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The St. Mary’s Road United Church in Winnipeg, with its distinctive 92-foot spire, was built in 1958 on a design by local architect Norman Campbell Hall Russell. Plaques in its lobby list those killed in the First World War and Second World War who were parishioners of Norwood Presbyterian Church, Norwood Methodist Church, St. Vital United Church, and Norwood United Church.
On 29 February 1920, a memorial tablet honouring members of the Norwood Methodist Church who died during the First World War was unveiled by Premier Tobias Crawford Norris and Major-General Huntley Douglas Brodie Ketchen.
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St. Mary’s Road United Church (September 2018)
Source: George Penner

Interior of St. Mary’s Road United Church (September 2018)
Source: George Penner

First World War commemorative plaque for Norwood Methodist Church (February 2019)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

First World War commemorative plaque for Norwood Presbyterian Church (February 2019)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

First World War honour roll for St. Vital United Church (February 2019)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Second World War commemorative plaque for Norwood United Church (February 2019)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Second World War commemorative plaque for Regents Park United Church (no date)
Source: Glen Toews

Second World War commemorative plaque for St. Vital United Church (no date)
Source: Glen Toews

Second World War commemorative plaque for Norwood United Church (no date)
Source: Glen Toews
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86268, W97.11094 denoted by symbol on the map above
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First World War Casualties (Norwood Methodist Church)
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
George Gilbert Beatson
[Next of Kin] |
Assistant Purchasing Agent |
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry |
Private |
12 August 1889 |
2 June 1916 |
James Edgar Coyne
[Foxwarren] |
Farmer |
Lord Strathcona’s Horse |
Private |
29 March 1896 |
30 March 1918 |
Roy Eaves |
Waiter |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
17 January 1899 |
28 September 1918 |
John Thompson Fisher
[Berbank Church, Next of Kin, Wawanesa, Wawanesa, Wesley College] |
Student |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
25 December 1890 |
30 August 1917 |
Hamilton Carruthers Graham
[Next of Kin] |
Student |
London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) |
Second Lieutenant |
29 January 1897 |
26 August 1918 |
Alfred Edward Griffiths
[Next of Kin] |
Farm Laborer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Corporal |
27 September 1897 |
3 October 1918 |
Abraham Harris
[Next of Kin] |
Wood Machinist |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
28 August 1882 |
5 May 1917 |
Frederic John Keeler
[Next of Kin] |
Musician |
107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers |
Private |
25 June 1886 |
11 November 1917 |
Jared Carl Mitchell
[Next of Kin, Engineering, Wesley College] |
Bookkeeper |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
16 May 1894 |
16 September 1917 |
Herbert Edward Simpson |
Teamster |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
14 June 1893 |
31 December 1918 |
James Alexander Thompson |
Clerk |
Lord Strathcona's Horse |
Sergeant |
6 September 1892 |
17 April 1918 |
Reuben James Underhill
[Moline, Next of Kin, Rapid City] |
Student |
Royal Air Force |
Lieutenant |
18 August 1890 |
22 February 1919 |
First World War Casualties (St. Vital United Church)
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Joseph Alexander Brown
[Next of Kin] |
Accountant's Clerk |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
13 August 1881 |
30 October 1917 |
Jack Stephenson
[Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge] |
Sheet Metal Worker |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
17 August 1897 |
3 June 1917 |
Second World War Casualties (St. Vital United Church)
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Arthur Stanley Emerson |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Leading Aircraftman |
8 April 1921 |
23 August 1943 |
Donald Hector Folster |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
3 April 1920 |
19 December 1941 |
Herbert Thomas Folster |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
25 September 1916 |
19 December 1941 |
Archibald Paterson |
12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Lieutenant |
15 May 1899 |
12 February 1943 |
Raymond Frederick Thoresen
[Eatons] |
7th Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) |
Lieutenant |
2 July 1920 |
14 January 1945 |
Richard Douglas Tod |
75 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Warrant Officer Class II |
19 February 1920 |
23 June 1943 |
Robert Ernest Tod DFM |
75 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Warrant Officer Class II |
19 February 1920 |
23 June 1943 |
Second World War Casualties (Regents Park United Church)
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Jack Montgomery Bissett DFM
[Manitoba Power Commission, Pilot Mound] |
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Squadron Leader |
10 August 1920 |
31 March 1944 |
Charles Robert Sayre Blenkhorn T.
[Eatons] |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Sergeant |
1921 |
4 May 1943 |
Alexander Fotheringham Dawson
[Eatons] |
South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Lieutenant |
9 September 1903 |
19 August 1942 |
Cyril Dockery |
? |
? |
? |
? |
George Frederick Fargher |
102 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
14 January 1918 |
10 September 1942 |
Austin Gordon Gamsby
[Memorial Park Circle, Transcona Memorial United Church] |
405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
10 December 1913 |
16 June 1944 |
Earle Vincent Garman |
208 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
10 April 1918 |
29 September 1942 |
Clifford Hindle Greenwood |
HMCS Trillium, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Ordinary Telegraphist |
7 April 1922 |
12 April 1941 |
William Harold Howarth |
1 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery |
Captain |
7 March 1915 |
1 September 1944 |
Arthur Jelly |
27th Armoured Regiment, Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Trooper |
4 November 1911 |
20 July 1944 |
John Frederick Vincent Karlenzig |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Sergeant |
3 February 1920 |
3 June 1941 |
Douglas Ewing McAuley |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Sergeant |
31 January 1920 |
28 November 1941 |
Raymond Herbert McAuley |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
6 March 1921 |
23 May 1944 |
William Hugh McPherson |
434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
16 May 1921 |
15 February 1944 |
George Richard Nowell MiD |
21 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
21 April 1924 |
23 April 1945 |
Robert Stewart |
419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
22 April 1920 |
31 August 1943 |
Lawrence Thomas Edwin Sweet
[Springfield] |
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
19 February 1920 |
30 March 1943 |
Richard Wood
[Eatons] |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
28 October 1911 |
15 December 1941 |
Second World War Casualties (Norwood United Church)
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Thomas Robert Brownfield
[Norwood Grove]
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219 (RAF) Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
12 October 1920 |
17 November 1942 |
John Scoular |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Sergeant |
24 February 1921 |
17 August 1944 |
Sources:
“Unveil tablets commemorating Norwood heroes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 March 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 Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 March 2023
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