Historic Sites of Manitoba: Virden War Memorial (Victoria Park, Virden)

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A monument in Virden’s Victoria Park was erected to honour local people who served and died during military service. The park was created in 1897 and named by Mrs. Jeanne Ella Meek (1851-1933), wife of the Mayor, in commemoration of Queen Victoria.

Virden War Memorial (July 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Virden War Memorial (July 2021) Source: George Penner Entrance sign for Victoria Park (October 2017) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84693, W100.92925 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harold Bailey	Carpenter	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	6 November 1917
Frederick Edward James Bailey [St. Mary]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 October 1889	21 August 1917
William James Ballantyne [Carmel Presbyterian]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 December 1887	8 July 1917
Edward Olauf Frederick Bertleson	Teamster	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	27 October 1917
Henry Victor Best [Brandon College, Carmel Presbyterian]	School Teacher	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	30 April 1896	10 August 1918
Gordon Biggs [Carmel Presbyerian, Virden Methodist]	Gentleman	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	2 January 1917
Fred Bowden [Armoury]	Teamster	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 August 1882	29 December 1917
Frederick Brooks	Carpenter	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1886	26 September 1916
Archibald Cameron [Carmel Presbyterian]	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	25 May 1915
John Alured Carr [Agricultural College, St. Mary]	Student	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 April 1896	9 October 1916
Lorne Edgar Carscadden [St. Mary]	General Merchant	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 December 1890	21 August 1917
Frank Walter Collier [St. Mary]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 June 1872	5 July 1917
William James Comper	Carpenter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1879	29 June 1919
William Herbert Cook	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	15 November 1917
William Henry Corfield [St. Mary]	Teamster	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 May 1892	14 September 1917
Henry Cottrell DCM [St. Mary]	Farm Labourer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 June 1884	6 July 1917
Walter Russell Coutts [Carmel Presbyterian]	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	25 June 1918
Percival Charles Richard Day [St. Mary]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 November 1888	26 October 1917
James Francis Durham [St. Mary]	Labourer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	23 April 1915
Wellington Roy Elliott [St. Mary]	Rancher	Canadian Infantry	Lance Sergeant	22 June 1888	29 March 1917
Larry Michael Farrell	Page	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1897	15 September 1916
Charles William Fitch [Virden Methodist]	Civil Engineer	Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1895	21 April 1916
Daniel Leitch McPherson Fleck [Carmel Presbyterian]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	10 August 1918
Alexander Forsyth [Brandon Armoury, Carmel Presbyterian]	Locomotive Fireman	B Squadron, Canadian Light Horse	Lance Corporal	29 July 1893	9 October 1918
James Hugh Foster [Carmel Presbyterian]	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	1 September 1918
George William Gilby [Carmel Presbyterian, Lenore]	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1888	2 June 1916
William Grant [Carmel Presbyterian]	Tailor	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	2 September 1890	10 October 1916
Matilda Ethel Green	Nurse	Canadian Army Nursing Service	Nurse	1886	9 October 1918
George Stanley Grey	Carpenter	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1894	9 April 1917
Paul Edmund Gunby [St. Mary]	Farm Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 September 1894	15 October 1916
William Albert Haywood	Labourer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	15 August 1918
Victoria Belle Hennan	Nurse	Canadian Army Medical Corps	Nurse	1886	23 October 1918
John F. H. Ivens	Labourer	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	15 August 1917
Charles John Ivens [Minitonas]	Farmer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	19 November 1887	9 November 1917
Thomas Henry Jackson [Carmel Presbyterian, St. Mary]	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	5 December 1893	5 June 1916
William Jackson	Farmer and Labourer	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1895	10 August 1918
Arthur Edwin James [Brandon Armoury, Pipestone]	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 July 1892	28 September 1918
Charles Robert Johnston	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	25 June 1918
John Walter Jones [St. Mary]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 November 1895	8 November 1917
John Stanley Joslin [St. Mary]	Hardware Merchant	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	6 April 1890	29 September 1918
Harry Jeffery	Labourer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 June 1915
James McLennan Laing [Carmel Presbyterian]	Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	28 October 1917
Douglas Ledgerwood	Labourer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1894	29 July 1917
Wilfred Laurier Leech	Farm Labourer	15th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	24 June 1917
Herbert Leech	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	9 October 1918
Percy Harold Lobb [St. Mary]	Carpenter	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 April 1885	28 September 1916
Frederick William Maddox	Railroad Conductor	Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps	Sapper	1871	15 November 1919
Alfred William Manning [Lenore, St. Mary]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 January 1890	27 April 1918
Archie Wallace McDermaid [Carmel Presbyterian]	Farmer	4th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	1887	1 February 1919
William John McGuffin [Carmel Presbyterian]	Stone Mason	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	8 June 1917
Thomas Charles Mead [Virden Methodist]	Farmer	Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	7 January 1916
William Norman Menzies [Armoury, Pipestone]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	4 November 1888	28 August 1918
Peter Thomas Moir	Bank Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	29 September 1918
James Harvey Montgomery [Typographical Union]	Printer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 June 1890	4 January 1916
Alexander Muir	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	16 August 1918
Cecil Muldrew	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	10 November 1917
Samuel Paton [Carmel Presbyterian]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1874	26 October 1917
Harold Macdonald Pineo [St. Mary]	Student	42nd Wing, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	23 May 1895	18 December 1918
Hugh Ross [Carmel Presbyterian]	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	6 June 1916
William Ross [Brandon Armoury, Brandon College, Carmel Presbyterian]	Teamster	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	17 April 1888	1 May 1917
James Russell	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	15 August 1918
Charles Gordon Sanford [Carmel Presbyterian]	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 April 1917
Fred Irwin Simpson [Fort Rouge Methodist, Law Society, Next of Kin, Virden Methodist, Wesley College]	Law Student	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Captain	15 April 1893	12 March 1917
George Ernest Venner [St. Mary]	Baker	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	30 November 1893	24 September 1992
John Vickery [St. Mary]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 January 1890	6 November 1917
Arthur Russell Warren [St. Mary]	Bricklayer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 August 1884	6 November 1917
Fred G. Warren [St. Mary]	Teamster	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 March 1893	27 September 1916
Charles Weber [Armoury]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 January 1892	2 October 1918
Thomas Edwin West	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	29 September 1918
Wilfred Percy Young	Farm Labourer	Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	1890	8 October 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Leonard Morris Barré [Pipestone]	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	24 April 1915	9 May 1945
Wallace Llewellyn Berry	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1915	15 August 1941
Frederick Braybrook	Canadian Special Service Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1921	23 May 1944
Wilfred David Brown [St. Mary]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer	13 October 1919	19 September 1943
Spence Roy Carefoot	Regina Rifle Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1920	12 July 1943
Bruce Edward Ashton Caw MC & Bar	1st Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Captain	1920	13 April 1945
Alfred Reid Chalmers	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1921	30 August 1944
Marshall Frederick English	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1915	31 May 1942
George Cornwall English [Pipestone]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 March 1919	3 June 1942
William Ashley Forster	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1912	12 July 1945
Melvin James Gardiner	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	1921	20 February 1945
Arthur Charles Hales [St. Mary]	Veterans Guard of Canada	Corporal	19 December 1890	9 July 1942
Adam Michael Hamalock	The Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	16 August 1918	15 August 1944
Private Elmer Hastie	Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1915	3 March 1945
Norman A. Hauk [St. Mary]	Royal Canadian Corps of Signals	Corporal	19 March 1921	6 June 1944
Nelson Stanley Hawes [St. Mary]	14th Canadian Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Corporal	13 March 1908	23 August 1944
Raymond Arthur Heaman	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1918	22 April 1945
James Wesley Irwin	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1924	24 September 1944
James Martin Kelly	12 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	26 September 1920	14 August 1944
Allison Frank Kilborn [St. Mary]	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	13 September 1908	11 March 1945
James Victor Koester	Regina Rifle Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	4 November 1921	30 March 1945
Orville Alvin Lamont [Brandon Collegiate]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman	5 June 1924	3 June 1943
Lyle E. Metcalf	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1920	20 October 1944
Francis Lloyd Milburn	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1919	13 June 1943
William John Barry McLeod	Royal Canadian Artillery	Warrant Officer	1907	30 April 1941
William Gerald Naylen	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1922	8 October 1944
Lloyd Charles Powell [St. Mary]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	23 November 1913	16 January 1942
Arthur Thelfall Power	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1925	8 August 1944
George A. Price [St. Mary]	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	15 August 1920	9 August 1944
Clifford A. Reid	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1925	24 February 1945
Ernest Charles Rye	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	1906	19 February 1945
William G. E. Simpson	Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	1911	9 August 1944
William Lorne Stinson	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1924	28 June 1943

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).

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 February 2023

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