Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cypress River War Memorial (Cypress River, RM of Victoria)

A wall-mounted plaque inside the Memorial Hall in Cypress River, in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, commemorates local residents killed during military in the First World War and Second World War.

Cypress River War Memorial (November 2018) Source: Lena Boisjoli Site Location (lat/long): N49.55531, W99.09013 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
James Allen	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 November 1887	27 July 1917
Leonard James Angst	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 November 1897	15 August 1917
Richard Stacpool Wynyard Bellhouse [Engineering, Next of Kin, St. Lukes Anglican]	Building Superintendent	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 October 1891	31 March 1916
Harvey William Bridal [Crystal City]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 December 1897	14 April 1917
David Charles Connon	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 June 1897	13 September 1917
Frederick Diehl DCM	Stationary Engineer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Sergeant	21 September 1895	26 August 1918
Auguste Arsène François [Holland]	Farmer	Régiment 6 D. A. Genie, Belgian Army	Soldaat 2kl	26 November 1894	28 September 1918
James Albert Girling	Bridge Carpenter	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 February 1876	28 April 1917
Reginald Robert Hope Hebden	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 December 1887	9 April 1917
John Lauder [Sidney]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 October 1896	28 April 1917
Gordon Samuel Marten	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 December 1884	28 April 1917
Edward Royal McLeod	Butcher	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 October 1893	30 October 1917
John McRae	?	?	?	?	?
George Nelson Porteous [Rivers, Rivers Methodist]	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 April 1896	13 October 1918
William Charles Robb	Liveryman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 January 1895	27 November 1917
Thor Sigurdson [Glenboro, Vimy Ridge]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 November 1893	11 April 1917
David Stanley Stewart [Carman, Lakeside, Vimy Ridge]	Bank Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 May 1897	9 May 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Raymond John Diehl	Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	2 July 1923	19 February 1945
Kenneth Gordon Douglas Gawthrop	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	8 December 1922	18 August 1943
Barney August Isleifson [Argyle, Glenboro]	8th Reconnaissance Regiment, 14th Canadian Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Trooper	22 January 1921	13 July 1944
Theodore H. Jonsson [Argyle, Glenboro]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	18 December 1919	19 December 1941
Horace William Knight	3 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	16 March 1921	25 August 1944
George Law	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	29 May 1912	19 December 1941
William Wallace Moore	HMCS Valleyfield, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Able Seaman	24 January 1924	7 May 1944
Keith Robertson Wood [Kelwood, Stonewall, Stony Mountain]	51 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 September 1921	26 June 1943

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).

This page was prepared by Lena Boisjoli, Darryl Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 January 2021

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