Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wesley College War Memorial

A document at the University of Winnipeg Archives lists the names of students and staff at Wesley College who were killed in the course of service n Canadian military forces during the First World War. It was unveiled on 13 February 1917 by Sir James Aikins and was updated after the war.

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Peter William Bissett [Augustine, Kelvin, Next of Kin]	Student	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	29 June 1896	14 July 1916
Fred Willard Bridgman [Next of Kin]	Student	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 September 1895	22 October 1916
Thomas Lewis Briggs [Killarney, Killarney School, Next of Kin]	Student	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 July 1895	2 October 1916
Clarence Bright [Next of Kin]	Law Student	1st Division M.T. Company, Canadian Army Service Corps	Lieutenant	6 September 1892	18 November 1918
Ralph Russell James Brown [Law Society, Masonic, Next of Kin, Westminster]	Student at Law	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	21 November 1875	31 October 1917
Thomas Johnstone Logie Butchart [Fort Rouge Methodist, Minnedosa, Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge]	Student (Wesley College)	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 April 1897	20 June 1917
William Taylor Crummy MM	Law Student	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1 January 1892	19 April 1916
Ephraim Davey [Next of Kin]	Student	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 November 1888	16 September 1916
Paul Webster Davis [Neepawa, Neepawa Methodist]	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 December 1899	28 September 1918
Lester Jerome Deacon [Next of Kin]	Student	5th Canadian Division Supply Column, Canadian Army Service Corps	Lieutenant	7 January 1893	28 July 1917
John Thompson Fisher [Berbank, Next of Kin, Wawanesa]	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	25 December 1890	30 August 1917
Walter Leslie Griffith	Student	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Private	20 January 1892	14 April 1916
Wesley Williams Irvine [Brandon College, Hartney, Maryland Methodist, Wawanesa, Wawanesa]	Teacher	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	5 April 1893	28 September 1918
H. Johnson	?	?	?	?	?
Orrin Athal Jones [Brandon College, First Baptist, Kelvin, Next of Kin]	?	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	26 July 1896	5 June 1916
Magnus Sigurdur Kelly [Selkirk]	Law Student	Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	21 December 1892	15 May 1918
John Henry Mitchell Kennedy	Merchant	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	16 December 1877	13 October 1918
Oscar Roland Kerr [Agricultural College, Franklin, Neepawa]	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 November 1893	11 February 1916
John Glendon Latchford	Student	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 October 1897	29 March 1918
Hart Leech [Fort Rouge Methodist, Law Society, Next of Kin]	Student-at-law	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lieutenant	9 March 1889	15 September 1916
Royden Charles Leitch	Student	Canadian Infantry	Private	28 February 1896	4 June 1916
Skuli Gudbrandur Lindal	Student	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 September 1893	15 April 1918
Arthur Loft [Carberry]	Minister	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	20 May 1883	28 October 1917
Einer Stefansson Long	Student	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 December 1891	9 August 1918
Charles Wesley Lovatt [Bunclody, Minto, Next of Kin, Riverview, Souris]	Student	12 Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	20 August 1886	29 October 1917
Walter Leonard MacLean	Physician	Canadian Army Medical Corps	Major	30 December 1885	10 November 1917
Austin Aberdeen Milligan [Next of Kin]	Student	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 September 1893	14 June 1916
George Carlton Mills [Next of Kin]	?	Royal Flying Corps	Lieutenant	27 November 1890	4 November 1917
Jared Carl Mitchell [Engineering, Next of Kin, Norwood Methodist]	Bookkeeper	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	16 May 1894	16 September 1917
Haslett Morrison [Next of Kin]	Clerk	61st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Major	27 July 1890	23 April 1918
Henry Bertram Nason [City Hall, Kelvin, Next of Kin]	Student (Science)	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Private	29 November 1895	1 December 1917
John Ernest Nelson [Carberry, Manitoba College]	Student	7th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Bombardier	4 June 1893	4 October 1916
Francis Claude Oliver [Next of Kin]	Student	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	3 November 1895	20 November 1916
Herbert Lorne Patience	Student	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 October 1881	19 November 1916
Clarke Hall Popham [Fort Rouge Methodist, Kelvin, Next of Kin]	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	2 June 1894	26 September 1916
William Edward Reedman	Student	73rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	17 August 1886	26 November 1916
Robert Stacey Rice [Broadway Methodist, Next of Kin]	Student	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lieutenant	16 November 1893	15 September 1916
Arthur Rose	Student	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 March 1887	26 October 1917
John Alexander Ross [Engineering, Next of Kin, Manitoba College]	Student	178th Company, Royal Engineers	Second Lieutenant	16 February 1894	13 August 1916
David Nichol Scott [Next of Kin]	Chauffeur	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 April 1895	4 May 1916
Fred Irwin Simpson [Broadway Methodist, Fort Rouge Methodist, Law Society, Next of Kin, Virden, Virden Methodist]	Law Student	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Captain	15 April 1893	12 March 1917
Colin Smith [Portage, St. Eustache]	Minister	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 February 1880	15 August 1917
Harold Frederick Speers [Next of Kin]	?	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 July 1895	4 September 1916
Albert Edward Stephenson	Minister	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	6 April 1886	29 September 1918
Stanley Streat	Student	10th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	5 August 1889	26 August 1918
John Stewart Sutton Swain MM & Bar [Carman, Roland, Vimy Ridge]	School Teacher	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	6 February 1893	3 June 1917
Norman James Thomas MM [Grace Methodist, Portage]	Student	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	9 March 1894	6 November 1917
John Douglas “Jack” Verner MC & Bar [City Hall, Next of Kin]	?	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	?	16 February 1919
Abram James Warman	Student	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 November 1885	1 October 1918
Ernest John Woodgate [Next of Kin, Roland]	Student	Canadian Infantry	Corporal	21 May 1888	15 September 1916
Ernest John Woodgate	Student	Canadian Infantry	Corporal	21 May 1888	15 September 1916
Robert Buchanan Young [Augustine, Next of Kin]	Ledger Keeper	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 March 1893	16 May 1916

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wesley College / United College / University of Winnipeg (505 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: United College War Memorial

Cool Things in the Collection: Rolls of Honour at the University of Winnipeg by Chantal Fehr
Manitoba History, Number 86, Winter 2018

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.

Page revised: 21 November 2022

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