A plaque listed the employees of the City of Winnipeg Hydro Electric System (forerunner of Winnipeg Hydro, now part of Manitoba Hydro) who were killed during service in the First World War. Designed by employees E. Howarth and F. F. LeMastre, and originally displayed in the Winnipeg Hydro Showroom, its present whereabouts are unknown.
Winnipeg Hydro War Memorial (no date)
Source: Darryl Toews
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Joe Burley
[City Hall]Electrician
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
11 February 1885
28 October 1917
Charles Robinson Cockburn
[City Hall]Mechanic
Royal Air Force
Air Mechanic 2nd Class
?
12 October 1918
Electrician
19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
2 November 1892
9 April 1917
Richard Stanley Dawson
[Next of Kin, Westminster]Meter Reader
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
28 October 1887
9 August 1918
Walter A. Dawson MM
[City Hall, Holy Trinity, Next of Kin]Electric Cableman
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
29 September 1887
4 June 1918
Austin Deakin
[City Hall]Lineman
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
10 December 1890
9 August 1918
Arthur Andrew Dorman
[Next of Kin]Office Clerk
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
20 July 1888
18 August 1917
Eustace Cameron King
[City Hall]Clerk
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Corporal
16 May 1885
10 April 1915
Harry Little
[City Hall, Next of Kin, St. Barnabas]Clerk
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
11 October 1897
6 April 1918
Frederick McClelland
[City Hall, Next of Kin]Lineman
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
15 June 1888
13 January 1917
William Herbert Mumby
[City Hall]Lamp Trimmer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
17 November 1888
27 September 1918
Percy Walter Peach
[City Hall]Accountant
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
20 November 1885
12 October 1916
William Todd
[City Hall, Next of Kin]Electrician
87th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
19 April 1886
22 October 1916
George Tritton
[City Hall]Labourer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
12 August 1893
19 February 1918
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Hydro Showroom (55 Princess Street, Winnipeg)
“Bronze Honor Roll,” The Dotted Line, May 1925, page 10. [Manitoba Legislative Library]
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: 29 December 2023
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