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A war memorial at Binscarth, in the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, was dedicated at a ceremony on 2 June 1921 in memory of First World War veterans. Made of red granite with a soldier on top made of white Italian marble, public donations paid its $1,625 cost. A metal ornamental fence was made by local blacksmith and veteran Donald Mann. Surrounding spruce trees were donated by Tom Clements and the land was donated by Frank McPherson.
A plaque beside the war memorial, listing the names of men and women from the Binscarth area who served in the First World War and Second World War, was unveiled in 2020 with financial support from local residents, Binscarth Bloomers, and Russell Legion Branch #159.
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Damien Alary
[Ritchot, Russell, St. Lazare] |
Farmer |
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
25 July 1895 |
21 August 1917 |
George Hume Keese Bradshaw |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Corporal |
1890 |
5 June 1916 |
John Stride Durant |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Corporal |
1883 |
5 June 1916 |
Lincoln Horace Eby |
Barber |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
3 May 1918 |
James Findlay |
? |
? |
Private |
? |
? |
Richard Hallam |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1880 |
15 September 1916 |
George Franklin Honey |
Farmer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
12 October 1916 |
Arthur Garnier Johnson
[Russell, St. Lazare] |
Farmer |
1st Training Depot, Canadian Army Service Corps |
Private |
11 August 1895 |
23 February 1917 |
William Louis Johnson |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1894 |
2 June 1916 |
Margaret A. Lowe
[Nursing Alumnae, Russell] |
Nurse |
1st Canadian General Hospital |
Nurse |
26 January 1886 |
28 May 1918 |
George Clarence Murdock |
Jeweller |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1888 |
8 October 1916 |
Patrick Joseph O’Flaherty |
Farmer |
19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1892 |
4 March 1918 |
Gordon Sherritt |
Farmer |
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
22 July 1918 |
Norman Sherritt |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1898 |
27 December 1917 |
John Houghton Smith
[UGG] |
Grain Buyer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1886 |
26 October 1918 |
Herbert Swindell |
Drug clerk |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
1889 |
12 April 1917 |
Edward Eastaugh Symonds |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1892 |
21 May 1915 |
John Anderson Tennant |
Farm labourer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
8 August 1918 |
John Thompson |
Farmer |
Canadian Engineers |
Private |
1898 |
7 September 1918 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
George Berezanski |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Lance Corporal |
1915 |
26 August 1942 |
Olive Clegg |
HMCS Protector, Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service |
Leading Wren |
1919 |
17 June 1944 |
William Joseph Cluff |
8th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers |
Sapper |
1917 |
28 April 1945 |
Alphonse Louis Eugene
Ducharme |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
Rifleman |
17 August 1909 |
17 July 1942 |
Harold
May |
18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Trooper |
1921 |
8 February 1945 |
Theodore
Daniel Wasslen |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada |
? |
1924 |
20 July 1945 |
Sources:
“Binscarth,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 June 1921, page 5.
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 Tim Worth, Glen Toews, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 29 March 2023
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