Historic Sites of Manitoba: Royal Winnipeg Rifles Monument (Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

A monument, located in Vimy Ridge Memorial Park on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, was unveiled on 6 June 1992 by the members and friends of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Association. It lists the name of members of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles who were murdered, while prisoners of war, at Le Chateau d’Audrieu, near Le Mesnil Patry, and at Le Haut du Boso, France on 8, 9 and 11 June 1944. It also commemorates 529 members who died on active service, and lists the battles in which the unit served.

Royal Winnipeg Rifles Monument (June 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Royal Winnipeg Rifles Monument (November 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88565, W97.16778 denoted by symbol on the map above

Second World War Murdered Prisoners

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Charles Adams	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	7 January 1922	8 June 1944
Ernest Charles Baskerville [Gladstone]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	7 April 1922	8 June 1944
Hilliard John Henry Birston	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	22 May 1921	8 June 1944
Emanuel Bishoff	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	31 March 1925	8 June 1944
Walter James Booth	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	11 April 1921	8 June 1944
Ernest William Bradley	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	27 September 1922	8 June 1944
George Andrew Brown	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	2 February 1918	8 June 1944
Lawrence Chartrand [Camperville]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Sergeant	15 December 1916	8 June 1944
Louis Chartrand [Camperville]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1918	8 June 1944
Stuart Culleton	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	1 January 1920	8 June 1944
Walter Daniels	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	25 November 1916	8 June 1944
Anthony Alec Fagnan [Camperville]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	15 March 1922	8 June 1944
William Stewart Ferguson	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	24 March 1909	8 June 1944
Robert Munro Findlay	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	6 March 1924	8 June 1944
Roger Joseph Firman	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	22 September 1920	8 June 1944
Lant Freeman	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	29 February 1924	8 June 1944
Austin Ralph Fuller	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	21 October 1917	8 June 1944
David Sidney Gold	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	13 November 1918	8 June 1944
John Wheeler Graham	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	11 January 1921	8 June 1944
Lawrence Roderick Guiboche [Camperville]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	7 April 1923	8 June 1944
Robert James Harper	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	14 July 1911	8 June 1944
Francis David Harrison	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	11 January 1924	8 June 1944
John William Hill	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	17 January 1917	8 June 1944
Frederick Edward Hodge	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Major	17 May 1919	8 June 1944
Frederick William George Holness	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	15 December 1922	8 June 1944
Charles Allan Horton	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	8 April 1918	8 June 1944
Henry Charles Jones	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	8 February 1925	8 June 1944
Clare Davidson Kines [Roblin, Tummel]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	1 November 1914	8 June 1944
James Ferris Kyle	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	17 February 1921	8 June 1944
Herve Alfred Labrecque	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	23 May 1921	8 June 1944
Kenneth Samuel Lawrence	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	10 December 1922	8 June 1944
Elmer Joseph Le Fort	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	15 December 1909	8 June 1944
Gordon James Lewis	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	7 August 1915	8 June 1944
John Louis Lychowich	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	20 January 1918	8 June 1944
Angus Murdo MacLeod	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	31 March 1905	8 June 1944
Frederick H Marych	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	?	8 June 1944
James Donald McIntosh	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	7 April 1905	8 June 1944
Frank Vernon Meakin	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	7 July 1923	8 June 1944
George Edward Meakin	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	30 April 1921	8 June 1944
Wesley Kenneth Morrison	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	?	8 June 1944
Robert Mutch	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	6 August 1922	8 June 1944
Frank Ostir	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	7 February 1919	8 June 1944
Allan R. Owens	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	14 March 1918	11 June 1944
Percy Parisian [Gimli]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	31 July 1923	8 June 1944
Alfred Martin Peterson	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	22 October 1913	8 June 1944
William Poho	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	1 February 1923	8 June 1944
James Allen Reid	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	22 December 1917	8 June 1944
Henry Rodgers	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	5 December 1921	8 June 1944
Frank Ryckman	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	26 April 1915	8 June 1944
Robert Scott	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Coporal	6 November 1915	8 June 1944
Kjartan Sigurdson [Gimli]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	6 November 1915	8 June 1944
Steve Slywchuk	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	15 December 1921	8 June 1944
Edward Smith	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	17 September 1922	8 June 1944
Frederick Smith	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	29 June 1922	8 June 1944
Richard George Smith	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	4 January 1925	8 June 1944
William David Thomas	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	21 March 1908	8 June 1944
John Allen Thompson	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	1 May 1914	8 June 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Royal Winnipeg Rifles North West Rebellion, 1885 Monument (Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: The Volunteer Monument (Winnipeg)

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).

Information for this page was provided by The City of Winnipeg’s Planning, Property and Development Department, which acknowledges the contribution of the Government of Manitoba through its Heritage Grants Program.

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 May 2023

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