Historic Sites of Manitoba: Next of Kin Monument - L

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Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Ernest Lafrance	Teamster	4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	18 June 1896	3 September 1918
John Laidlaw	Compositor	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	2 July 1894	7 April 1917
William Laing	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	16 April 1917
James Lainsbury	Butter Maker	Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Regiment)	Lance Corporal	11 March 1890	30 March 1918
Philip Thornton Laird	Book-keeper	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 March 1888	10 November 1917
Arthur Walter Lake	Clerk	54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	31 December 1881	9 April 1917
George James Lake	Grocery Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1892	3 June 1917
Horace Lane [Western Canada Fire Underwriters]	Inspector	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 February 1892	9 September 1916
Radford Shuter Lane MM [Engineering, St. Andrews, Selkirk]	Student	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	17 August 1897	30 September 1918
Wellington Mcdonald Lane	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	24 February 1895	11 August 1918
Albert Edward Lanham	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 June 1890	30 October 1917
William Leonard Lanigan [St. Lukes Anglican]	Civil Engineer	202nd Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force	2nd Lieutenant	12 October 1887	12 July 1918
Gerald Edward Latimer [Bank of Commerce, Brandon College]	Bank Clerk	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	9 September 1892	9 April 1917
Charles Lavallee	Laborer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 October 1890	26 September 1916
William Law [Transcona]	Blue Printer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 August 1884	8 October 1916
William Law [Eatons]	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 June 1892	20 May 1915
William Ernest Clifford Law	Store Clerk	The Fort Garry Horse	Private	8 August 1897	6 November 1918
Harold Augustus Laws [St. Lukes Anglican]	Clerk	8th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Lieutenant	25 July 1894	23 February 1918
George William Lawson [St. Lukes Anglican]	Broker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	11 November 1880	28 April 1917
Walter George Lawson	Clerk	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	21 October 1875	8 May 1915
Harold Arthur Lawton [Armoury, Brandon College]	Scholar	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 November 1898	15 August 1917
Harold Oakley Leach MC [Neepawa Methodist]	Civil Engineer	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Lieutenant	2 May 1890	2 September 1918
Thomas Leaf	Mail Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 July 1897	23 April 1915
James Learmonth	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 September 1894	31 March 1917
William Leask	Blacksmith	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 October 1876	27 August 1918
Ernest Lorne Leavens	Prospector	54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	19 November 1885	18 November 1916
John McNiven Leckie	Clerk	1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	15 January 1898	28 January 1919
Frank Le Claire	Laborer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 January 1876	2 April 1917
William Ledingham	Building Superintendent	101st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	16 May 1882	29 December 1917
Herbert Leech	Farm Laborer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 January 1896	9 October 1918
Hart Leech [Fort Rouge Methodist, Wesley College]	Student-at-Law	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lieutenant	9 March 1889	15 September 1916
J. Leeland	?	?	Private	?	?
Charles Aubin Legros MM	Clerk	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	CSM	16 April 1885	1 October 1918
William Gardner Leighton [St. Giles, St. Johns]	Mechanic	11th Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	25 August 1897	9 April 1917
Francis Leslie Leitch	Baker	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	8 January 1896	8 October 1916
Ray Charles Le Masurier	Teacher	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 December 1894	10 August 1918
Albert Levinson	Law Student	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	17 March 1897	10 October 1918
William Lewis	Druggist	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	6 August 1892	25 April 1915
Myer Lexier	Candy Maker	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 November 1895	23 April 1917
John George Lightfoot	Salesman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 September 1884	18 June 1917
Albert Henry Lindsay [City Hall]	Engineer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 June 1894	13 January 1918
William Grant Lindsay	Clerk	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lance Corporal	24 June 1877	1 December 1917
Leslie Albert Link	Student	10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Driver	23 June 1898	8 August 1918
Henry Rupert Linnell DSC	Architect	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	22 December 1883	11 August 1918
Harry Little [City Hall, Winnipeg Hydro]	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 October 1897	6 April 1918
Charles Knight Lloyd [St. Johns]	Commercial Traveler	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 February 1892	29 September 1918
Frederick David Lloyd MM	Printer	2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment	Private	?	29 July 1917
Leslie John Lloyd	Painting	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1 November 1893	8 May 1915
St. George Otway Lloyd	Bank Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1 March 1893	19 February 1917
Thomas William Locke	Shipper	100th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 August 1874	12 November 1919
Walter John Farrier Lockey	Fireman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 February 1882	26 October 1917
Frederic Gerald Lockwood	Law Student	Royal Air Force	Cadet	24 September 1897	29 October 1918
Thomas Gordon Lockwood [St. Giles]	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 August 1889	5 January 1917
Henry Richard Lockyer	Cook	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	20 May 1890	8 October 1916
Francis Cornelius Logel	Farmer	14th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	1 September 1896	15 January 1920
Arthur Long	Plumber	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 April 1887	28 April 1917
Alfred Edwin Longmore [Carman]	Mail Clerk	183rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 February 1898	29 March 1916
Charles Wesley Lovatt [Bunclody, Minto, Riverview, Souris, Wesley College]	Student	12th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	20 August 1886	29 October 1917
Stanley Walter Lovatt	Printer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 June 1894	28 April 1917
Douglas George Lowe	Gardener	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	14 April 1889	19 August 1918
John Low [Bank of Commerce]	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 May 1883	18 May 1915
G. Lowe	?	?	Corporal	?	?
Edward George Lowman	Stock Broker	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	10 January 1888	19 February 1917
Lorne Lucas	Painter	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 September 1882	1 October 1916
John Lumsden	Trainman	4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	21 July 1892	24 April 1917
Thomas Lumsden [Augustine]	Brakeman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 January 1894	7 June 1916
Albert Charles Lye	Electrician	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 February 1894	26 September 1916
William Leslie Lyle [St. Giles]	Painter	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	26 May 1885	3 September 1918
George David Lynch [IODE, Osler Hammond & Nanton, St. Lukes]	Broker	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	17 July 1882	8 October 1916
Alexander Martin Lyone MC	Engineering / Surveying	11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	Second Lieutenant	1 January 1893	26 September 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).

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 30 May 2023

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