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Located in Balmoral, a set of three monuments commemorate local residents who died serving in Canadian military forces during the First World War and the Second World War, as well as pioneers of the Balmoral area. The first European settlers arrived in this area in the early 1870s and, in 1877, a Methodist church was constructed on land belonging to John Peden. A year later, the Balmoral School District No. 44 opened, named after Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in the area in 1898, a grain elevator was constructed by the Northern Elevator Company, and Balmoral became a thriving agricultural community.
Balmoral War Memorial / Balmoral Pioneers Monument (July 2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughBalmoral War Memorial / Balmoral Pioneers Monument (July 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaBalmoral War Memorial (June 2024)
Source: Milan LukesSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.25653, W97.31712
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Hewitt Anderson
Clerk
Royal Canadian Army Regiment
Private
1895
30 March 1917
George Henry Brown
Draftsman
4th Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers
Sapper
1890
14 November 1916
Angus John Gardiner
Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1894
12 November 1917
James McKenzie
Teamster
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1880
25 April 1915
James Langford Porter
Carpenter
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1890
2 March 1916
Stanley Brunskill Cowley Webb
Farmer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
1895
15 August 1917
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
John Leonard Baldock
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Private
27 August 1923
10 December 1943
David William Bowes
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
20 December 1919
27 February 1944
Albert Brown
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
4 May 1915
23 July 1943
Allister Currie McLeod
426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
25 October 1922
1 November 1944
Norman Stanley McLeod
426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Warrant Officer Class II
8 December 1920
3 November 1943
Norman Styne
Royal Canadian Air Force
Aircraftman First Class
18 September 1921
31 January 1941
Alexander George Thomson
162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Lieutenant
21 August 1911
3 April 1945
Keith Minshull Walley
426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flying Officer
18 September 1922
5 April 1943
Kenneth Richard Walley
410 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Lieutenant
20 November 1915
20 October 1944
George Ronald Watson
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
30 May 1923
23 May 1944
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Balmoral School No. 44 / Balmoral Consolidated School No. 1710 (Balmoral, RM of Rockwood)
100 Years of History: Rockwood Municipality by Rockwood Municipality History, 1982.
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 Nathan Kramer, Rose Kuzina, and Milan Lukes for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 6 October 2024
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