An honour roll in the Nesbitt Community Hall, on Chesley Street in Nesbitt in the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, commemorates people from the local area who served in the military during the First World War.

Nesbitt Honour Roll (November 2022)
Source: Norma Will
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.60065, W99.86161 denoted by symbol on the map above
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First World War Casualties
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Arnold Edward Davies
[Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
26 October 1887 |
16 September 1917 |
Henry (Harry) Reynolds Dawson
[Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
10 September 1897 |
5 June 1916 |
John Thompson Fisher
[Berbank, Next of Kin, Norwood Methodist, Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital, Wesley College] |
Student |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
25 December 1890 |
30 August 1917 |
Joseph Henry Hardwick
[Berbank, Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farmer |
5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery |
Acting Bombardier |
14 October 1893 |
13 April 1917 |
Orton Wilfred Harrison |
Fireman |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
10 March 1892 |
11 November 1917 |
Gordon Livingston
[Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
15 September 1895 |
26 July 1917 |
Henry Lyle Martin
[Berbank, Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
25 April 1890 |
22 November 1918 |
Robert Milroy
[Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farm Labour |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
11 March 1905 |
15 September 1916 |
Cecil Edmund Minary
[Berbank, Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farmer |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
6 July 1895 |
28 August 1918 |
James Nelson Pound
[Brandon Armoury, Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farm Laborer |
85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
6 April 1876 |
30 March 1918 |
Frank Skuce
[Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farmer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
23 May 1897 |
4 November 1918 |
Thomas Wightman
[Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital] |
Farmer |
102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
3 October 1892 |
9 April 1917 |
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 Norma Will for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 November 2022
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