Historic Sites of Manitoba: Deloraine War Memorial Arch (Kellett Street, Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

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A monument on Kellett Street in Deloraine incorporates a nine-feet-tall granite arch that formerly stood in front of the Deloraine Hospital. Its creation was spearheaded by workers of the Deloraine Times who raised funds at baseball tournaments in 1924 and 1925, with additional contributions from women of the Deloraine Union Church and Hospital Aid. The gate was unveiled on 3 July 1927 at a ceremony marking Canada’s Diamond Jubilee.

The monument commemorates soldiers from the local area killed in military service in the First World War although it omits some of those who died during military service.

Deloraine War Memorial Arch (August 2014) Source: Deloraine Legion (Francis Parker) Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.19212, W100.49830 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Henri Arnaud	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	27 September 1918
William Bennett	Farmer	1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, British Army	Private	1893	9 June 1918
George Herbert Burns [Deloraine United]	Drug Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	1892	28 August 1918
Clarence Ernest Clerihue	Rancher	75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	9 April 1917
Chester Almar Cranston	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	10 August 1918
Richard James Cummings	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 April 1899	16 August 1918
William Herbert Elvin [Armoury]	Farm Help	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 January 1895	15 January 1918
Alexander McDonald Ferguson [Deloraine United]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	18 May 1917
John Lorne Gleeson	?	Royal Army Service Corps	Lance Corporal	28 July 1891	1 May 1919
Henry James Gutteridge [Deloraine United]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	13 May 1917
Edgar Reginald “Reggie” Hames [Deloraine United, Hamiota, Lakeside]	Bank Accountant	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 November 1890	18 August 1917
Ernest Herman Hawthorne [Deloraine United, Agricultural College, Verona School]	Civil Servant	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1884	2 June 1916
Alvin Lennox	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	8 October 1916
William Wray Lowry	Farmer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	8 October 1916
William Stanley Maynard [Deloraine United]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	15 September 1916
Charles Edgar McCulloch [Brandon College]	Farmer	19th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 October 1898	17 April 1917
Richard McKeever	Fireman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1888	23 March 1916
William Nash	Blacksmith	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	27 October 1917
Livingstone Lamont Paterson [Deloraine United, Law Society, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]	Law Student	London Regiment, Post Office Rifles	2nd Lieutenant	19 December 1893	1 September 1918
William Plant [Deloraine United]	Labourer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	4 October 1916
George Harry Pulford	Butcher	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	3 May 1917
George Gilbert Rankin [Deloraine United]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	10 November 1917
Joseph John Saunders [Armoury]	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 January 1882	17 September 1918
Ernest Thornton Steele [Deloraine United]	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	17 December 1917
James Edward Teskey	Farrier	50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	5 June 1917
William Wilson Urie [Deloraine United]	Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1889	11 September 1916
Andrew Wesley	Farmer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	6 November 1917

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Deloraine War Memorial (Cavers Street North, Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

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).

We thank Francis Parker (Royal Canadian Legion, Deloraine Branch) and Judy Stockham for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews, Janice McClelland, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 February 2025

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