Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Hydro War Memorial (Winnipeg)

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

First World War

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
John Cooper [City Hall, Transcona]	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]	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)

Sources:

“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: 14 June 2019

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