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A tablet in honour of members of the Law Society of Manitoba who served during First World War was unveiled by the Governor General Sir Julian H. G. Byng of Vimy at a ceremony on 15 October 1923. In addition to listing all who served, it identifies those who were killed in action or who died of wounds. Weighing 1,025 pounds and having a surface area of 55 square feet, the tablet was designed by C. W. U. Chivers and was manufactured by the Architecural Bronze and Iron Works of Toronto. A similar tablet for the Second World War members of the Law Society was added after that war. Both are located in the Broadway Avenue entrance of the Law Courts Building.
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Law Society memorial for the First World War (February 2019)
Source: Darryl Toews

Law Society memorial for the Second World War (February 2019) Source: Darryl Toews
Site Location (lat/long): N49.88666, W97.14585 denoted by symbol on the map above |
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Archibald Joseph Anderson [Next of Kin] |
Law Student |
10th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own) |
Captain |
20 July 1893 |
1 July 1916 |
Andrew Stuart Baird
[Augustine, Manitoba College, Next of Kin] |
Barrister |
14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
31 December 1891 |
8 August 1918 |
Richard de Berghs Molyneux Bird |
Law Student |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
21 February 1885 |
25 April 1915 |
David Scott Borthwick [Morden, Next of Kin] |
Law Student |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Lieutenant |
28 January 1891 |
2 June 1916 |
Russell Heath Boulton
[Armoury, Russell, Russell Anglican] |
Barrister-at-Law |
3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers |
Lieutenant |
24 February 1884 |
14 August 1918 |
John William Brown |
Barrister |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
2 September 1880 |
2 September 1918 |
Ralph Russell James Brown
[Masonic, Next of Kin, Wesley College, Westminster] |
Student at Law |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Major |
21 November 1875 |
31 October 1917 |
John Scott Cameron
[Gladstone, Manitoba College] |
Barrister at Law |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
19 April 1883 |
8 November 1918 |
Harold Reid Campbell
[Carman, Manitoba College, Next of Kin] |
Student |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
17 February 1892 |
25 October 1916 |
Harward Eastman Chaffey
[Kelvin, Next of Kin, St. Lukes] |
Banking, Dominion Bank of Canada |
42nd Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Lieutenant |
20 January 1899 |
27 October 1918 |
William Joseph Chalk [Canadian Club, Next of Kin] |
Barrister |
59th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps |
Lieutenant |
4 June 1890 |
14 April 1917 |
John Romeyn Dennistoun [Next of Kin] |
Law Student |
1st Canadian Divisional Cyclist Company |
Lieutenant |
24 January 1895 |
4 May 1916 |
Albert Ethelbert Aylward Evans [Next of Kin] |
Lawyer |
13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Captain |
31 October 1892 |
16 June 1917 |
A. Francis |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Charles Franklin Galbraith DFC
[John Black Memorial, Portage] |
Student at law |
5th Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Corporal |
14 May 1893 |
16 September 1918 |
Hubert De’Arze Gill
[Minnedosa, St. Johns] |
Barrister at Law |
2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
25 November 1892 |
13 October 1915 |
William Forbes Guild MiD
[Brandon Armoury, Canadian Club, Manitoba College, Next of Kin, Westminster] |
Barrister-at-Law |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Captain |
2 December 1886 |
10 April 1917 |
Clendon Charles Heath [Portage] |
Law student |
28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
1 October 1892 |
15 September 1916 |
Francis Martin Hetherington
[Next of Kin, St. Lukes Anglican] |
Barrister-at-Law |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
10 July 1883 |
18 August 1916 |
Robert Edward Higginbotham
[Kelvin, Next of Kin] |
Law Student / Chauffeur |
115th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery |
Second Lieutenant |
4 January 1893 |
29 September 1918 |
Oscar Harrold Hollis [St. Philips] |
Student-at-Law |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
17 May 1893 |
23 October 1917 |
Ronald Hoskins [Canadian Club, Manitou] |
Barrister-at-law |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
6 December 1887 |
22 April 1915 |
Edmund Lally Howell [Holy Trinity, Next of Kin] |
Barrister |
5th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps |
Captain |
25 April 1876 |
27 July 1916 |
Hugo Anthony Launcelot Ceadda Jackson |
Law Student |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
20 June 1887 |
28 April 1917 |
Charles Inglis Jameson
[Manitoba College, Next of Kin] |
Law Student |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
23 February 1892 |
21 August 1916 |
George Willis Jameson [Canadian Club, Next of Kin] |
Barrister |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Captain |
25 February 1882 |
23 April 1915 |
Alexander G. Kemp |
Lawyer |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
Private |
1878 |
10 February 1919 |
Hart Leech
[Fort Rouge Methodist, Next of Kin, Wesley College] |
Student-at-law |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Lieutenant |
9 March 1889 |
15 September 1916 |
Charles Herman Macneil [Next of Kin] |
Student-at-Law |
Depot, Canadian Infantry |
Flight Lieutenant |
16 October 1892 |
27 October 1917 |
Christian Marie Jules Martel |
Law student |
2e Régiment de Hussards (détaché aviation), French Army |
Lieutenant |
1 January 1894 |
7 June 1945 [1] |
William Lee Mawhinney
[Knox Presbyterian, Portage, 108 Battalion] |
Barrister |
54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
15 June 1892 |
2 March 1917 |
Ernest D’Harcourt McMeans
[Holy Trinity, Manitoba College, Next of Kin] |
Barrister-at-Law |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Captain |
6 May 1889 |
22 May 1915 |
Clarence Harvey Miller [Elkhorn] |
Law student |
Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
23 December 1896 |
25 June 1918 |
John Munro [Vimy Ridge] |
Barrister at Law |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
27 February 1883 |
10 April 1917 |
Harold Arthur Newman
[Masonic, Next of Kin] |
Law Student |
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
28 July 1892 |
4 November 1918 |
Glen Norton
[Manitoba College, Next of Kin, Westminster] |
Law Student |
1st Canadian Division Signal Company, Canadian Signal Corps |
Lieutenant |
17 March 1891 |
26 September 1916 |
Lamont Livingstone Paterson
[Deloraine, Deloraine United, Manitoba College, Next of Kin] |
Law Student |
London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) |
Second Lieutenant |
19 December 1893 |
1 September 1918 |
Mowbray MacDonell Perdue
[Holy Trinity, Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge] |
Barrister-at-Law |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
8 August 1890 |
9 May 1917 |
Aylwin Murray Pratt
[Portage] |
Student of Law |
186th Brigade, Royal Field Artilery |
Second Lieutenant |
7 September 1892 |
21 August 1917 |
James Sanford Price |
Barrister |
3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery |
Lieutenant |
23 June 1886 |
13 September 1916 |
Frederick Leopold Pusch DSO |
Law Student |
1st Battalion, Irish Guards, British Army |
Lieutenant |
1896 |
27 June 1916 |
John Edward Reynolds
[Manitoba College, Next of Kin, Stonewall] |
Barrister |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
14 December 1889 |
23 April 1915 |
James Ernest Robertson [Augustine, Canadian Club] |
Barrister |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
20 June 1879 |
9 March 1916 |
Henry Awtry Robinson |
Student at Law |
Royal Flying Corps |
Second Lieutenant |
2 February 1894 |
18 February 1918 |
George Huntington Ross [Canadian Club, Next of Kin, Rapid City] |
Barrister at Law |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Captain |
10 January 1874 |
24 April 1915 |
Fred Irwin Simpson
[Broadway Methodist, Fort Rouge Methodist, Next of Kin, Virden, Virden Methodist, Wesley College] |
Law Student |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Captain |
15 April 1893 |
12 March 1917 |
Thomas Edward Smith
[Next of Kin, St. Johns] |
Law Student |
London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), British Army |
Second Lieutenant |
30 May 1897 |
5 September 1918 |
Melbourne Robert Carter Smith [Cartwright] |
Law Student |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
11 May 1887 |
30 October 1917 |
Robert Edmund Struthers
[Next of Kin, St. Johns] |
Student at Law |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
7 August 1890 |
12 August 1918 |
John Sutherland DSO [Next of Kin] |
Student-at-Law |
116th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Major |
30 September 1888 |
27 August 1918 |
Edward Payson Thompson
[Central Congregational, Manitoba College, Next of Kin, 108 Battalion] |
Law Student |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
11 July 1888 |
16 August 1918 |
Robert McDonnell Thomson
[Canadian Club, Manitoba College, Next of Kin] |
Barrister |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant Colonel |
4 July 1869 |
8 October 1916 |
Charles Philip Uhrich
[Manitoba College, Morden, Winkler] |
Solicitor-at-law |
28th Squadron, 14th Wing, Royal Air Force |
Lieutenant |
22 August 1893 |
24 June 1918 |
Charles Dorsett Ward [Next of Kin] |
Law Student |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
14 January 1891 |
15 September 1916 |
George Stephen Whittaker [Reston] |
Law student, stenographer & telephone operator |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
10 December 1883 |
24 October 1918 |
Alman Clare Williams [Portage] |
Barrister |
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Major |
4 November 1876 |
26 September 1916 |
Otto Russell Williams
[Fort Rouge Methodist, Gladstone, Kelvin, Next of Kin] |
Student |
Canadian Army Service Corps |
Driver |
27 May 1895 |
29 May 1917 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
John Edwin Bissett |
HMCS Bytown, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Lieutenant Commander |
17 May 1890 |
18 March 1944 |
Joseph Goodwin Butcher
[Carman, United College] |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Sergeant |
18 June 1915 |
25 February 1941 |
Allan Lloyd Dyker
[United College] |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Leading Aircraftman |
21 May 1913 |
25 June 1943 |
Ross Pringle Fahrni
[Gladstone, Portage] |
172 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Observer |
24 August 1920 |
19 August 1942 |
Allan Munro Livingston
[Westminster] |
Royal Canadian Artillery |
Lieutenant |
21 July 1918 |
2 September 1944 |
James Archibald MacKelvie |
414 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant |
27 December 1914 |
18 June 1944 |
Sam Berry Sheps
[Shaarey Zedek] |
Royal Canadian Artillery |
Captain |
4 May 1913 |
16 September 1944 |
Walter Edward Shields |
HMCS Windflower, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve |
Sub-Lieutenant |
21 April 1917 |
7 December 1941 |
Morris Marvin Soronow
[Shaarey Zedek] |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Lieutenant |
17 November 1912 |
28 August 1944 |
See also:
Manitoba Organization: Law Society of Manitoba
Memorable Manitobans: Cyril William Upton Chivers (1879-1969)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Law Courts Building (391 Broadway, Winnipeg)
Sources:
1. Lieutenant Christian Martel survived the First World War and, in 1919, left for French Indo-China where he continued to serve with the French military. He died in Hanoi, Vietnam during the Second World War. Records indicate that he was serving with French Combatant Forces as part of the French Resistance in Indo-China.
“Governor General unveils tablet,” The Manitoban, 18 October 1923, page 1.
“Byng to unveil war memorial,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 October 1923, page 9.
“Baron Byng, of Vimy, unveils war memorials,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 October 1923, pages 1, 3.
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 Alain Dubois-Choulik and Aimee Fortier for providing assistance in the development of this page.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 May 2023
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