Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Boniface War Memorial (Tache Avenue, Winnipeg)

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Located in the west end of the St. Boniface Cathedral Cemetery, this monument is known as “Le Poilu,” a word for French soldiers during the First World War. It features a stone base with a statue of a standing soldier holding branches aloft. The sculptor was Eugene Benet of Paris, France, and Nicolas Pirotton and A. C. LeGrand were the builders. It is dedicated to the Francophones of western Canada who died in the First World War and Second World War. The monument was dedicated on 11 November 1920 and speaking at the ceremony were Lieutenant Governor James Aikins, Major-General Huntley Douglas Brodie Ketchen, and MLA Joseph Bernier.

Renovated by the veterans of Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 15, the monument was re-dedicated on 16 June 2007 at a ceremony attended by Senator Maria Chaput, Andre Ferrand (Senator of the French Abroad), and Jacques Janson (Delegate of the French in Canada).

St. Boniface Cathedral War Memorial (June 2014) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88920, W97.12383 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Henri Philémon Désiré Babin	Farmer	369e Regiment d’Infanterie	Soldat de 1er classe	2 March 1881	17 April 1918
Georges Baglien	Laborer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 January 1890	15 August 1917
Joseph Barre	?	?	?	?	?
Henri Bayard	?	?	?	?	?
Augustin Paul Alfred Bayle	Farmer	203e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Sergent	15 March 1882	14 August 1915
Hippolyte Augustin Samuel Beaumont	Exchange Agent	161e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Sergent	9 March 1881	9 May 1916
Jean Benoit	?	?	?	?	?
Pierre Benoit	?	?	?	?	?
Jean Francois Marie Bernicot [108 Battalion]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 September 1880	8 August 1918
Noël Francois Victor Bernuy	Farmer	19 Escadron du Train des Equipages Militaire, French Army	Soldat de 1er classe	18 December 1887	2 December 1918
Félix Joseph Bert	Farmer	113e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	13 January 1887	15 May 1915
Nicolas Albert Bertrand	Slate Roofer	91e Régiment D’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	14 December 1884	5 January 1915
Henri Edmond Billard [St. Claude]	?	102e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	20 April 1891	24 February 1915
Augustin Blanchard	?	?	?	?	?
Antoine Gabriel Anatole Blandin [Emerson, Notre Dame]	Farmer	282e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	17 July 1887	6 July 1915
Victor Blas	Miner	327e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	5 August 1880	7 October 1915
Jean Bocancourt	?	?	?	?	?
Marie Georges Edgard Boille [St. Claude]	Farmer	28e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat 2e Classe	4 May 1877	7 January 1915
Charles Boleon	?	?	?	?	?
Joseph Albert Bosee	Labourer	24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 June 1888	25 August 1918
Èmile Ernest Bouderlique	Baker	139e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	22 September 1883	4 June 1918
Albert Théodore Aristide Bray [St. Claude]	Farm Labourer	51e Régiment D’Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	29 November 1889	8 November 1914
Christophe Jean Marie Buors	Farmer	219e Régiment D’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 1re Classe	20 October 1881	28 March 1918
Louis Cachat	Farm Labourer	11e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins, French Army	Chasseur	20 June 1885	30 September 1914
Félix Charre	Labourer	92e Régiment D’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	2 June 1890	10 March 1916
André Joseph Marie Chauvet	Farmer	66e Régiment D’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e Classe	4 January 1892	4 December 1915
Jean Joseph Marie Chevalier	Farmer	46e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	15 March 1885	8 May 1916
Petrus Marie Chizallet	Cultivator	60e Régiment D’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	24 August 1892	10 September 1916
Jacques Alfred Commune	Labourer	52e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e Classe	25 October 1883	15 October 1916
Joseph Pierre Marie Conan	Farmer	8e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied	Sergent	3 May 1884	30 June 1915
Charles Marie Joseph Cousin	Farmer	271e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	8 April 1886	1 December 1918
Henri Auguste Coutand [Notre Dame]	Farmer	337e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	21 June 1881	27 September 1915
Eugène Frédéric Constant Coutant [Notre Dame]	Soldier	293e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	27 October 1877	10 July 1916
Reverend Pere Ernest Désiré Croisier OMI	Priest	73e Régiment d'Infanterie Territoriale, French Army	Aumonier volontaire	23 July 1876	26 October 1915
Jean Marie Joseph de Beaudrap	?	136e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	22 June 1888	1 March 1915
Joseph Marie Anne Ignace le Bouëtoux de Bréjerac MM CG	Business Agent	144e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	25 January 1884	3 November 1914
Louis Marie Joseph Mallet de Chauny	Rancher	9e Régiment de Zouaves de Marche, French Army	Soldat	28 April 1877	1 July 1915
Auguste Éloi de Labarrière	Medical Student	209e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Sergent	12 July 1886	23 February 1915
Rene de la Rue du Can [Ste. Rose du Lac]	Farmer	Regiment du Dragons, French Army	Brigadier	21 January 1885	13 May 1915
Marie Joseph Robert de Lavergne de Cerval	Landlord	12e Service de Santé Section d'Infirmiers Militaires, French Army	Infirmier	7 August 1892	16 April 1916
Bernard Marie Eugène de Malglaive	Farmer	1er Régiment de Zouaves, French Army	Sous-lieutenant	2 May 1885	28 October 1914
Bernard Emile François Cheynier le Jouhan de Noblens	Student	19e Escadron du Train des Équipages Militaires, French Army	Maréchal des Logis	11 April 1883	10 May 1918
Gérard Augustin Paul Cheynier le Jouhan de Noblens	Student	97e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	20 August 1891	4 September 1915
Antoine de Roussy de Sales	Clerk	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Lance Sergeant	28 September 1892	8 August 1918
François Marie Joseph Torquat de La Coulerie	Rancher	48e Regiment d’Infanterie	Capitaine	11 July 1878	9 May 1915
Gontran Jean Rene Gaston Marie de Witte	Science Student	Regiment de Dragons, French Army	Lieutenant	17 August 1881	29 June 1917
Reverend Pere Jean Marie Deléglise OMI	Priest	13e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins, French Army	Caporal	19 December 1874	14 June 1915
Marie Joseph Adrien Denis Demians CdG	Farmer	52e Régiment d'Infanterie Territoriale, French Army	Soldat	13 August 1884	17 April 1919
Gaston Dubois	Bank Clerk	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 February 1891	3 June 1917
Émile Eugène Duc-Goninat	Miller	97e Regiment d’Infanterie	Soldat de 1er classe	2 September 1884	2 October 1914
Francelin Alphonse Duc Goninat	Miller	32e 13on Chatteurs Alpins	Soldat de 1er classe	3 December 1882	29 September 1915
Marcel Jules François Dugal	Farmer	24e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Sergent	14 January 1881	25 September 1915
Jean Charles Durieux	?	251e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Sous-lieutenant	28 March 1887	1 May 1916
Armand Jean George Clement Duseigne [Next of Kin, Swan Lake]	Mechanical	5th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops	Sapper	8 May 1892	18 March 1918
Joseph Marie Elliot [St. Claude]	Farmer	65 Régiment d'Infanterie French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	7 May 1891	6 October 1915
Jean Eugene Engler	Office Worker	16e Bon de Chasseurs à Pied, French Army	Caporal	28 May 1896	28 June 1915
Charles Auguste Amédée Esbrayat	Clerk	4e Régiment d’Infanterie	Soldat de 1er classe	26 August 1886	9 January 1915
Alexandre Enault [St. Claude]	Farmer	68e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e Classe	11 December 1890	3 May 1916
Pierre Marie Félix Even	Farmer	8e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied, French Army	Soldat de 2e Classe	2 March 1890	9 April 1916
Jean Etienne Marie Forissier [Pipestone]	Farmer	99e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	23 July 1887	20 August 1914
Marie Jean Forjonnel	Farming	1er Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied, French Army	Sous-Lieutenant	28 May 1888	25 September 1915
Augustin Fournier	?	?	?	?	?
Joseph Fournier	?	?	?	?	?
Pierre Marie Joseph Frin	Farmer	41e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	14 October 1885	18 May 1915
Francois Fredet	?	?	?	?	?
Joseph Arthur Gaffray	Bank Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 March 1893	29 April 1917
Severe Gaffray	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 May 1889	29 April 1917
Alfred Gales	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	9 July 1893	7 April 1917
Julien Marie Theodore Gassot	Farm Labourer	94e Regiment d’Infanterie	Soldat de 2e Classe	31 March 1888	31 October 1915
Charles Amédée Achille Gautier MM CdeG	Farmer	236e Regiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	23 July 1889	12 October 1915
Leon Germain	?	?	?	?	?
Mathurin Francois Louis Marie Gicquel	Farmer	71e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e Classe	16 August 1880	30 May 1918
Xavier Joseph Armand Granger [Ste Rose du Lac]	Farmer	142e Régiment D’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	13 May 1883	23 March 1915
Louis Joseph Griveau	Stenographer	6e Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	19 June 1888	17 July 1915
Emanuel Victor Auguste Guézille	Farmer	70e Régiment d'Infanterie French Army	Soldat de 1er classe	22 June 1873	18 January 1917
Alexandre Francois Guyot	Farmer	210e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	18 December 1876	29 March 1916
Yves Gyhould	?	?	?	?	?
Pierre Hamon	?	?	?	?	?
Pierre Marie Théophile Hesnault	Farmer	154e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	25 August 1884	29 April 1916
Joseph Herbert	?	?	?	?	?
Celestin Jules Aime Joseph Hermary	Farmer	22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 August 1879	3 April 1918
Charles Victor Jacquot [St. Claude]	Farmer	27e Régiment D’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	23 November 1890	24 July 1916
Auguste Jaouen FMI	Priest	87e Régiment d’Infanterie Coloniale á Brest, Services Auxiliaires, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	8 October 1874	23 May 1915
Pierre Louis Jenvrin	Farm Labourer	9e Escadron du Train des Équipages Militaires, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	25 January 1886	2 October 1918
Marcel Clément Joubert	Farmer	8e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	6 January 1894	27 May 1915
Joseph Jules Victor Jusseaume	Farm Labourer	224e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	24 December 1887	20 March 1917
Henri Kaluski	Baker	142e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	28 April 1891	19 March 1915
Léon Eugène Kern CdeG [Manitou]	Farmer	170e régiment d’infanterie French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	4 May 1882	21 March 1915
Lucien Kern	Farmer	149e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	13 February 1889	8 March 1920
Pierre Firmin Lagrifouille	Farmer	4e Bataillon Colonial du Maroc	Soldat de 2e classe	28 April 1881	21 December 1914
Paul Lambert	Farmer	6e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	17 August 1887	12 December 1914
Luc Antoine Lamblin	Farmer	22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 April 1894	10 August 1918
Albert Louis Larribe	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 November 1894	1 April 1917
Paul Le Bras	Student	19e Escadron du Train des Équipages Militaires, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	11 October 1881	1 August 1918
Yves Le Bras	?	?	?	?	?
Pierre Marie Le Calvé [St. Claude]	Farmer	35e Régiment d'Artillerie, French Army	2e Cannonier	28 June 1879	14 April 1920
Louis Leaumorte MM [St. Norbert]	Instructor	153e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	28 August 1887	5 March 1915
Alcide Henri Lefebvre	?	127 Regiment d’Infanterie	Soldat de 2e classe	18 October 1894	4 April 1915
Paul Marie Le Goff	Farmer	94e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	17 June 1878	3 March 1915
Auguste Leguene	?	?	?	?	?
Henri Constant Leveque [St. Claude]	Wine Maker	64e Régiment d'Infanterie French Army	Soldat	15 November 1886	12 June 1915
Jean William Cécile Lewthwaite	Labourer	154e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Sous-lieutenant	11 September 1885	5 June 1915
Joseph Lievre	Finisher	157e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	25 October 1875	20 April 1915
Henri Jules Linossier	Tinsmith	Régiment de Marche de la Légion Etrangére	Soldat de 1er classe	1 October 1893	4 July 1916
Jean Marie Logodin	Farmer	61 Regiment d’Infanterie	Sergeant	15 June 1891	17 June 1916
Aristide Loiseau	?	?	?	?	?
Marie François Louis Falcon de Longevialle	Farmer	158e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Sous-Lieutenant	28 October 1883	14 May 1915
Pierre Macon	?	?	?	?	?
Jean Louis Magnin [St. Claude]	Labourer	21e Régiment d'Infanterie French Army	Soldat	16 December 1892	24 August 1914
Désiré Achille Maljean	Farm Worker	153e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	28 January 1893	22 March 1917
Antoine Marchand	?	?	?	?	?
Édouard Marie Joseph Marchand	Plasterer / Painter	109e Régiment D’Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	17 March 1884	18 December 1914
Joseph Marcou	?	4 Colonial Infanterie French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	17 May 1887	22 July 1915
Daniel Jean Louis Marquis	Farming	233e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Sous Lieutenant	12 March 1894	25 March 1918
Raymond Marie Alfred Henri Martel	Architect (J. A. Senecal & Company)	224e Régiment d’Infanterie	Caporal	27 January 1892	6 June 1915
Eugène Martin	Cook	334e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e Classe	31 January 1888	9 December 1915
Yves Marie Martin	Tanner	19e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Sergent	18 February 1881	29 September 1915
Leon Germain Massol	Merchant	38 Colonial Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	6 February 1881	22 December 1915
Alexandre Masson	?	?	?	?	?
Charlemagne Mauger	Stable Boy	134 Regiment d’infanterie	Soldat	3 July 1889	24 December 1914
François Albert Mazurat [St. Claude]	Cattle Dealer	97e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	24 October 1895	25 September 1915
Felix Menu	Clerk	22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 January 1898	16 August 1919
Jean François Marie Mercier	Farmer	19e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	27 January 1881	14 January 1915
Alexandre Joseph Mesnage	Farmer	104 Regiment D'infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	4 October 1882	3 November 1916
Justin Alexis Meunier	Mail Clerk	128 Regiment D’infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	2 July 1885	23 June 1915
Albert Mignon	Farmer’s Son	21e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 1e classe	2 September 1892	11 May 1915
Marie Joseph Albert Milet	Farmer	162e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	4 June 1884	30 September 1914
Eugene François Morel	Farmer	?	?	1887	7 October 1923
Antony Louis Morin	Farmer, Colonist, Teacher	123e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Caporal	4 October 1884	7 April 1917
Joseph Eugène Moulin	Farmer	160e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	15 June 1891	20 August 1914
Jean Marie Louis Mullon LdH	Consulting Engineer (Municipality of St. Vital)	58 Regiment D'infanterie, French Army	Lieutenant	22 September 1887	24 May 1918
Claudius Roger August Joseph Neel	Settler	75e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	5 February 1892	17 December 1914
Paul Olivier	?	?	?	?	?
Paul Orphenard	?	?	?	?	?
François Aimé Perochain	Student	3e Régiment d’Infanterie Coloniale, French Army	Caporal	31 March 1881	22 August 1914
Joseph Perru	?	?	?	?	?
Félix Emmanuel Peyrot MM	?	4e Régiment de Zouaves de marche, French Army	Soldat 2e classe	27 May 1894	27 May 1917
Julien Philippe [St. Claude]	Farmer	118e Régiment d'Infanterie French Army	Soldat	6 February 1893	21 March 1915
Désiré Joseph Marie Pinson	Carpenter	9e Régiment de Zouaves de Marche, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	15 February 1895	6 March 1916
Joseph Porrot	Farmer	44 d’Infanterie Coloniale, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	September 18, 1885	9 August 1915
Edmond Riolland	?	?	?	?	?
Albert Arthur Marc Eugène Ritaine [Manitou]	Farmer	147e Régiment d'infanterie, French Army	Sergent	26 August 1883	25 October 1914
Marius Roch	?	?	?	?	?
René Rondot	Farmer	4 Louanes de Marche, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	12 November 1893	6 October 1915
Auguste Roux	?	?	?	?	?
Fernand Saure	?	?	?	?	?
Jues Senaille	?	?	?	?	?
Yves Pierre Marie Siohan	Farmer	45e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	28 June 1884	17 December 1914
Emile Marie Auguste Tadier	Farmer	202 Regiment D’infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 1e classe	15 May 1884	5 July 1916
Joseph Marie Ange Celestin Tadier	Farmer	247e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Adjudant	23 May 1879	7 July 1916
Daniel Jean Tenaille	Rancher	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	16 January 1880	24 May 1915
Charles Teulieres	?	37e Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale, French Army	Sergent	24 September 1886	9 November 1915
Marius Fernand Léon Theo [St. Claude]	Domestic Servant	128e Régiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	11 March 1888	30 October 1914
Albert Vandel [St. Claude]	Farmer	44e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	23 March 1892	11 January 1920
Louis Emile Vandel	Farmer	171 Regiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Soldat de 2e classe	23 June 1876	4 January 1915
Ernest Jean Marie Céleste Vautrin	Labourer	132e Régiment d'Infanterie, French Army	Soldat	22 May 1885	18 March 1915
Julien Marius Vignal	Chauffeur	327 Regiment d’Infanterie, French Army	Corporal	10 October 1897	2 March 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harvey Abgrall	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	15 January 1919	19 December 1941
Ernest Alexandre	?	?	?	?
Aurele Edmond Barre	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	25 May 1924	28 September 1944
Clement Francis Amedee Cantin	213 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	13 September 1919	9 October 1942
Maurice Raoul Cantin	514 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	15 July 1922	26 November 1943
Wilfred Robert Cantin	Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Troop Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer III)	7 March 1914	4 November 1940
Marcel Jacques Chevalier	Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Captain	1915	23 August 1944
Alfred Joseph Combaz	578 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	26 September 1920	21 February 1945
Francois Adolphe Deniset	Royal Canadian Artillery	Captain	4 October 1917	8 May 1945
Loius Joseph Descoteaux	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	16 June 1920	12 January 1943
Emile Joseph Francis Dunand	49 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1 April 1905	2 February 1943
Marcel Joseph Ferdinand Dunand	Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	15 December 1923	24 September 1944
John George Escaravage	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	18 October 1919	24 March 1945
Gabriel Claude Fradin [Notre Dame, Notre Dame]	3 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	16 November 1924	14 August 1944
Raymond Albert Aime Gorieu	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	24 March 1916	30 June 1942
Gabriel Charles Leverrier [Notre Dame, Notre Dame]	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	16 November 1917	30 July 1941
Emile Francois Bruno Mandin	150 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergenat	26 July 1915	9 June 1942
Barthelemy Musso	?	?	?	?
Paul Antoine Musso	619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	20 February 1923	1 September 1943
Yves Nedellec	?	?	?	?
Achille Louis Orieux [Ste. Anne]	Le Regiment de Maisonneuve, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Captain	15 February 1919	19 July 1944
Basil Pierre Renault	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa	Private	6 February 1915	6 September 1944
Henri Jean Richard	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	18 April 1921	28 August 1944
Alphonse Victor Wanlin [Notre Dame, Notre Dame]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Rifleman	11 May 1921	10 April 1945

Sources:

“Monument to French war heroes of west reaches St. Boniface,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1920, page 3.

“St. Boniface honors heroes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 September 1920, page 1.

“Veterans' notes,” Manitoba Free Press, 21 September 1920, page 7.

“Dedicate monument to brave Frenchmen,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 November 1920, page 1.

“Ketchen speaks at dedication of monument to French war heroes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 November 1920, page 2.

“Le monument aux Français de l’Ouest à Saint-Boniface,” Le patriote de l’Ouest, 24 November 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 Alain Dubois-Choulik for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 November 2024

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