Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pilot Mound War Memorial (Pilot Mound, Municipality of Louise)

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A monument at Pilot Mound, in the Municipality of Louise, was unveiled on 9 September 1920 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service. Adjacent to the monument is a German artillery gun from the First World War.

Pilot Mound war memorial (June 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough German 7.58-cm artillery gun next to the war memorial (July 2013) Source: Jean McManus Pilot Mound war memorial and gun (May 2021) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.20108, W98.89741 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Daniel Acorn	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	29 November 1921
George Baird [Bank of Hamilton]	Bank Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 October 1895	26 September 1916
John Robert Blackburn	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1880	21 May 1915
James Alfred Boote	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	8 August 1918
Leonard Harold Boote	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	16 August 1918
Charles William Butler	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	12 October 1917
James Currie [Armoury]	Student	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 February 1895	9 April 1917
Thomas Denholm	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	3 May 1917
George Dodsworth	Baker	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	?	6 November 1917
Charles Embury	Barber	184th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1881	9 January 1921
Donald Haig Fraser	Student	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1899	27 September 1918
Arthur Gamble	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1885	3 June 1917
Philip Godon	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1872	3 May 1918
John Greener	Fireman	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1890	23 August 1917
William Austin Johns	Lineman	Canadian Light Horse	Private	1892	15 November 1917
Jackie Jones	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	24 April 1917
Harry Landers	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	1 November 1918
Alexander Law	Farm Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	13 April 1917
Murdock Mckenzie MacDonald	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	7 June 1886	26 September 1916
Jesse Harold McFadden [Armoury, Killarney, Killarney School, Next of Kin, Wawanesa, Wawanesa]	Clergyman	10th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Private	22 October 1891	16 September 1916
Robert Elfred McJannet	Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	2 June 1916
John Archibald MacLeod	Farmer	184th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	31 March 1916
William John McKinnon	Mechanic	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	29 September 1918
William Henry Odell	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	26 October 1917
Gustave Oliver Sole	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	1895	10 August 1918
Francis Pierson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1895	15 September 1916
Stanley Augustus Pointer	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	6 June 1916
Herbert Henry Richardson	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	10 November 1917
Harvey Peter Robertson	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	4 September 1918
Rea Russell Robie	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	3 May 1917
George Fredrick Roskilly [Swan Lake]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 May 1897	29 June 1917
Sidney James Smith	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1884	13 October 1918
Clarence Thomas Standing	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1893	26 October 1917
John George Sterling	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	27 September 1918
William Wallace	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	27 November 1916
John Whitcombe	Machinist	1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Canadian Dragoons	Lance Corporal	1889	1 July 1915
Samuel John Wood	Farming	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1898	19 September 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Tage Gynther Agerbak	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	30 July 1915	20 December 1941
Jack Montgomery Bissett DFM [Manitoba Power Commission, Regents Park United]	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Squadron Leader	10 August 1920	31 March 1944
Melvin Ronald Brooks	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	24 April 1922	16 February 1945
Harold Wallace German	434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	17 June 1921	3 October 1943
Ralph Edward Hawken	148 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I Air Gunner	21 July 1913	4 November 1943
Leonard Norman Jonnason	76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	17 January 1924	17 April 1943
Wilson James Laird	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lieutenant	8 May 1919	23 October 1944
Harvey Albert Legary	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1 August 1921	29 July 1944
Edward Douglas MacMurchy	428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	17 December 1917	27 September 1943
George McPherson McDonald [Swan Lake]	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Lance Corporal	18 October 1912	28 August 1943
Norman Hugh McKay	Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	29 October 1924	28 August 1944
William Maurice Popplestone	114 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	22 September 1920	26 March 1942
James Kemp Potter	422 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	24 March 1916	19 December 1942
Elven G. W. Sims	21st Armoured Regiment, Governor General’s Foot Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Guardsman	21 April 1912	29 August 1944

Sources:

“Pilot Mound Unveiled Spendid Memorial to Great War Dead,” Brandon Daily Sun, 10 September 1923, page 16.

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 Ed Grassick, Jean McManus, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 June 2023

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