Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brookdale War Memorial (Brookdale, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)

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A monument at Brookdale, in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area area killed in the First World War, Second World War, and Korean War. Each side of the monument is inscribed for a community: Oberon, Ingelow, Mentmore, and Brookdale. Also listed are veterans from each of the communities who served in these conflicts but who returned home alive.

Brookdale War Memorial (September 2020) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.04630, W99.56441 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Community	Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Brookdale	Norris Farrar	Farmer	The Fort Garry Horse	Trooper	1892	20 November 1917
	Wilbert John Mallory [Carberry]	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 November 1876	29 January 1917
	Alexander McGregor McRae MM [Carberry, Neepawa, Next of Kin]	Clerk	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	9 November 1895	4 September 1918
	Ralph Meredith	Salesman	174th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1892	1 June 1918
	Albert Payne	Telegraph Operator	Royal Flying Corps	Second Lieutenant	11 January 1889	13 January 1918
	James Alan Roberts	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	14 February 1918
	Harold Russell Webb [Next of Kin]	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	18 October 1890	15 August 1917
Ingelow	William George Doak [Douglas]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 February 1894	26 October 1917
	Kenneth James Fraser	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1894	16 January 1920
	J. McCullock	?	?	?	?	?
Mentmore	Marcus Chisholm	Labourer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1896	11 August 1918
	Andrew Blair Hockin	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1891	11 August 1918

Second World War

Community	Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Brookdale	Henry Maximillian Slezak	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1921	27 July 1942
Ingelow	William Hamilton	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	1922	7 September 1944
	Richard Henry Wilman	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	1914	16 July 1944
Mentmore	Ebenezer Alfred Sirett	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1919	3 April 1943
Oberon	George James Olstead	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1916	14 October 1939

Korean War

Community	Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Brookdale	Thomas Berry Wotton	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1930	14 August 1950

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).

This page was prepared by Allan Drysdale, Gordon Goldsborough, Darryl Toews, and George Penner.

Page revised: 26 September 2020

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