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A monument on the grounds of the Boissevain Hospital commemorates local soldiers killed during military service. It was unveiled originally in July 1924.
Boissevain War Memorial (June 2013)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.22557, W100.06035
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
William Henry Anderson
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1893
12 April 1917
Bernard William Ashley
Printer
49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1893
12 August 1918
Frederick Francis Beaton
Farm Labourer
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1883
19 September 1916
Randolph Cecil Booth
Farmer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
22 January 1888
28 April 1917
Donald Clifford Bowes
Grain Buyer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1892
28 October 1917
Frederick Arnold Bowes
Clerk
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1896
8 March 1917
James Lawrence Bowes
Banker
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1893
28 February 1917
Benjamin Buckland Chambers
Farm Labourer
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), British Army
Private
11 May 1895
19 September 1918
Ezra Cooper
Painter
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1884
13 November 1917
William Henry Coward
Drug Clerk
10th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps
Private
1892
14 November 1917
Lionel M. Crow
Farm Hand
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1894
2 June 1916
Walter Dymond
Farmer
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1890
3 May 1917
Clarence Donald
Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1893
21 September 1916
A. Forbes
?
?
?
?
?
R. Frost
?
?
?
?
?
William Goll
Farmer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
1896
8 August 1918
Norman Davidson Gordon
[Lakeside]Bank Manager
The Fort Garry Horse
Corporal
19 July 1885
8 July 1917
F. Harris
?
?
?
?
?
Harkness Hazelwood
Farmer
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1894
2 September 1918
John Thomas Hickman
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1891
10 August 1918
Charles William Hill
Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
20 November 1895
22 October 1917
George Lawrence Holditch
Farmer
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Private
29 October 1890
30 March 1918
Dallas Ellis Holroyd
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1887
10 April 1917
Charles Percy Insley
Farmer
45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1877
24 March 1915
Hugh Stanley Johnson
Clerk
24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
1896
3 October 1918
Gordon Harshaw Little
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1894
10 April 1917
Lionel Marsh
Farmer
42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1895
2 October 1916
William McCarthy
Farm Labourer
3rd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers
Sapper
9 November 1870
27 November 1916
Arthur William McLachlan
[Post Office]Railway Mail Clerk
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1893
2 October 1918
Francis Miles
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1884
13 October 1918
Joseph Allan Neil
Railway Section Head
1st Depot Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1895
25 June 1918
Robert John Neil
Gas Engineer
1st Battalion, Canadian Engineers
Lance Corporal
1889
25 January 1919
Lawrence Smith Opperman
Farmer
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1897
8 October 1916
Frederick Charles Peachey
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1892
15 September 1916
Bertram Melvin Penhale
Farm Labourer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1895
13 May 1917
Harry Plummer
Fireman
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1892
8 October 1916
A. Reid
?
?
?
?
?
William Henry Remnant
[Armoury, Elgin, Vimy Ridge]Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
22 July 1897
10 April 1917
David Ribbans
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1883
10 April 1917
James Bertram Oswald Roe
Farm Labourer
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1894
23 June 1916
Harry Seddon
Tractor Engineer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
?
10 August 1918
W. Sharpe
?
?
?
?
?
William Percy Slater
Farmer
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1886
25 November 1916
George Lander Smith
Farmer
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
29 November 1889
29 May 1916
Charles Gordon Stacey
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1897
26 August 1918
Henry Steggles
Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1884
21 September 1916
George Frederick Sunderland
[Armoury]Farm Labourer
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
4 November 1880
2 September 1918
Ernest Talbot
Farm Labourer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1895
6 March 1918
Archie Lloyd Taylor
Student
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1897
26 October 1917
Albert Edwin Terry
Butcher
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1892
30 October 1917
George Bernard Till
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1877
3 June 1917
James Lancelot Thompson
[Armoury]Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
31 December 1892
16 June 1917
George Frederick Turner
Farm Labourer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1892
29 March 1917
Thomas Henry Tyreman
[Minto]Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1894
3 June 1917
Lawrence Louden Wark
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1897
7 May 1917
Charles McNicol Whyte
Farmer
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
CSM
4 June 1892
7 September 1919
Thomas Wilson
Farmer
2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Corporal
1892
28 August 1918
Clarence Delbert Wright
Farmer
Canadian Cavalry, The Fort Garry Horse
Private
1895
10 August 1918
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
John Keith Armstrong
433 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Officer
1920
29 July 1944
Doris Burney
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Private
1918
23 December 1943
Robert Alexander Clark
4 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Lance Bombardier
15 December 1918
31 August 1944
Albert Lloyd Fox
78 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1920
21 December 1942
John Gardner
106 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
1922
20 December 1942
Cecil John Graham
[Minto]Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Rifleman
4 September 1920
6 June 1944
Alfred Edward Hamilton
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)
Private
21 January 1914
10 August 1944
Harvey Robert Hammond
11th Armoured Regiment, Ontario Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Trooper
1918
12 September 1944
Gordon William Holditch
Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
1922
17 August 1943
John Lightfoot Keown
424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1919
6 December 1944
William Fraser Kinsley
[Minto]The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Private
17 March 1918
1 November 1944
Douglas Peter Lamont
[Minto]Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
3 November 1918
22 April 1943
Spencer Edwin Leppert
[Minto]Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Officer
29 August 1923
7 December 1944
Earl Rennick Little
[Minto]Regina Rifle Regiment
Rifleman
19 July 1920
25 September 1944
Donald John MacDonald
[Minto]1st Armoured Car Regiment, Royal Canadian Dragoons
Trooper
2 August 1924
16 April 1945
Charles Robert Moore
Royal Canadian Air Force
Corporal
1911
19 July 1943
William Mowatt
[Minto]Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
11 February 1908
23 May 1944
Dougald Archibald McDonald
Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Lieutenant
?
24 September 1944
Bernard Penner
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Private
1910
25 September 1944
Alan Hughes Ransom
8th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Sergeant
1916
24 May 1944
Murray Kerr Sexton
207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Officer
1922
25 February 1943
Clifford Smith
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Private
1921
24 May 1943
Claire Douglas Stroud
192 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
1922
25 May 1944
Robert Thomas James Welch
Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Sergeant
1919
23 December 1943
John Howard Wilson
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Company Quartermaster Sergenat
8 February 1913
17 August 1944
Beckoning Hills Revisited: Ours Is a Goodly Heritage - Morton-Boissevain 1881-1981
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 Marc George for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 8 August 2021
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