Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dropmore War Memorial (Dropmore, RM of Riding Mountain West)

A monument at Dropmore in the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West was unveiled at a ceremony on 24 May 1920 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed in the First World War.

Dropmore War Memorial (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.01796, W101.44498 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Kenneth Arthur Clark	Farmer	2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Corporal	1888	8 August 1918
John Gray (aka Ernest Gray Tyrrell) [Russell]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 June 1896	10 April 1917
Leonard Samuel Gysin	Merchant	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	1882	26 September 1916
Hugh Bertram Heather	Farmer	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	1886	21 March 1915
Arthur Winter Hunt [Russell]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 April 1894	9 April 1917
Frank Hunt	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	7 February 1917
Ira Asa Leflar	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	20 September 1916
Ralph Nevill	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	c1889	30 September 1918
Ernest Theobald	Farmer	Canadian Corps Military Police	Corporal	1889	1 September 1918
William Douglas Watson	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	1886	4 September 1916

Sources:

“The Old Days,” Russell Banner, 30 May 1940, page 1.

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 Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 30 November 2019

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