Historic Sites of Manitoba: Newdale and District War Memorial (Newdale, Municipality of Harrison Park)

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A war memorial at Newdale in the Municipality of Harrison Park was constructed between 1919 and 1920 in memory of the community’s sons killed in the First World War. Unveiled on 17 December 1920 by Lieutenant Governor James Albert Manning Aikins and Brigadier-General Hugh Marshall Dyer, the monument stands 18 feet high, with a base and die of grey granite, surmounted by a life-size statue of a soldier carved in white marble by Signor Nicolai Rombello of Italy. In 1946 a bronze plaque bearing the names of the fallen of both World Wars was placed on the face of the stone.

Newdale and District War Memorial

Newdale and District War Memorial (July 2011)
Source: Allan Drysdale

Newdale and District War Memorial

Newdale and District War Memorial (August 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.35086, W100.20442
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Arthur Walter Bainbridge

Farmer

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

1890

2 November 1918

J. Bowman

?

?

?

?

?

William Christie
[Cardale, Oak River]

Farmer

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

13 November 1892

26 September 1916

John Driver

Farm Labourer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1878

1 October 1918

Frank Robert Davidson

Electrician

31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1887

15 September 1916

Archie Bryan Farrell

Teacher

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Corporal

28 July1886

31 October 1917

J. Henderson

?

?

?

?

?

Frederick John Howard

Farmer

107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

25 June 1917

A. Kelly

?

?

?

?

?

Samuel Douglas Lyons

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lance Corporal

1892

7 April 1917

W. Lane

?

?

?

?

?

George Harold Martin
[Lakeside, Maryland Methodist, Neepawa, Neepawa Methodist]

Bank Clerk

31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

30 April 1897

6 November 1917

Robert Milne

Farmer

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1892

12 October 1915

Henry Walter “Harry” Mungham

Clerk

31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

15 September 1916

James Allen Mason

Farm Labourer

52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

6 October 1916

William Bishop Reid

Labourer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1874

10 April 1917

Charles Wesley Robertson

Farmer

24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1893

9 April 1917

Clifford William Rowland

Lineman

10th Field Company, Canadian Engineers

Sapper

14 December 1890

12 February 1917

Frank Rowe

Labourer

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

15 September 1916

James Dalgleish Tait

Clerk (farming now)

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Corporal

1 October 1889

10 April 1917

Edwin Thomas Wolfe

Farm Hand

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

24 February 1889

23 July 1916

Robert John Young

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

9 October 1893

2 June 1916

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Douglas Andrew Adams

172 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Officer

27 July 1915

14 August 1944

Gavin Robert Adams

87 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Officer

7 March 1920

24 November 1943

Robert Thomas Creber

Royal Canadian Air Force

Leading Aircraftman

6 March 1921

5 July 1943

Lorne Ronald Coutts

428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

26 June 1919

27 April 1943

David Robert Hyde

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

23 November 1920

8 May 1945

Harold Herbert King

101 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Officer

1 July 1920

1 July 1944

Albert Sydney McFeetors

428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

9 June 1914

14 October 1944

Paul McLean

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

11 November 1916

25 May 1944

James Wendell Kippen

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Captain

30 March 1905

30 April 1941

Robert Stacey Kippen

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Private

13 December 1911

21 May 1945

Gerald McTavish Milton
[Oak River, Rapid City]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Aircraftman 2nd Class

25 September 1922

10 October 1942

Vernon Earl Taylor

Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

Private

8 December 1918

23 June 1944

James Allan Waddell

Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Rifleman

10 February 1924

9 October 1944

Arnold Edwin Wyton

90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Officer

4 March 1919

9 October 1943

Sources:

“Impressive scene at unveiling of memorial,” Manitoba Free Press Prairie Farmer, 22 December 1920, page 2.

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 David Ford for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews, Gordon Goldsborough, Tim Worth, Allan Drysdale, and George Penner.

Page revised: 19 November 2023

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