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Located in Balmoral, a set of three monuments commemorate local residents who died serving in Canadian military forces during the First World War and the Second World War, as well as pioneers of the Balmoral area. The first European settlers arrived in this area in the early 1870s and, in 1877, a Methodist church was constructed on land belonging to John Peden. A year later, the Balmoral School District No. 44 opened, named after Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in the area in 1898, a grain elevator was constructed by the Northern Elevator Company, and Balmoral became a thriving agricultural community.
First World War Casualties
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Hewitt Anderson |
Clerk |
Royal Canadian Army Regiment |
Private |
1895 |
30 March 1917 |
George Henry Brown |
Draftsman |
4th Army Troops Company, Canadian Engineers |
Sapper |
1890 |
14 November 1916 |
Angus John Gardiner |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
12 November 1917 |
James McKenzie |
Teamster |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1880 |
25 April 1915 |
James Langford Porter |
Carpenter |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1890 |
2 March 1916 |
Stanley Brunskill Cowley Webb |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1895 |
15 August 1917 |
Second World War Casualties
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
John Leonard Baldock |
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada |
Private |
27 August 1923 |
10 December 1943 |
David William Bowes |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
20 December 1919 |
27 February 1944 |
Albert Brown |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
4 May 1915 |
23 July 1943 |
Allister Currie McLeod |
426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
25 October 1922 |
1 November 1944 |
Norman Stanley McLeod |
426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Warrant Officer Class II |
8 December 1920 |
3 November 1943 |
Norman Styne |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Aircraftman First Class |
18 September 1921 |
31 January 1941 |
Alexander George Thomson |
162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant |
21 August 1911 |
3 April 1945 |
Keith Minshull Walley |
426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
18 September 1922 |
5 April 1943 |
Kenneth Richard Walley |
410 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant |
20 November 1915 |
20 October 1944 |
George Ronald Watson |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
30 May 1923 |
23 May 1944 |
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Balmoral School No. 44 / Balmoral Consolidated School No. 1710 (Balmoral, RM of Rockwood)
Sources:
100 Years of History: Rockwood Municipality by Rockwood Municipality History, 1982.
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 Gordon Goldsborough, Darryl Toews, and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 16 October 2022
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