This cemetery at Margaret in the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes contains a monument, unveiled in June 1921, commemorating men of the local area killed during military service in the First World War and Second World War.
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
James Gilbert Campbell |
Farmer |
13th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
1897 |
25 February 1918 |
Wellington Star Garbutt |
Sheel Metal Worker |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1891 |
30 December 1915 |
George Victor Lancaster |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
10 August 1918 |
William David McKellar |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Sergeant |
1891 |
26 October 1917 |
John Kennedy Murray |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
30 October 1917 |
Edward Winship Stephens |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1891 |
14 September 1918 |
George Wilken |
Farmer |
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
28 September 1918 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
|
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Alvin Alston Patton |
408th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
c1915 |
31 March 1944 |
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).
Riverside Heritage: 1896-1996 by Riverside Centennial Committee, 1996, page 169.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 18 January 2021
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