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A stone monument on Railway Street next to the Douglas Community Hall, at Douglas in the Rural Municipality of Elton, is topped by a German Maxim Spandau 7.92-mm machine gun from the First World War. It was erected by veterans to commemorate comrades killed in the war and unveiled by Brigadier-General H. D. B. Ketchen at a ceremony on 17 November 1922. Next to it a monument commemorating pioneers of the Douglas district.
Douglas War Memorial (2010)
Source: Allan Drysdale
Douglas War Memorial (July 2021)
Source: George Penner
Douglas Pioneer Monument (2010)
Source: Allan DrysdaleSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89412, W99.70609
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Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Loran Llewellyn Broad
[Armoury]Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
4 April 1888
10 August 1918
Thomas Percival Broad
[Armoury]?
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
?
9 October 1916
Alexander Campbell
Labourer & Mechanic
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1893
18 October 1919
William George Doak
[Brookdale]Farmer
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
9 February 1894
26 October 1917
Harry Faggetter
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1897
1 November 1918
James Henry Leith
?
8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), British Army
Private
1884
25 September 1915
Joseph Wilfred Madder
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1893
1 November 1918
William John McGowan
Teamster
100th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1892
10 October 1916
George McLean
Teamster
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
1894
11 August 1918
Charles Rollings
[Armoury]Farmer
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
13 July 1881
18 July 1917
Thomas Shepperson
Butcher
Canadian Engineers
Private
1897
30 November 1918
George Westcott
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
1876
21 October 1917
Frank Whitall
Farmer
2nd Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, British Army
Private
1 June 1888
17 November 1914
“Roll of honour,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 August 1918, page 7.
“Brandon,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 November 1922, page 20.
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 Allan Drysdale, Tighe McManus, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 December 2022
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