Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brierley School No. 1613 (Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman)

The Brierley School District was organized formally in February 1912 and a school building operated on the northeast quarter of 27-38-26 west of the Principal Meridian in what is now the Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman. The school closed in 1967. The former school building is no present at the site but it is commemorated by a monument dedicated on 27 July 1989. Stone markers attached to the monument commemorate the service of local men killed during the First World War and Second World War.

Among the teachers of Brierley School were Mr. J. McGeown (1913), Mr. E. A. Frayne (1916), H. Tripp (1967), and Mr. and Mrs. Macallroy.

Brierley School (no date) by J. S. Peach Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 3. Brierley School and its teacherage (circa 1917) Source: Education Department Report, 1917, Manitoba Legislative Library. Brierley School commemorative monument (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N52.29654, W101.08477 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Charles Cooper [Alexander]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 August 1897	20 April 1917
Goodman Sigurdson [Brandon Armoury, Brandon College]	Farm Worker	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	22 February 1894	10 November 1917
George Henry Reginald Tyner	Labourer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 April 1886	28 April 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Norman Archibald Hunter Pott [Minitonas]	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	26 June 1921	11 February 1944
James Richard Scott	South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 November 1922	6 August 1944
Harold Walter Walmsley	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	20 May 1917	4 July 1944

Sources:

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).

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

Boots, Buggies & Buses: Swan Valley Schools in Quest of Education, Swan Valley School Division No. 35, circa 1998.

We thank Marie Dueck and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 February 2021

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