Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wawanesa War Memorial (506 George Street, Wawanesa, RM of Oakland-Wawanesa)

A plaque mounted on an exterior wall at the Wawanesa and District Memorial Health Centre in Wawanesa, in the Rural Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, was donated by Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hemmons whose son was killed in the Second World War. It commemorates local people killed during military service in the First World War and Second World War.

Wawanesa War Memorial (February 2020) Source: Beth Smale Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59547, W99.69332 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arthur Austin [Wawanesa]	Gasoline Engineer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 May 1884	27 September 1916
Frederick Bloom [Wawanesa]	Labourer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 February 1893	6 December 1916
Alan West Burnett [Glenboro, Ninette, Treesbank]	Farmer	9th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	9 October 1883	15 November 1917
Robert Clark [Wawanesa]	Chauffeur	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 May 1886	10 April 1918
Ralph Clark Clench [Brandon Armoury, Ninette, Treesbank]	Teacher	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	24 August 1890	15 October 1916
Arnold Edward Davies [Nesbitt]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 October 1887	16 September 1917
Henry Reynolds “Harry” Dawson [Nesbitt]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 September 1897	5 June 1916
Harold James Dent MM [Bank of Toronto, Wawanesa]	Bank Clerk	The Fort Garry Horse	Private	27 June 1891	18 April 1918
John Thompson Fisher [Berbank, Nesbitt, Next of Kin, Norwood Methodist, Wawanesa, Wesley College]	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	25 December 1890	30 August 1917
Louis Felix Geofroy [Wawanesa]	Barber	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	28 January 1882	26 October 1917
Francis Kempthorne Giles [Treesbank]	Farm Labourer	226th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 May 1897	12 December 1916
Frederick Cyril Goodings	Laborer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 October 1890	16 September 1916
Albert Vernon Hansford [Brandon Hills]	Farmhand	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 December 1896	6 December 1917
Joseph Henry Hardwick [Berbank Church, Nesbitt]	Farmer	5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Acting Bombardier	14 October 1893	13 April 1917
A. Harrison	?	?	?	?	?
Wesley Williams Irvine [Brandon College, Hartney, Maryland Methodist, Wawanesa, Wesley College]	Teacher	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	5 April 1893	28 September 1918
Edward Lawrie Jackson [Treesbank]	Electrician	2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	15 September 1896	10 April 1917
Walter Bunyon Lawrence [Wawanesa]	?	5th Battalion, London Rifle Brigade	Rifleman	1882	1 July 1916
Frederick William Leachman [Wawanesa]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 October 1890	8 October 1916
Gordon Livingston [Nesbitt, Wawanesa]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 September 1895	26 July 1917
C. L. Livingstone	?	?	?	?	?
Henry Lyle Martin [Berbank, Nesbitt]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 April 1890	22 November 1918
Edward Wolsley Armstrong McCrum [Treesbank]	Locomotive fireman	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	23 February 1887	30 October 1917
Jesse Harold McFadden [Brandon Armoury, Killarney, Killarney Collegiate, Next of Kin, Pilot Mound, Wawanesa]	Clergyman	10th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	22 October 1891	16 September 1916
Robert Milroy [Nesbitt]	Farm Labour	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	15 September 1916
Cecil Edmund Minary [Berbank, Nesbitt]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 July 1895	28 August 1918
James Nelson Pound [Brandon Armoury, Nesbitt]	Farm Laborer	85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 April 1876	30 March 1918
John Robertson [Wawanesa]	Farmer	181st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 August 1897	2 January 1917
William H. Rumford DCM [Wawanesa]	Laborer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	23 May 1887	2 November 1919
John Edward Russell	Farm Hand	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	30 October 1889	29 September 1916
John Herbert Shardlow	Butcher	45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 April 1877	3 February 1917
Frank Skuce [Nesbitt]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 May 1897	4 November 1918
Herbert Douglas Smith [Wawanesa]	Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 July 1879	30 January 1918
Ted Smith	?	?	?	?	?
William Somersall [Souris, Treesbank]	Engineer	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1889	9 June 1917
Herbert Frank Steer [Roblin, Treesbank]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 March 1886	10 June 1916
John Thomas Stevenson [Wawanesa]	Druggist	1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade	Private	27 November 1894	3 November 1918
Russell Vanstone	Student at Law	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Corporal	31 July 1895	4 July 1919
Frank Charles Jay Watson [Treesbank, Wawanesa]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	13 September 1890	31 October 1917
Thomas Frank Webster [Wawanesa]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 May 1893	16 October 1916
Thomas Wightman [Nesbitt, Wawanesa]	Farmer	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 October 1892	9 April 1917
Ernest John Wilkinson [Lakeside, Next of Kin, Treesbank]	Bank Clerk, Union Bank of Canada	4th Division Ammunition Company, Canadian Field Artillery	Driver	29 September 1893	9 November 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Willis Leigh Cory [Wawanesa]	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	29 March 1909	31 August 1944
Percy John Ellis [Wawanesa, Wawanesa School]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 February 1917	26 August 1942
James Bentley Ferris [Wawanesa, Wawanesa School]	400 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	10 October 1916	20 January 1943
Charles Gordon Gorrie [Wawanesa, Wawanesa School, Wawanesa United]	422 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	22 January 1924	20 November 1943
Robert Talbot Hemmons [Wawanesa, Wawanesa School]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	3 September 1917	24 August 1942
Francis John Lowe [Ninette, Wawanesa, Wawanesa United]	12 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	10 May 1910	26 March 1942
Howard V. Millen [Wawanesa]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Private	21 September 1914	15 December 1943
Reginald Frederick Noton [Wawanesa]	218 (Gold Coast) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	18 May 1911	2 July 1942
Wilfred S. Powers [Wawanesa]	Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	7 May 1909	21 July 1944
George Edward Stevenson [Wawanesa, Wawanesa School, Wawanesa United]	431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	16 August 1918	26 February 1944
Wilbert Crothers Wallace [Wawanesa, Wawanesa School, Wawanesa United]	HMCS Avalon, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Ordinary Seaman	18 November 1920	12 December 1942
Walter Torrance Wilton [Wawanesa]	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	16 September 1919	29 December 1943

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wawanesa War Memorial (Wawanesa, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)

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).

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews, Beth Smale, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 December 2023

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