Historic Sites of Manitoba: John Black Memorial Presbyterian Church / John Black Memorial United Church (898 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg)

A plaque inside the church commemorates parishioners who were killed during the First World War.

Among the clerics who served at John Black Memorial was Hugh John Robertson (1918-?).

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93282, W97.10031 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
William Douglas	Messenger	Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion	Private	1 September 1892	24 November 1918
Herbert Fletcher	?	?	?	?	?
Charles Franklin Galbraith DFC [Law Society, Portage]	Student at law	5th Squadron, Royal Air Force	Corporal	14 May 1893	16 September 1918
William Hugh Gilchrist  [Vimy Ridge]	Electrician	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 December 1893	3 June 1917
Alexander Cooper Jackson [Next of Kin]	Call Boy	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 April 1898	8 August 1918
Victor Edwin Jackson [Engineering]	Student	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 April 1893	14 July 1919
Alexander Muirhead	Shipper	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 September 1888	11 June 1916
Donald Alexander McIvor [108 Battalion, Landmark Lodge]	Student at Law	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	10 March 1894	2 September 1917
Roderick Arthur Ross [Manitoba College, Next of Kin, St. Lukes Anglican]	Financial Agent	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	12 February 1887	2 October 1916
Arthur Everett Tingley	Student	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 June 1896	28 April 1917
Charles Roderick Hugh Vivian	Farmer	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Private	18 June 1892	3 April 1918
Edward Williams	Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 October 1897	14 November 1917

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: John Black (1818-1882)

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 Ross Wedlake for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 11 July 2020

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