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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.
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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