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A monument at Langruth, in the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the Langruth area killed in the First World War and Second World War.
Langruth war memorial (March 2016)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Langruth war memorial (August 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.38744, W98.67575
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Walter Bjornson
Farmer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
?
1896
13 August 1918
James Burford
Baker
107th Canadian Pioneers
?
1888
28 March 1917
Harold Howell Hilliard
Clerk
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
?
1889
8 August 1918
Thomas Thordarson
Farmer
Lord Strathcona's Horse
?
1891
27 May 1917
Name
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Frederick James Abel
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Sergeant
2 January 1902
28 November 1942
Lancelot Matthew Allardyce
Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
23 May 1904
10 October 1940
Walter Lynwood J. Arksey
460 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
6 April 1905
11 June 1944
Albert Lloyd Bjarnason
424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Warrant Officer Class II
12 November 1920
29 July 1943
Gowan Vernon Gibson
267 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Officer
2 June 1918
11 July 1943
John Allan Gray
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Private
1 August 1920
13 December 1941
Bjarni Halldorson
9 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers
Sapper
10 August 1912
10 August 1944
George Charles Hatch
Royal Canadian Air Force
Pilot Officer
7 August 1917
20 February 1944
Einar Victor Isfeld
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Private
19 March 1915
6 April 1945
Philip Malcolm Matthews
408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Flight Officer
22 June 1920
9 November 1942
Robert James McDonald
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Rifleman
28 February 1918
5 March 1945
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 Tim Worth and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 14 January 2022
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