Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitou War Memorial (Main Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

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A monument was erected in 1921 by the Rural Municipality of Pembina and the Village of Manitou in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed during military service. It is a municipally designated historic site (2010).

Manitou War Memorial (July 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Manitou War Memorial (August 2018) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.24031, W98.53881 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
David Greig Aitken	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	2 April 1917
Alvin Wesley Andrew	Motor Driver	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	7 April 1918
Howard Allen Archer	Barrister-at-Law	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	1882	24 January 1918
Alexander Armstrong [Odd Fellows]	Labourer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 October 1895	14 June 1916
Herbert Alfred Ascoli	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 December 1887	10 April 1917
Robert Lee Barrett	Baker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	26 September 1916
Lawrence Richard Beattie [108 Battalion]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 September 1887	30 October 1917
Edgar Ernest Beckett	Farmer	14th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1897	9 April 1917
Edward James Biggar	Engineer (Steam & Gasoline)	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1890	5 March 1918
Reginald Stellwagen Black [Bank of Hamilton]	Bank Manager	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	27 May 1886	6 November 1917
Elmer Leeds Bolton [Bank of Montreal, Darlingford]	Bank Clerk	107th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	Private	1 October 1897	15 August 1917
Harold Albert “Harry” Bolton MM [Bank of Montreal, Darlingford]	Banker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	25 April 1896	20 June 1917
Wilbert George Bolton [Ag College]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1894	9 April 1917
Louis Ford Bond	Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	3 June 1917
Frederick John Bryant	Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1878	22 April 1915
Edmund John Burke [Lakeside, Vimy Ridge]	Bank Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1896	3 June 1917
George Cade	Farm Hand	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	26 September 1916
William John Cassels	Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	6 October 1916
Claude Everard Cavanagh	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	4 June 1916
John Stanley Chaters	Labourer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	8 October 1916
George Cobley	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	10 April 1917
Mark Cockle	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1890	10 April 1917
John Sleight Compton	?	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	?	27 September 1918
William Cooper	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	6 November 1917
Percy Lewis Crain	Farmer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	17 April 1917
Charles Henry Townsend Cripps [St. Albans Anglican]	Telegraph Linesman	1st Division, Canadian Engineers	Sergeant	1886	13 September 1916
Daniel Crozier	Jeweler	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	9 April 1917
William Crozier	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	15 August 1915
Robert Ford Crutchfield	?	1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, British Army	Private	?	31 May 1917
Thomas Alexander Dickson [St. Andrews United]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 November 1896	10 April 1917
Robert Dixon [St. Andrews United]	Farmer	Canadian Cavalry, Machine Gun Squadron	Private	1 July 1892	30 October 1918
Thomas Done [Rosery School]	Gasoline Traction Engineer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	6 November 1917
William Albert Foord	Painter	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	28 April 1917
Archibald Galbraith	Blacksmith	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1879	10 April 1917
George William Gardiner	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	30 October 1917
Archibald Graham	Clerk	Lord Strathcona’s Horse	Private	1896	5 August 1915
Frederick Haycock	Butcher	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1875	15 September 1916
William Hodgson	Printer	Lord Strathcona’s Horse	Corporal	1894	30 March 1918
Ronald Hoskins [Canadian Club, Law Society]	Barrister-at-Law	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1887	22 April 1915
Frank Houghton	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	9 April 1917
Clifford Crampton Hughes [Altamont]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	10 February 1918
Edgar Hutchinson	Tailor	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1880	2 June 1916
Douglas Routledge Johnston	Trainman	5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Private	1890	13 October 1915
Ernest Kingsley Jones	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	12 April 1917
Hallgrimur Jonsson MM [First Lutheran, St. Andrews United, 108 Battalion]	High School Teacher	12th Squadron, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	19 March 1885	3 September 1918
Wilbur Keating	Farmer	5th Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1893	1 November 1917
William Henry Keown	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	10 November 1917
Léon Eugène Kern CdeG [St. Boniface]	Farmer	170e régiment d’infanterie French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	4 May 1882	21 March 1915
Harvey Thomas Kivell	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1894	1 October 1918
Findlay E. Lane	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	3 May 1917
William Charles Lang	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	20 September 1916
Albert Edwin Leaden	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	10 November 1917
Walter Lovell	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	9 August 1918
Walter Francis Lunn	Labourer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	27 September 1918
William Martindale	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	14 April 1917
Charles Coutts Masson	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	28 September 1918
David Alexander McKenzie	Labourer	21st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	11 October 1918
James McKenzie	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	6 November 1917
John McKinlay	?	Royal Army Service Corps	Private	?	14 July 1916
Alexander McNab [St. Andrews United]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1894	8 October 1916
Alexander McPherson	Carpenter	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	24 April 1915
Russell Melbourne	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1880	21 September 1916
William Harold Milligan	Labourer & Teamster	54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1876	1 March 1917
Harry Milne [St. Andrews United]	Blacksmith	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	11 November 1916
Edward George Mitchell [Odd Fellows]	Policeman	1st Battalion, Canadian Labour Corps	Regimental Sergeant Major	7 November 1877	22 September 1918
John McNaughton Mitchell [Darlingford]	Farm Hand	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 November 1889	30 October 1917
A. Mitchell	?	?	?	?	?
Arthur Neill	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	1889	10 November 1917
David Scott Nichol	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	28 April 1917
Christopher Benoni Nicholl [Pembina Crossing, Pharmacy]	Pharmacist	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	15 December 1882	30 July 1915
Hubert Mansel Nicholl [Pembina Crossing]	Mechanic	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 July 1871	11 September 1917
Cecil E. C. Owens [St. Andrews United]	Fur Trader	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 March 1880	26 April 1915
John Owens	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	25 September 1918
Harry Gordon Park	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1898	8 August 1918
Bernard Payne	Carpenter	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Private	12 April 1893	5 August 1915
William Neville Hurt Peel	Teamster	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	28 April 1917
Kenneth Fraser Perry [Lakeside, St. Andrews United]	Bank Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 February 1897	15 August 1917
Andrew Petrie [St. Andrews United]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 June 1889	9 April 1917
Albert Arthur Marc Eugène Ritaine [St. Boniface]	Farmer	147e Régiment d'infanterie [French Army]	Sergent	26 August 1883	25 October 1914
Arthur Rose	Farm Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	1 March 1917
George Sadler	Barber	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	11 May 1917
Albert Edwin Savage	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	1 October 1918
Howard James Scales	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1887	10 April 1917
Albert Scharf	Trainman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	1 October 1918
John Shelton [Odd Fellows, St. Andrews United]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 March 1889	5 June 1917
Lorne Gibson Shewfelt	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	9 April 1917
Stanley Richard Shore [Bank of Montreal]	Bank Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	6 November 1917
Roy Sothern	Chauffeur	260th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	4 March 1919
Walter Steele	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	16 August 1918
David Stewart MM	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 January 1892	26 October 1917
Oliver Garfield Swire DCM, MM	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	28 September 1918
James Taylor	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	3 September 1917
Wilbert Richard Thompson	Butcher	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	8 November 1917
Earnest Elford Ullyot	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	10 November 1917
James Henry Ward	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	26 September 1917
John Weller	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	28 January 1890	17 November 1916
Frank Willis [Odd Fellows]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 October 1885	15 August 1917
Stanley Yardley	Electrician	7th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment	Private	1890	1 July 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Ivor Bruce Benson	429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	17 August 1917	25 February 1945
Ross Robert Brogden [Darlingford]	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	11 February 1919	25 April 1943
George Keith Collins [Darlingford]	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Private	8 August 1908	23 May 1944
Amos Rowe Dobson	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	28 September 1920	22 June 1944
Edwin Charles Duff	Royal Canadian Artillery	Sergeant	23 November 1914	24 November 1944
Jacob Alexander Epp	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	11 January 1917	6 June 1942
Walter Henry Fargey	Royal Canadian Artillery	Lieutenant	25 March 1905	15 February 1945
Ray Foster	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)	Private	7 December 1921	5 August 1944
Howard Elmer Gray	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	8 September 1904	4 July 1943
Ralph Edward Hawken [Darlingford]	148 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I Air Gunner	21 July 1913	4 November 1943
Walter Wilfred Horn	432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I	5 July 1914	27 June 1943
Cecil David Benjamin Hubley	419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	22 March 1923	28 December 1944
Harvey Lloyd Kinsman [Darlingford]	Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	19 September 1923	10 August 1944
Albert Clayton Law [Darlingford]	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	27 January 1915	10 July 1943
Kenneth William Lawson [Darlingford]	76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	19 July 1921	12 June 1943
Thomas Roy Lovell [Darlingford]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	1 November 1911	24 February 1944
Gordon Howard Lyons	33 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	20 June 1916	28 May 1942
Lloyd William McElroy [Darlingford]	415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	23 March 1924	29 July 1944
Raymond Arthur Meades	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	29 September 1920	21 December 1941
James Brian Millar	357 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	26 June 1924	1 April 1945
David Scott Nichol [Darlingford]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	12 December 1919	12 October 1942
John William Lyle Patterson	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian AIr Force	Pilot Officer	13 June 1922	25 November 1944
William Murray Ramsay [Darlingford]	8 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	24 September 1921	7 September 1944
Elven Garnet Wilbert Sims	21st Armoured Regiment, Governor General’s Foot Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Guardsman	21 April 1912	29 August 1944
William Joseph Steenson [Darlingford]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	24 August 1920	14 April 1944
William Teichrib	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	17 February 1921	15 October 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

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).

Manitou Cenotaph, Lots 9-11, Block 15, Manitou, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.

We thank Ed Grassick, Craig Baron, Jim Busby, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 3 October 2022

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