [Transcona]	Painter	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	2 March 1875	19 February 1917
William Heron [Transcona]	Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 June 1896	4 October 1916
James Fingland Hyslop [Transcona]	Rancher	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 March 1887	18 March 1916
Frank John Johnson [Transcona]	Car Repairer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 April 1896	30 December 1918
David Linklater [Transcona]	Carpenter	S.S. "Belgian Prince", Royal Navy Reserve	Seaman	1890	31 July 1917
Alfred Lowden [Transcona]	Tinsmith	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 April 1889	30 April 1917
George William MacKay [Transcona]	Laborer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 October 1888	30 July 1916
Angus MacKinven [Transcona]	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 January 1888	20 October 1916
Samuel Parnell Marsh [Transcona]	Farm Hand	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 October 1898	9 August 1918
Patrick McGillivray [Transcona]	Machinest	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 August 1887	8 October 1916
Donald Munro [Transcona]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Sergeant	20 November 1891	9 October 1916
Donald Hugh Rankine [Transcona]	Tenderman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 March 1883	8 October 1916
William Edmund Roberts [Transcona]	Teacher	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 May 1891	6 June 1916
John Jamieson Robson [Transcona]	?	6th Gordon Highlanders, British Army	Private	?	13 November 1916
George Ryan [108th Battalion Selkirk, Transcona]	Watchman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 December 1882	5 March 1918
Albert Victor Scott [Rapid City, Union Bank]	Bank Clerk, Union Bank of Canada	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 September 1897	21 August 1917
Daniel David Walwin Webster [Transcona]	Bank Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 March 1897	1 December 1916
Alexander Wood Youngson [Transcona]	Engineer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	10 September 1890	21 September 1916

Second World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Bertram Edwin “Bert” Atwood [Transcona]	12 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	28 January 1916	13 January 1943
Henry Westbrook Blackwell [Transcona, Neepawa]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	24 November 1913	26 November 1941
Austin Gordon Gamsby [Regents Park United, Transcona]	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	10 December 1913	16 June 1944
Roy Stanley Greengrass [Transcona]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	14 May 1923	10 March 1943
Joseph Neil Johnston [Transcona]	HMCS Skeena, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Able Seaman	14 February 1922	25 October 1944
Ralph Clifford Maxwell [Transcona]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	15 January 1921	19 December 1941
William Alexander McCann [Transcona]	115 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	11 October 1921	28 June 1942
George McDougall [Transcona]	106 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	19 September 1923	10 May 1944
George Douglas Robinson DFC [Transcona]	409 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant Navigator	6 May 1918	26 December 1944
James Gordon Wilson Savage [St. Andrew's Church Brandon, Transcona]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Captain	30 March 1905	28 November 1944
Joseph Arthur William Sutherland [Transcona]	420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	26 September 1922	25 July 1944
Victor Lewis Valde [Transcona]	415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	20 September 1924	2 November 1944
Tom Huntington Widlake [Transcona]	Ontario Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	27 February 1918	24 June 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Transcona Memorial United Church / Transcona Christian Reformed Church / St. George Orthodox Church (121 Harvard Avenue East, Winnipeg)

Sources:

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 Stephen McKendry-Smith and Alisa Kehler for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 4 February 2023

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