Historic Sites of Manitoba: Margaret Cemetery / Margaret War Memorial (Margaret, RM of Prairie Lakes)

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.

Margaret Cemetery (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Margaret Cemetery (September 2020) Source: George Penner Margaret War Memorial (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.41442, W99.85717 denoted by symbol on the map above

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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