Historic Sites of Manitoba: Boissevain War Memorial (Mill Road, Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton)

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A monument on the grounds of the Boissevain Hospital commemorates local soldiers killed during military service. It was unveiled originally on 20 July 1924 at a ceremony officiated by General D. B. Ketchen.

Boissevain War Memorial (June 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.22557, W100.06035 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Henry Anderson	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	12 April 1917
Bernard William Ashley	Printer	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	12 August 1918
Frederick Francis Beaton	Farm Labourer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	19 September 1916
Randolph Cecil Booth	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 January 1888	28 April 1917
Donald Clifford Bowes	Grain Buyer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	28 October 1917
Frederick Arnold Bowes	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	8 March 1917
James Lawrence Bowes	Banker	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	28 February 1917
Benjamin Buckland Chambers	Farm Labourer	Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), British Army	Private	11 May 1895	19 September 1918
Ezra Cooper	Painter	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1884	13 November 1917
William Henry Coward	Drug Clerk	10th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	1892	14 November 1917
Lionel M. Crow	Farm Hand	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1894	2 June 1916
Walter Dymond	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	3 May 1917
Clarence Donald	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	21 September 1916
A. Forbes	?	?	?	?	?
R. Frost	?	?	?	?	?
William Goll	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1896	8 August 1918
Norman Davidson Gordon [Lakeside]	Bank Manager	The Fort Garry Horse	Corporal	19 July 1885	8 July 1917
F. Harris	?	?	?	?	?
Harkness Hazelwood	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	2 September 1918
John Thomas Hickman	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	10 August 1918
Charles William Hill	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 November 1895	22 October 1917
George Lawrence Holditch	Farmer	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Private	29 October 1890	30 March 1918
Dallas Ellis Holroyd	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	10 April 1917
Charles Percy Insley	Farmer	45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1877	24 March 1915
Hugh Stanley Johnson	Clerk	24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1896	3 October 1918
Gordon Harshaw Little	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	10 April 1917
Lionel Marsh	Farmer	42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	2 October 1916
William McCarthy	Farm Labourer	3rd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	9 November 1870	27 November 1916
Arthur William McLachlan [Post Office]	Railway Mail Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	2 October 1918
Francis Miles	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1884	13 October 1918
Joseph Allan Neil	Railway Section Head	1st Depot Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	25 June 1918
Robert John Neil	Gas Engineer	1st Battalion, Canadian Engineers	Lance Corporal	1889	25 January 1919
Lawrence Smith Opperman	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	8 October 1916
Frederick Charles Peachey	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1892	15 September 1916
Bertram Melvin Penhale	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	13 May 1917
Harry Plummer	Fireman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	8 October 1916
A. Reid	?	?	?	?	?
William Henry Remnant [Armoury, Elgin, Vimy Ridge]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 July 1897	10 April 1917
David Ribbans	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	10 April 1917
James Bertram Oswald Roe	Farm Labourer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	23 June 1916
Harry Seddon	Tractor Engineer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	?	10 August 1918
W. Sharpe	?	?	?	?	?
William Percy Slater	Farmer	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1886	25 November 1916
George Lander Smith	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	29 November 1889	29 May 1916
Charles Gordon Stacey	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1897	26 August 1918
Henry Steggles	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	21 September 1916
George Frederick Sunderland [Armoury]	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 November 1880	2 September 1918
Ernest Talbot	Farm Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	6 March 1918
Archie Lloyd Taylor	Student	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	26 October 1917
Albert Edwin Terry	Butcher	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	30 October 1917
George Bernard Till	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1877	3 June 1917
James Lancelot Thompson [Armoury]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	31 December 1892	16 June 1917
George Frederick Turner	Farm Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1892	29 March 1917
Thomas Henry Tyreman [Minto]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	3 June 1917
Lawrence Louden Wark	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	7 May 1917
Charles McNicol Whyte	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	CSM	4 June 1892	7 September 1919
Thomas Wilson	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Corporal	1892	28 August 1918
Clarence Delbert Wright	Farmer	Canadian Cavalry, The Fort Garry Horse	Private	1895	10 August 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Keith Armstrong	433 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1920	29 July 1944
Doris Burney	Canadian Women’s Army Corps	Private	1918	23 December 1943
Robert Alexander Clark	4 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Lance Bombardier	15 December 1918	31 August 1944
Albert Lloyd Fox	78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1920	21 December 1942
John Gardner	106 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1922	20 December 1942
Cecil John Graham [Minto]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	4 September 1920	6 June 1944
Alfred Edward Hamilton	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)	Private	21 January 1914	10 August 1944
Harvey Robert Hammond	11th Armoured Regiment, Ontario Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	1918	12 September 1944
Gordon William Holditch	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1922	17 August 1943
John Lightfoot Keown	424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1919	6 December 1944
William Fraser Kinsley [Minto]	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Private	17 March 1918	1 November 1944
Douglas Peter Lamont [Minto]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	3 November 1918	22 April 1943
Spencer Edwin Leppert [Minto]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	29 August 1923	7 December 1944
Earl Rennick Little [Minto]	Regina Rifle Regiment	Rifleman	19 July 1920	25 September 1944
Donald John MacDonald [Minto]	1st Armoured Car Regiment, Royal Canadian Dragoons	Trooper	2 August 1924	16 April 1945
Charles Robert Moore	Royal Canadian Air Force	Corporal	1911	19 July 1943
William Mowatt [Minto]	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	11 February 1908	23 May 1944
Dougald Archibald McDonald	Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	?	24 September 1944
Bernard Penner	4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	1910	25 September 1944
Alan Hughes Ransom	8th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Sergeant	1916	24 May 1944
Murray Kerr Sexton	207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1922	25 February 1943
Clifford Smith	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	1921	24 May 1943
Claire Douglas Stroud	192 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1922	25 May 1944
Robert Thomas James Welch	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1919	23 December 1943
John Howard Wilson	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Company Quartermaster Sergenat	8 February 1913	17 August 1944

Sources:

“Will unveil memorial at Boissevain Sunday Brandonites to attend,” Brandon Daily Sun, 16 July 1924, page 15.

Beckoning Hills Revisited: Ours Is a Goodly Heritage - Morton-Boissevain 1881-1981

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 Marc George for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 3 November 2024

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