Historic Sites of Manitoba: Melita War Memorial (Veterans Way, Melita)

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A monument at Melita was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed in Boer War, the First World War, and Second World War.

Melita War Memorial (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Melita War Memorial (August 2021) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.27357, W100.99040 denoted by symbol on the map above

Boer War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Abraham Wellington Armsden	South African Constabulary	Trooper	16 January 1876	8 November 1901

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Lewis Harold Barnard	Bank Clerk	23rd Battalion, Army	Lieutenant	31 October 1892	25 August 1916
Joseph Ralph Bilton	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 August 1895	16 November 1917
George Ernest Booker [Victoria United]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 March 1891	31 August 1918
Edgar William Brook [Victoria United, Melita School]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 March 1890	8 October 1916
Russell Brown [Victoria United]	Teamster	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 May 1885	9 January 1917
Harold Gwynne Clarke	Farmer	13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 April 1872	24 September 1916
Albert Vail Cosgrove [First Baptist, Melita School, Next of Kin]	Chauffeur	27 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Second Lieutenant	21 March 1894	25 September 1918 (died in aerial combat)
Robert Morton Crawford [Strathclair]	Store Clerk	4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	2 June 1894	2 September 1918
Kenneth Brown Downie	Student	43rd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	18 October 1894	10 August 1916
Edgar Gould Elliot	Farmer	31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 July 1895	22 May 1918
Albert Edward Farmer	Farmer	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	2 July 1895	3 September 1918
Herbert Joshua Fletcher	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 February 1897	24 April 1917
Thomas Veitch Gibson [Melita School, Verona School, Waskada]	Hardware Merchant	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	12 October 1884	8 April 1917
George Cantlay Greig	Farm Labourer	15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 March 1880	9 April 1917
Andrew Benson Grierson	Farm Labourer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 April 1897	12 April 1917
Frederick Hart	Farmer	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 February 1888	25 July 1916
William Stuart Henderson	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 November 1888	26 October 1917
Omar Leonard Higgins [Lakeside]	Bank Clerk	12th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	29 June 1893	23 January 1919
Wilfred Maurice Holden [Melita School, Next of Kin, Union Bank, Victoria Methodist]	Bank Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	25 November 1895	20 August 1917
Franklin Robert Kelly [Melita School, Victoria Methodist, Vimy Ridge]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 February 1896	11 May 1917
George Walter Kemp [Verona School, Waskada]	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 March 1897	23 August 1917
John Kilkenny	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 March 1894	1 November 1917
John Owen Kilkenny	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 July 1897	27 September 1918
William Edgar Lamport [Victoria Methodist]	Rancher	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Sergeant	21 June 1897	29 September 1918
George James Lawson	Farm Hand	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	14 December 1882	11 October 1916
John Johnston Mainland	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 October 1897	2 September 1918
George Martenson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	1 August 1885	6 May 1917
Leslie Lorne McDougall	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	15 April 1895	28 March 1918
C. McKenzie	?	?	?	?	?
Joseph Roy McKinnon	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 October 1895	27 September 1918
James Alexander McTaggart	Telephone Lineman	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	17 July 1880	3 March 1917
Edward Reed Mee	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	21 January 1872	13 September 1916
David William Milne	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 November 1897	28 October 1917
Peter Martenson	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	21 September 1881	29 September 1918
Ira Stanley Nixon [Grace Methodist, Portage]	Tinsmith	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 September 1893	4 August 1917
Matthew Blackwood Pedden	Grain Buyer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 July 1883	25 October 1916
Einar K. Peterson	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1894	3 June 1917
George Francis Gordon Pitcher	Farmer	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 May 1898	26 October 1917
Norman Allan Pope	Rodman	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 April 1887	4 June 1916
Robert Priddle [Victoria Methodist]	Engineer	9th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	25 November 1877	25 January 1916
Thomas Edgar Ryckman	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	13 March 1888	5 June 1917
Franklin Saunby [Melita School, Salvation Army]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	25 June 1896	24 July 1916
Alfred Scott	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 February 1891	21 May 1915
George Shand	Carpenter & Joiner	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	4 January 1882	5 June 1917
Henry Simpson [Armoury]	Farm Labourer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	13 February 1890	2 September 1918
Charles Arthur Steventon [Victoria Methodist]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 May 1884	9 April 1917
Harry Nelson Thompson	Civil Service	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	6 October 1887	9 April 1917
Ivor Thorne	Farm Labourer	3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British Army	Private	1891	8 October 1915
Sidney Tilbury	Labourer	3rd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, British Army	Private	?	18 August 1916
Frederick John Wheler [Melita School]	Farmer	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 December 1895	13 November 1917
Leslie Reuel Wilson	Farmer	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 January 1896	23 March 1917

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
George Archibald Armitage	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	21 July 1907	2 June 1943
James Henry Bambridge	619 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1 September 1916	9 June 1943
Harold Frederick Cheyne	Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps	Private	2 June 1922	26 February 1942
James David Coates	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	15 October 1912	11 June 1942
Charles Mckenzie Cro	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Sergeant	13 April 1919	8 September 1944
German Campbell Davis	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	12 November 1894	2 February 1941
Douglas Lyle Dewart	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	7 April 1905	29 January 1945
Joseph Lloyd Dobbyn DFC	50 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	3 March 1912	23 March 1944
David Stuart Gillander	161 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class II	27 July 1909	28 March 1944
Paul Heinzig	20 Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers	Sapper	17 July 1916	4 November 1944
Lloyd Evans Knox	2 Armoured Brigade Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	25 September 1920	1 August 1944
Herbert Edwin Kontzie	458 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I	6 August 1919	2 August 1943
Francis Henry Lang	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	24 July 1916	13 June 1944
James Murray Reginald Lang	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	6 April 1918	12 June 1943
Frederick John Morrow	Royal Canadian Air Force	Warrant Officer Class I	1 January 1916	12 April 1943
Stanley Graham Nichols [Pipestone]	Calgary Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	28 February 1921	25 July 1944
Lloyd Albert Stinson	408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	2 February 1943	14 May 1943
Roy Aubry Young	514 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	13 July 1910	6 March 1945

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Antler River Museum (41 Ash Street, Melita)

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).

We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 26 November 2023

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