Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brant Argyle Cemetery / Argyle War Memorial (RM of Rockwood)

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This cemetery is situated north of Argyle in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. Within the cemetery is a monument unveiled in 1919 to commemorate local people killed during military service in the First World War and Second World War, and a monument erected in 1978 commemorates the original site of the Brant-Argyle Presbyterian Church (later Brant-Argyle United Church), which stood here from 1881 to 1952, and was moved to Argyle in 1952.

Brant Argyle Cemetery

Brant Argyle Cemetery (June 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Argyle War Memorial

Argyle War Memorial (June 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Brant-Argyle Presbyterian Church commemorative monument

Brant-Argyle Presbyterian Church commemorative monument (June 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Brant-Argyle Presbyterian Church commemorative monument

Brant-Argyle Presbyterian Church commemorative monument (June 2022)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.18903, W97.45929
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

William John Warwick Adair

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1890

5 January 1917

Albert Edward Ahmed

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1888

11 August 1918

Edward Bishop

Farmer

222nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1889

27 August 1918

Alexander Sutherland Christian

Pattern Maker

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1880

17 April 1916

George Duboard

Farmer, Chauffeur

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1894

15 September 1916

Bert Aaron Emms
[Armoury, MacGregor, Stonewall]

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

21 August 1889

1 November 1918

Elmer Lawrence Metcalf

Farmer

Canadian Infantry

?

1893

25 October 1918

James Douglas Pringle

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1879

8 August 1918

Douglas Graham Purchas

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1896

9 August 1918

Clarence Walter Rothwell

Farmer

251st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1898

20 January 1918

William Smith
[Next of Kin, Stonewall]

Clerk

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 May 1886

3 October 1916

Thomas Smyth
[Stonewall]

Farmer

42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

?

1882

3 July 1917

Thomas Smyth
[Stonewall]

Labourer

1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1890

28 April 1916

James Wellington Willson
[Stonewall, Woodlands, 108 Battalion]

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

4 July 1891

15 August 1917

Edward Albert Yarnton
[Stonewall]

Farmer

Lord Strathcona’s Horse

?

1897

8 August 1918

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Charles Albert Dodd

Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry

?

1922

11 May 1944

George Ronald Watson

Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry

?

1923

23 May 1944

Michael Wiwsianski [Mike Wish]

432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

?

1923

23 May 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Argyle War Memorial (Baldur, RM of Argyle)

Sources:

Hands Across the Meridian: A History of Brant-Argyle, Manitoba, Argyle History Book Committee, 2000, page 118.

War Memorials of Manitoba: A Beginning Inventory compiled by Patrick Morican BA MA, Winnipeg, 1996.

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 Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Shayne Campbell, and Tim Worth.

Page revised: 17 June 2022

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