A site south west of Birtle in the Municipality of Prairie View was occupied by St. Alban’s Anglican Church and its cemetery. Constructed in 1903 using local fieldstones, supervised by local farmer Christopher T. Winter, the church was closed in 1986 and demolished. A monument in the cemetery commemorates local men who were killed during service in the First World War. A second monument commemorates the former church.

Remembrance Day service at St. Alban’s Anglican Church (no date)
Source: Audrey & Duncan Waddell

St. Alban’s Anglican Church (August 1959)
Source: Charles Durham Bird

Interior of St. Alban’s Anglican Church (August 1959)
Source: Charles Durham Bird

Blenheim Cemetery with war memorial monument at left (March 2016) Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Blenheim commemorative monument (March 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Site Location (lat/long): N50.35928, W101.08431 denoted by symbol on the map above |
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Frederick William Barnes MM
[Birtle, Minnedosa] |
Jeweller |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
17 October 1895 |
31 August 1918 |
Robert Stoddart Gregg
[Portage] |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
23 August 1896 |
15 September 1916 |
James Coleman Kirk |
Clerk |
3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
23 November 1882 |
27 September 1918 |
Neil Stuart Malcolm
[Birtle] |
? |
Royal Field Artillery, British Army |
Bombardier |
? July 1875 |
13 November 1916 |
Arthur E. Nealing |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Reginald Drake Palmer
[Miniota] |
Teamster |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Corporal |
25 September 1890 |
1 October 1916 |
Henry Stansfield “Harry” Rake
[Birtle, Miniota] |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
5 August 1887 |
26 October 1917 |
Sources:
A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.
We thank Ron Bell, Brenda Samchuk, Charles Durham Bird, and Audrey & Duncan Waddell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 16 November 2020
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