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A monument in Bird’s Hill in the Rural Municipality of East St. Paul commemorates people who were killed during military service. The monument carved by stonemason Arthur Cox was dedicated originally on 13 September 1925 by Rev. R. W. Ridgeway of St. Thomas’ Anglican Church and Rev. J. W. McAlpine of Bird’s Hill United Church. It was unveiled before a crowd of around 100, including families of the fallen, along with East St. Paul Reeve W. J. Dawson and Councillors, Police Magistrate W. G. Scott, ex-Reeve Austin Edward Sperring, municipal Secretary-Treasurer W. Gorham and Richard Deans Waugh.
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
William Allen Bowen |
Railway Foreman |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1874 |
9 April 1917 |
Herbert Gordon Bowen |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
15 January 1894 |
23 October 1918 |
Bertie William Brown |
Carpenter |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
19 April 1888 |
11 August 1918 |
Kenneth Campbell |
Labourer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1879 |
13 October 1918 |
Walter Starks Chudleigh |
Clerk |
4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1890 |
12 June 1916 |
Alexander Gallie |
Market Gardener |
1st Siege Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery |
Gunner |
1879 |
7 November 1917 |
Edward Garvie |
Market Gardener |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
8 November 1917 |
James Allen George |
Labourer |
2nd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers |
Sapper |
1884 |
24 August 1917 |
Henry Willmott Hoddinott |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1887 |
22 April 1917 |
R. Jones |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Albert Knowles |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Andrew Anton Osipa |
Farmer |
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
13 June 1890 |
2 June 1916 |
Archibald Nellis Peters |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
15 August 1917 |
James Peterson |
Labourer |
90th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1873 |
26 March 1917 |
Thomas William Henry Morris Reid |
Blacksmith |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
15 August 1917 |
Frederick John Sargent
[108 Battalion] |
Teamster |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
17 April 1888 |
2 September 1918 |
Reuben Roy Taylor |
Market Gardener |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
31 October 1917 |
George Watson |
Farmer |
1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Canadian Dragoons |
Private |
1895 |
23 April 1918 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Lochart Ballantyne |
The Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Trooper |
24 October 1916 |
11 June 1944 |
Wilfred James Elcheshen |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Aircraftman |
1922 |
25 July 1943 |
Arthur John Hoddinott |
407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Officer |
1918 |
14 August 1944 |
Anthony Krasnuik |
Canadian Provost Corps |
Lance Corporal |
1920 |
31 May 1944 |
Vernon Ronald Pritchard |
Royal Canadian Artillery |
Gunner |
1921 |
1 May 1944 |
Ralph McGowan Reid |
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
Private |
22 January 1914 |
11 June 1944 |
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Arthur Cox (1875-?)
Sources:
“Birds Hill memorial monument dedicated,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 September 1925, page 7.
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).
War Memorials of Manitoba: A Beginning Inventory compiled by Patrick Morican BA MA, Winnipeg, 1996.
We thank Nathan Kramer, Rose Kuzina, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 4 August 2023
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