Historic Sites of Manitoba: Law Society War Memorial (391 Broadway, Winnipeg)

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A tablet in honour of members of the Law Society of Manitoba who served during First World War was unveiled by the Governor General Sir Julian H. G. Byng of Vimy at a ceremony on 15 October 1923. In addition to listing all who served, it identifies those who were killed in action or who died of wounds. Weighing 1,025 pounds and having a surface area of 55 square feet, the tablet was designed by C. W. U. Chivers and was manufactured by the Architecural Bronze and Iron Works of Toronto. A similar tablet for the Second World War members of the Law Society was added after that war. Both are located in the Broadway Avenue entrance of the Law Courts Building.

Photos & Coordinates

Law Society memorial for the First World War

Law Society memorial for the First World War (February 2019)
Source: Darryl Toews

Law Society memorial for the Second World War

Law Society memorial for the Second World War (February 2019)
Source: Darryl Toews

Site Location (lat/long): N49.88666, W97.14585
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Archibald Joseph Anderson
[Next of Kin]

Law Student

10th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own)

Captain

20 July 1893

1 July 1916

Andrew Stuart Baird
[Augustine, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]

Barrister

14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

31 December 1891

8 August 1918

Richard de Berghs Molyneux Bird

Law Student

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

21 February 1885

25 April 1915

David Scott Borthwick
[Morden, Next of Kin]

Law Student

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lieutenant

28 January 1891

2 June 1916

Russell Heath Boulton
[Armoury, Russell, Russell Anglican]

Barrister-at-Law

3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers

Lieutenant

24 February 1884

14 August 1918

John William Brown

Barrister

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 September 1880

2 September 1918

Ralph Russell James Brown
[Masonic, Next of Kin, Wesley College, Westminster]

Student at Law

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Major

21 November 1875

31 October 1917

John Scott Cameron
[Gladstone, Manitoba College]

Barrister at Law

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

19 April 1883

8 November 1918

Harold Reid Campbell
[Carman, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]

Student

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 February 1892

25 October 1916

Harward Eastman Chaffey
[Kelvin, Next of Kin, St. Lukes]

Banking, Dominion Bank of Canada

42nd Squadron, Royal Air Force

Lieutenant

20 January 1899

27 October 1918

William Joseph Chalk
[Canadian Club, Next of Kin]

Barrister

59th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps

Lieutenant

4 June 1890

14 April 1917

John Romeyn Dennistoun
[Next of Kin]

Law Student

1st Canadian Divisional Cyclist Company

Lieutenant

24 January 1895

4 May 1916

Albert Ethelbert Aylward Evans
[Next of Kin]

Lawyer

13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Captain

31 October 1892

16 June 1917

A. Francis

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?

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Charles Franklin Galbraith DFC
[John Black Memorial, Portage]

Student at law

5th Squadron, Royal Air Force

Corporal

14 May 1893

16 September 1918

Hubert De’Arze Gill
[Minnedosa, St. Johns]

Barrister at Law

2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

25 November 1892

13 October 1915

William Forbes Guild MiD
[Brandon Armoury, Canadian Club, Manitoba College, Next of Kin, Westminster]

Barrister-at-Law

52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Captain

2 December 1886

10 April 1917

Clendon Charles Heath
[Portage]

Law student

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

1 October 1892

15 September 1916

Francis Martin Hetherington
[Next of Kin, St. Lukes Anglican]

Barrister-at-Law

52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

10 July 1883

18 August 1916

Robert Edward Higginbotham
[Kelvin, Next of Kin]

Law Student / Chauffeur

115th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Second Lieutenant

4 January 1893

29 September 1918

Oscar Harrold Hollis
[St. Philips]

Student-at-Law

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

17 May 1893

23 October 1917

Ronald Hoskins
[Canadian Club, Manitou]

Barrister-at-law

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

6 December 1887

22 April 1915

Edmund Lally Howell
[Holy Trinity, Next of Kin]

Barrister

5th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Captain

25 April 1876

27 July 1916

Hugo Anthony Launcelot Ceadda Jackson

Law Student

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

20 June 1887

28 April 1917

Charles Inglis Jameson
[Knox Presbyterian, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]

Law Student

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

23 February 1892

21 August 1916

George Willis Jameson
[Canadian Club, Next of Kin]

Barrister

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Captain

25 February 1882

23 April 1915

Alexander G. Kemp

Lawyer

Royal Army Medical Corps

Private

1878

10 February 1919

Hart Leech
[Fort Rouge Methodist, Next of Kin, Wesley College]

Student-at-law

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lieutenant

9 March 1889

15 September 1916

Charles Herman Macneil
[Next of Kin]

Student-at-Law

Depot, Canadian Infantry

Flight Lieutenant

16 October 1892

27 October 1917

Christian Marie Jules Martel

Law student

2e Régiment de Hussards (détaché aviation), French Army

Lieutenant

1 January 1894

7 June 1945 [1]

William Lee Mawhinney
[Knox Presbyterian, Portage, 108 Battalion]

Barrister

54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

15 June 1892

2 March 1917

Ernest D’Harcourt McMeans
[Holy Trinity, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]

Barrister-at-Law

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Captain

6 May 1889

22 May 1915

Clarence Harvey Miller
[Elkhorn]

Law student

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

23 December 1896

25 June 1918

John Munro
[Vimy Ridge]

Barrister at Law

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

27 February 1883

10 April 1917

Harold Arthur Newman
[Masonic, Next of Kin]

Law Student

46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

28 July 1892

4 November 1918

Glen Norton
[Manitoba College, Next of Kin, Westminster]

Law Student

1st Canadian Division Signal Company, Canadian Signal Corps

Lieutenant

17 March 1891

26 September 1916

Lamont Livingstone Paterson
[Deloraine, Deloraine United, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]

Law Student

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Second Lieutenant

19 December 1893

1 September 1918

Mowbray MacDonell Perdue
[Holy Trinity, Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge]

Barrister-at-Law

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

8 August 1890

9 May 1917

Aylwin Murray Pratt
[Portage]

Student of Law

186th Brigade, Royal Field Artilery

Second Lieutenant

7 September 1892

21 August 1917

James Sanford Price

Barrister

3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery

Lieutenant

23 June 1886

13 September 1916

Frederick Leopold Pusch DSO

Law Student

1st Battalion, Irish Guards, British Army

Lieutenant

1896

27 June 1916

John Edward Reynolds
[Manitoba College, Next of Kin, Stonewall]

Barrister

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

14 December 1889

23 April 1915

James Ernest Robertson
[Augustine, Canadian Club]

Barrister

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

20 June 1879

9 March 1916

Henry Awtry Robinson

Student at Law

Royal Flying Corps

Second Lieutenant

2 February 1894

18 February 1918

George Huntington Ross
[Canadian Club, Next of Kin, Rapid City]

Barrister at Law

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Captain

10 January 1874

24 April 1915

Fred Irwin Simpson
[Broadway Methodist, Fort Rouge Methodist, Next of Kin, Virden, Virden Methodist, Wesley College]

Law Student

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Captain

15 April 1893

12 March 1917

Thomas Edward Smith
[Next of Kin, St. Johns]

Law Student

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), British Army

Second Lieutenant

30 May 1897

5 September 1918

Melbourne Robert Carter Smith
[Cartwright]

Law Student

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 May 1887

30 October 1917

Robert Edmund Struthers
[Next of Kin, St. Johns]

Student at Law

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

7 August 1890

12 August 1918

John Sutherland DSO
[Next of Kin]

Student-at-Law

116th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Major

30 September 1888

27 August 1918

Edward Payson Thompson
[Central Congregational, Manitoba College, Next of Kin, 108 Battalion]

Law Student

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

11 July 1888

16 August 1918

Robert McDonnell Thomson
[Canadian Club, Manitoba College, Next of Kin]

Barrister

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant Colonel

4 July 1869

8 October 1916

Charles Philip Uhrich
[Manitoba College, Morden, Winkler]

Solicitor-at-law

28th Squadron, 14th Wing, Royal Air Force

Lieutenant

22 August 1893

24 June 1918

Charles Dorsett Ward
[Next of Kin]

Law Student

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

14 January 1891

15 September 1916

George Stephen Whittaker
[Reston]

Law student, stenographer & telephone operator

52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

10 December 1883

24 October 1918

Alman Clare Williams
[Portage]

Barrister

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Major

4 November 1876

26 September 1916

Otto Russell Williams
[Fort Rouge Methodist, Gladstone, Kelvin, Next of Kin]

Student

Canadian Army Service Corps

Driver

27 May 1895

29 May 1917

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

John Edwin Bissett

HMCS Bytown, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Lieutenant Commander

17 May 1890

18 March 1944

Joseph Goodwin Butcher
[Carman, United College]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

18 June 1915

25 February 1941

Allan Lloyd Dyker
[United College]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Leading Aircraftman

21 May 1913

25 June 1943

Ross Pringle Fahrni
[Gladstone, Portage]

172 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Observer

24 August 1920

19 August 1942

Allan Munro Livingston
[Westminster]

Royal Canadian Artillery

Lieutenant

21 July 1918

2 September 1944

James Archibald MacKelvie

414 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

27 December 1914

18 June 1944

Sam Berry Sheps
[Shaarey Zedek]

Royal Canadian Artillery

Captain

4 May 1913

16 September 1944

Walter Edward Shields

HMCS Windflower, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve

Sub-Lieutenant

21 April 1917

7 December 1941

Morris Marvin Soronow
[Shaarey Zedek]

Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Lieutenant

17 November 1912

28 August 1944

See also:

Manitoba Organization: Law Society of Manitoba

Memorable Manitobans: Cyril William Upton Chivers (1879-1969)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winnipeg Law Courts Building (391 Broadway, Winnipeg)

Sources:

1. Lieutenant Christian Martel survived the First World War and, in 1919, left for French Indo-China where he continued to serve with the French military. He died in Hanoi, Vietnam during the Second World War. Records indicate that he was serving with French Combatant Forces as part of the French Resistance in Indo-China.

“Governor General unveils tablet,” The Manitoban, 18 October 1923, page 1.

“Byng to unveil war memorial,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 October 1923, page 9.

“Baron Byng, of Vimy, unveils war memorials,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 October 1923, pages 1, 3.

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 Alain Dubois-Choulik and Aimee Fortier for providing assistance in the development of this page.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 December 2023

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