Historic Sites of Manitoba: Grandview War Memorial (Grandview, Municipality of Grandview)

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A monument at Grandview in the Municipality of Grandview was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the Grandview area killed during military service. A second monument nearby, donated by the Girls’ Guild of Grandview and dedicated on 28 December 1919, commemorates 26 local First World War casualties.

Grandview War Memorial (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Girls’ Guild First World War Monument (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.17495, W100.69601 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Stanton L. Melo Beardmore	Signal Operator	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 June 1892	20 May 1915
William John Berry	Farmer	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	11 January 1884	13 August 1918
Albert Edward Blakely	Barber	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 May 1897	21 September 1916
Reginald Howard Dalzell	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 November 1894	10 November 1917
Frederick Charles Davies	Printer	107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion	Lance Corporal	8 November 1898	4 March 1918
John Hardy Downie	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	5 April 1893	26 October 1917
Gordon Craig Duffus	Banker	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	24 December 1894	24 December 1916
Charles William Elliott	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 December 1891	10 August 1918
Allen Fisher	Farmer	19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 October 1882	9 April 1917
Ralph Fletcher	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	15 February 1888	14 June 1916
John Madill Hume	Barber	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	22 April 1890	13 October 1918
James Daniel Stanley James	Farmer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 February 1892	1 December 1916
Frederick Jauncey	Lumberjack	1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Canadian Dragoons	Sergeant	11 June 1890	14 February 1919
Thomas Alvin Kinnee	Liveryman	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 October 1896	10 April 1917
St. George Otway Lloyd [Bank of Commerce]	Bank Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1 March 1893	19 February 1917
Robert Martin MacKay [Winnipeg]	Clerk, City of Winnipeg Parks Department	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	6 January 1896	31 March 1917
Wallace McCulloch	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 June 1895	1 November 1917
Herman McLean MM	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	5 March 1883	24 April 1917
Frederick Lennon Joseph Pearce	Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 October 1887	28 October 1917
Alexandre Poirier	Mill Hand	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 June 1894	6 November 1917
Robert William Reynolds	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 October 1893	2 June 1916
Aubrey Allen Rogers	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 July 1880	18 August 1917
John Stewart	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 February 1892	11 April 1918
Charles Clifford Storey	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 October 1896	8 November 1917
Albert Henry Guilym Whittaker [Dauphin]	Bartender	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	17 September 1891	9 September 1916
George Elmore Wolf	Labourer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	18 July 1895	11 August 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Peter Chubey	Canadian Forestry Corps	Private	1918	27 May 1942
Vernon Edward Clark	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Sergeant	1921	7 August 1944
James Leo Donald	419th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1919	15 February 1944
Walter Dunkin	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	1901	19 August 1942
Matt Guick	Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1922	7 October 1944
Gilbert Herbert Laverne Harkness	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1924	6 June 1944
Clifford Vernon Hebner MM	1st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sergeant	1913	5 October 1944
Chester Hebner	3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1915	11 July 1944
David Gabriel Laplante	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1918	25 November 1943
Gordon Herbert Lawson	458th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1916	15 July 1943
Douglas Dunbar Low	9 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer	28 June 1916	7 November 1942
Roy Stanley Martin	1st Auxiliary Survey Section, Royal Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	1920	16 June 1945
Ivan Anderson Miller	138th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1913	21 April 1942
Laurence Virtue Morran	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Sergeant	1904	14 March 1941
Cyrus Melvin Morris	70th Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery	?	?	6 May 1942
George McCrae	North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1916	17 September 1944
Alexander Donald McIntyre	Royal Canadian Air Force	Aircraftman First Class	1923	15 September 1944
Victor Parrott	76th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1918	20 January 1944
Robert Shepley	Regina Rifle Regiment	Rifleman	1909	13 August 1944
Morton Slemmon	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1919	23 May 1944
Herbert Chester Tarzwell	419th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1921	29 December 1944
Francis White	8th Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	1921	18 September 1944
Fred Yarush	420th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1918	21 November 1944

Sources:

“Society,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 December 1919, page 6.

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 Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 23 December 2020

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