Historic Sites of Manitoba: MacGregor War Memorial (Hampton Street, MacGregor, Municipality of North Norfolk)

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A monument beside the United Church at MacGregor, in the Municipality of North Norfolk, was unveiled on 8 December 1920 to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service. It features a stone sculpture of a soldier craft by St. Boniface sculptor Nicolas Pirotton.

MacGregor War Memorial (September 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.96587, W98.78054 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Leslie Balsdon	Farm Labourer	21st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	2 April 1916
Joseph Ralph Bilton	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	16 November 1917
Harold Wilfred Bousfield	?	Royal Air Force	Cadet	1896	11 September 1918
Garnet Chester Cairns	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	26 October 1917
Lindsay Harvey Wright Cairns	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	27 June 1917
William James Collier	Clerk	2nd Battalion, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1893	1 September 1918
John Croasdale	Butcher	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	?	29 October 1919
Bert Aaron Emms [Argyle, Armoury, Stonewall]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	21 August 1889	1 November 1918
Albert Dowell Fraser	Section Foreman	45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1882	9 March 1916
Cecil Fox	Bank Clerk	107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	10 February 1917
Roy Daniel Hotell	Farm Labourer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	31 August 1917
Leonard John Ironside	Labourer	107th Pioneer Battalion	Private	1890	15 August 1917
James White Love	Carpenter	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	27 December 1886	3 November 1917
Albert Charles Lye	Electrician	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	26 September 1916
St. Clair McGregor	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	15 September 1916
Charles Tupper McGregor	Bank Clerk	2nd Battalion, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1896	6 February 1919
Richard W. McIntyre	Sailor	75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	30 September 1918
Charles Maitland	Bank Clerk	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1889	27 October 1917
William Gordon Noble	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1890	10 August 1918
Arthur D. Percival	Farmer	Canadian Forestry Corps	Private	1892	4 September 1920
Alfred Quirion	Teamster	3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	1890	28 August 1918
George Willis Rooke	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	28 September 1918
Francis Robert Sparrow	Farmer	14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	27 September 1918
Hubert Francis Liddell Stewart	HBC Shipbuilder	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1883	26 September 1916
William Hodson Stewart	HBC Purser / Fur Trader	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1888	25 September 1915
Geoffrey Septimus Stewart	Painter	Lord Strathcona’s Horse	Sergeant	1891	8 August 1918
Thomas Clarence Stinson	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1893	1 August 1918
Andrew Alexander Tait	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1891	14 November 1917
David Nicholas Tarr	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	10 August 1918
Everett William Turner	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1897	28 October 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Edwin Robert Bergquist	83 Squadron, Pathfinder Force, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	16 February 1915	13 October 1942
Mark Henry Brown DFC & Bar	249 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Wing Commander	9 October 1911	12 November 1941
Kenneth Allan Buckley	257 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	20 February 1920	1 March 1944
Lyall Foulton Douglas	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	6 October 1921	6 September 1944
William Ralph Gates	76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	2 May 1916	30 December 1941
George Everett Goodwin	HMSC Avalon, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Stoker 2nd Class	16 March 1917	12 December 1942
Harold Joseph Emil Hill	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	24 July 1918	26 July 1943
Arthur Leslie Horton	426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	6 August 1918	9 May 1944
Edward Miles Hughson	Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	11 January 1918	28 February 1945
James Howard Ireland	148 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	3 February 1924	12 September 1944
Charles Albert Kitson	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	18 July 1922	17 September 1942
Walter Alexander MacWilliam	7 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1920	6 October 1944
Ivor Donald Olson	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I	1918	16 September 1944
Thomas Edward Parker	142 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	13 February 1918	21 October 1941
Edward Ralph Ritzer	HMCS Shawinigan, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Stoker	1 October 1915	24 November 1944
Lavern R. Thompson	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Lance Corporal	26 May 1920	21 December 1944
John MacKay Wallace	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	20 December 1916	21 February 1945

Other

The seven men below perished in the crash of a Commonwealth Air Training aircraft on 26 January 1942, 2.25 miles northwest of MacGregor. A plaque commemorating them was dedicated on 25 June 1995.

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Thomas Cecil Bate	Royal Canadian Air Force	Leading Aircraftman	25 June 1900	26 January 1942
John Leslie Clark	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	?	26 January 1942
William John Dyson	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Lieutenant	1 June 1907	26 January 1942
William Frederick Field	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	30 May 1902	26 January 1942
H. W. Holland	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Sergeant	?	26 January 1942
Arthur Reginald Read Lane	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Sergeant	?	26 January 1942
John Henry Thrift	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	26 August 1899	26 January 1942

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: MacGregor United Church (12 Hampton Street, MacGregor, Municipality of North Norfolk)

Sources:

[Monument dedication], MacGregor Herald, 2 December 1920, 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).

We thank Chris Carson, Darcy Hammett, and Beverley Anderson for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 30 November 2019

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