Historic Sites of Manitoba: Binscarth War Memorial (Binscarth, Municipality of Russell-Binscarth)

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A war memorial at Binscarth, in the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, was dedicated at a ceremony on 2 June 1921 in memory of First World War veterans. Made of red granite with a soldier on top made of white Italian marble, public donations paid its $1,625 cost. A metal ornamental fence was made by local blacksmith and veteran Donald Mann. Surrounding spruce trees were donated by Tom Clements and the land was donated by Frank McPherson.

A plaque beside the war memorial, listing the names of men and women from the Binscarth area who served in the First World War and Second World War, was unveiled in 2020 with financial support from local residents, Binscarth Bloomers, and Russell Legion Branch #159.

Binscarth War Memorial

Binscarth War Memorial (June 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Binscarth War Memorial

Binscarth War Memorial (May 2019)
Source: George Penner

Binscarth War Memorial

Binscarth War Memorial (October 2022)
Source: Glen Toews

Binscarth war service memorial plaque

Binscarth war service memorial plaque (October 2022)
Source: Glen Toews

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.62575, W101.28284
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Damien Alary
[Ritchot, Russell, St. Lazare]

Farmer

46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

25 July 1895

21 August 1917

George Hume Keese Bradshaw

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Corporal

1890

5 June 1916

John Stride Durant

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Corporal

1883

5 June 1916

Lincoln Horace Eby

Barber

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1893

3 May 1918

James Findlay

?

?

Private

?

?

Richard Hallam

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

1880

15 September 1916

George Franklin Honey

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

12 October 1916

Arthur Garnier Johnson
[Russell, St. Lazare]

Farmer

1st Training Depot, Canadian Army Service Corps

Private

11 August 1895

23 February 1917

William Louis Johnson

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

1894

2 June 1916

Margaret A. Lowe
[Nursing Alumnae, Russell]

Nurse

1st Canadian General Hospital

Nurse

26 January 1886

28 May 1918

George Clarence Murdock

Jeweller

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

1888

8 October 1916

Patrick Joseph O’Flaherty

Farmer

19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1892

4 March 1918

Gordon Sherritt

Farmer

46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1895

22 July 1918

Norman Sherritt

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1898

27 December 1917

John Houghton Smith
[UGG]

Grain Buyer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1886

26 October 1918

Herbert Swindell

Drug clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

1889

12 April 1917

Edward Eastaugh Symonds

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1892

21 May 1915

John Anderson Tennant

Farm labourer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

8 August 1918

John Thompson

Farmer

Canadian Engineers

Private

1898

7 September 1918

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

George Berezanski

Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Lance Corporal

1915

26 August 1942

Olive Clegg

HMCS Protector, Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service

Leading Wren

1919

17 June 1944

William Joseph Cluff

8th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers

Sapper

1917

28 April 1945

Alphonse Louis Eugene Ducharme

Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Rifleman

17 August 1909

17 July 1942

Harold May

18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Trooper

1921

8 February 1945

Theodore Daniel Wasslen

Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

?

1924

20 July 1945

Sources:

“Binscarth,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 June 1921, page 5.

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 Tim Worth, Glen Toews, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 29 March 2023

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