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A monument in the Westbourne Cemetery, near Westbourne in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, was unveiled on 21 November 1920 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service.
Westbourne War Memorial (September 2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.12534, W98.60328
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Charles Lawrence Beckman
[St. Georges Anglican]Farmer
1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Private
19 April 1889
15 August 1918
Percy Robert Cook
[Portage la Prairie, St. George's Anglican, Selkirk, 108 Battalion]Farmer
5th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Private
8 June 1893
7 November 1917
John Henry Davey
[Portage, St. George's Anglican]Clerk
29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
12 June 1895
26 June 1916
George Fletcher
[St. George's Anglican]Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
8 July 1896
10 August 1918
James Harrison
[Edrans, St. George's Anglican]Section Man
107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
19 May 1885
2 June 1917
Percy Johnson
[St. George's Anglican]Farm Labourer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
17 January 1895
20 August 1917
William Holmes Johnson
Farmer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
21 December 1897
5 October 1917
Sidney Richard Kember MM
[Portage la Prairie]Machinist
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
17 November 1892
17 May 1918
Alexander Urquhart McLeod
[Rathwell, St. George's Anglican, Treherne]Engineer
3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers
Sergeant
23 October 1892
9 August 1918
William Moss
[St. George's Anglican]Teamster
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
16 November 1891
23 January 1918
Rutur Sigurdur Solvason
[St. George's Anglican]Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
25 February 1890
5 June 1916
Albert Edwin Wild
[Portage, St. George's Anglican]Labourer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
18 November 1892
10 August 1918
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Irvine Nathanial Caskey
Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Officer
1920
6 June 1944
Leslie Gerald Davey
Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
1922
24 March 1944
William Reid Gray
Royal Canadian Air Force
Warrant Officer
1916
18 February 1943
Robert Francis Stephens
Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
1917
12 September 1941
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. George’s Anglican Cemetery / Westbourne Cemetery (Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone)
“Westbourne’s Fine Memorial Unveiled,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 November 1920, page 6.
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 Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 4 November 2021
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