Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carman War Memorial (Main Street South, Carman)

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A monument outside the Carman Memorial Hall was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the Carman area killed during military service. Plaques inside the hall list their names.

Carman War Memorial (September 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Carman War Memorial (August 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.50528, W98.00200 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harrison Cleveland Ager	Fireman, CPR	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 October 1892	21 August 1917
Robert Armson [Vimy Ridge]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 August 1896	10 April 1917
William John Ball	Farm Laborer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	8 February 1883	12 August 1916
Henry Beaudry	Grocery Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 August 1895	12 April 1917
Edward Bienaime Bertram	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 March 1895	6 April 1917
Louis Ford Bond	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 April 1888	3 June 1917
Robert James Boyd	Sign Painter	72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 August 1897	9 April 1917
Thomas Walter Boyd	Engineer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 November 1884	6 June 1916
David Campbell	?	?	?	?	?
Harold Reid Campbell [Law Society, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]	Student	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 February 1892	25 October 1916
Harry Adolph Cochran MM	Jeweler	Canadian Infantry	Private	17 February 1895	28 December 1918
John Cole	?	?	?	?	?
Thomas Colvin	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 June 1899	6 June 1917
Arthur Oswald Cook	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1889	5 February 1917
George Cooper [Engineering]	Student	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	20 December 1895	8 September 1918
George Howard Cutting	Engineer	Canadian Forestry Corps	Corporal	1896	7 October 1918
Thomas Wesley Douglas	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 August 1895	18 October 1918
Lincoln Horace Eby MM	Barber	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 September 1893	3 May 1918
Alfred John Edwards	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 July 1881	12 April 1917
H. H. Fraser	?	?	?	?	?
Eric Frank Furrie	Trainman	2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	15 May 1893	28 April 1915
Donald Roy Galbraith	Harness Maker	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 November 1893	1 October 1918
Robert Wesley Garnett	Farmer / Bandsman	1st Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery	Gunner	21 February 1894	9 August 1917
Robert Gilchrist	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	2 April 1890	1 August 1917
George Lewis Gilliland	Laborer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	2 June 1880	4 September 1918
Frank Gray MM	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	19 February 1896	27 September 1918
Charles Edward Green	Teamster	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	22 March 1898	27 August 1918
Lawrence Roy Green	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 January 1892	11 June 1917
John Robert Hansley	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	6 November 1896	20 April 1917
Dr. James Blain Haverson	Doctor	104th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps	Lieutenant	24 April 1891	25 June 1916
James Raymond Horner	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 September 1896	10 April 1917
William Charles Howard	Teamster	4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 September 1886	17 September 1918
Wilbert Sanford Hunter	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 September 1888	17 March 1919
Arley Huston [108 Battalion]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 July 1888	9 April 1917
William Huston	Veterinarian	Royal Army Veterinary Corps	Captain	?	6 December 1917
Daniel Hutchison	Barber	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	24 July 1889	7 April 1917
D’Arcy Wentworth Hutton	Clerk	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 April 1894	15 September 1916
Neil Johnson	Laborer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 July 1887	25 July 1917
William Henry Johnston	Hardware Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 December 1893	3 May 1917
Robert John Jones	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 July 1896	26 October 1917
Charles Leonard Jost	Automobile Mechanic	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	27 April 1889	6 June 1917
George Clarence Kinnear	Laborer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 August 1892	11 May 1917
Walter Land MM	Barber	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Sergeant	17 September 1894	20 October 1918
Arthur James Laughlin	Student	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 August 1889	23 August 1917
Alfred Edwin Longmore [Next of Kin]	Mail Clerk	183rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 February 1898	29 March 1916
Robert Wilfred Longmore	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 August 1897	29 September 1918
Harry Mann	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	15 July 1893	16 August 1918
Fred Mazur	Porter	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1 January 1895	31 May 1918
Andrew James McCaig	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 October 1891	4 September 1918
Irvin Chittick McGill	Carpenter	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 July 1887	28 October 1917
Morley William John McGill	Student	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 January 1898	10 November 1917
William Stanley McGill	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 March 1883	3 September 1916
Hugh Alexander McHarg	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 June 1891	8 April 1917
Robert McKay	?	?	?	?	?
Edward Hercule Megill MM	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	21 August 1897	9 March 1918
Charles D Millar MM	Laborer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1895	17 February 1917
Albert Morrison	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	20 January 1888	3 June 1917
Clarence Stanley Moyle	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 March 1895	12 April 1917
John Ouellette [108 Battalion]	Laborer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	9 April 1917
John Paul	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 March 1897	12 April 1917
Gregory Payette	?	?	?	?	?
Edward Payette MM	Engineer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	27 July 1891	29 September 1918
F. E. Perry	?	?	?	?	?
John Potter	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 December 1892	6 June 1916
Thomas H Ritchie	Ironworker	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 November 1895	6 November 1917
Robert Will Robinson	Farmer & Warehouseman	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	20 April 1888	30 September 1918
Dorval Augustus Saunders	Farming	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 January 1897	11 April 1917
Colin Campbell Sexsmith	Farmer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 January 1895	27 September 1916
Fred Havelock Sexsmith	Mason	5th Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	31 October 1892	9 August 1918
William Sexsmith	Farmer	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	16 September 1888	22 August 1916
William John Smallwood	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infnatry	Private	26 December 1890	14 November 1917
Herbert Henry Smiley	Clerk	72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 May 1895	9 April 1917
George E Soane	?	?	?	?	?
Ernest Edmond Staples	Store Owner	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 November 1886	28 September 1918
David Stanley Stewart [Cypress River, Lakeside, Vimy Ridge]	Bank Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 May 1897	9 May 1917
William Andrew Stewart	Bank Manager	50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	8 May 1889	27 September 1918
Charlie Henry Stott	Engineer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 February 1890	14 September 1917
John Stewart Sutton Swain MM & Bar [Roland, Vimy Ridge, Wesley College]	Teacher	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	6 February 1893	3 June 1917
Earl Vollett	Carpenter	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 September 1892	3 June 1917
Iver Bernhardt Werseen	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 August 1894	9 April 1917
Prince George Wheater	Stenographer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 May 1894	10 October 1918
John Whittacker	?	?	?	?	?
David Wilson [Maryland Methodist, Next of Kin, Roseisle]	Tinsmith	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 September 1896	17 July 1915
Douglas Gordon Wilson	Lumberman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 August 1892	25 April 1915

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John George Marcel Aubin	158 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	21 November 1914	22 September 1943
Herbert Allan Baker [Graysville School, Graysville United]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	30 November 1917	29 January 1944
Angus John Black	57 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	25 April 1923	22 June 1944
Donald Andrew Brigden	442 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying OFficer	12 January 1919	1 January 1945
Joseph Goodwin Butcher [Law Society, United College]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	18 June 1915	25 February 1941
Albert Alexander Carcary	73 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	7 December 1913	22 July 1942
William Thomas Carcary	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	5 December 1920	24 December 1941
Albert George Clark	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	3 June 1909	23 May 1944
Arlie Clark	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	9 May 1919	15 August 1947
Cecil Scott Clark	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	11 May 1911	21 May 1945
Frederick J Colvin	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	29 April 1920	1 January 1944
George Daniel Delorme	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	23 November 1920	4 December 1944
Frederick Colin “Fred” Duncan [Graysville School, Graysville United]	49 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	1 October 1917	28 February 1943
Norris Allen Eby	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Sergeant	26 July 1919	25 May 1944
Joseph William “Joe” Fuller [Graysville School, Graysville United]	Fort Gary Horse, Royal Canadian Army Corps	Trooper	16 January 1917	9 June 1944
Harold John Glenn [Graysville School, Graysville United]	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	19 October 1920	19 August 1942
Hans Asmussen Green	467 (RAAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	26 March 1909	23 September 1943
Wilfred Hodgson [Graysville United]	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	7 July 1910	5 August 1944
Thomas William James	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	29 June 1921	18 April 1944
Oscar Knud Lerche Jensen	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	3 February 1916	9 August 1942
Robert James “Jim” Kee [Graysville School, Graysville United]	61 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	27 March 1921	3 January 1943
Glen Mathew Kennedy [Graysville School, Graysville United]	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	3 May 1922	29 July 1944
Gordon Stanley Land	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	5 December 1918	19 December 1941
Roy Clarence Land	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	16 February 1921	19 December 1941
Cecil Fox Lavarie (Lavery) [Graysville United]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	26 August 1914	13 February 1943
Victor Meanwell	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	24 January 1911	30 November 1942
Wilfred Ferguson McBride	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	8 May 1912	21 December 1941
John “Jack” Douglas McGowan	576 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	31 May 1922	29 September 1944
Robert James “Bob” McIntyre [Graysville School, Graysville United]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	22 July 1923	15 September 1946
Albert William McIvor	Cape Breton Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	9 April 1924	14 September 1944
John Alexandra Nelson	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	28 January 1918	23 October 1944
Thomas M Nelson	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	21 September 1913	1 October 1944
Benjamin Neufeld	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	25 March 1914	19 July 1945
William John “Jack” Pethybridge [Springfield]	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	28 May 1917	9 June 1942
Ernest Joseph Paul	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	25 September 1918	5 March 1944
Russel Lyle Porter	433 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	7 September 1923	15 June 1944
Charles Anthony Roberts	83 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	17 December 1917	13 August 1944
Frank Duncan Roberts	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	4 January 1920	7 April 1943
Edward Robertson	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Private	21 November 1912	6 October 1943
George Alexander Rutherford	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	15 May 1903	23 December 1941
George Allan Paul Sanders	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	6 September 1921	18 March 1942
Ronald Gear Sprott	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	19 June 1921	3 August 1942
Basil Stillman	12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	12 July 1922	6 December 1944
Agnes Wightman Wilkie [Westminster]	HMCS Avalon, Royal Canadian Navy	Nursing Sister	5 September 1904	14 October 1942

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).

We thank George Penner and Linda Sylvester for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 February 2023

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