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This monument in Winkler commemorates soldiers from the local area killed during service in the First World War and Second World War.
Winkler War Memorial (October 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Winkler War Memorial (May 2023)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.17840, W97.93945
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Charles Philip Uhrich
[Law Society, Manitoba College, Morden]Solicitor-at-Law
28th Squadron, 14th Wing, Royal Air Force
Lieutenant
22 August 1893
24 June 1918
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Gordon Howard Enns
Westminster Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1911
24 September 1944
Cornelius J. “Neil” Funk
[Morden]US Army Air Force
Aviation Cadet
27 May 1916
8 March 1944
Abram R. Hildebrand
162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flying Officer
1917
29 July 1944
George Cornelius Krahn
Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1920
13 June 1944
Ben Neufeld
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1914
19 July 1945
76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1922
1 March 1944
Victor Allison Unruh
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1914
18 July 1944
Henry Wiebe
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1921
21 December 1941
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 Alex Billings and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 May 2023
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