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A monument in Miami in the Rural Municipality of Thompson was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed in the First World War and Second World War, along with a longer list of those who served during the Second World War.
A new stone monument commemorates all those from the municipality who served from the Boer War to the Kosovo peacekeeping mission.
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Frederick Barnes
[Darlingford] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
23 July 1918 |
James Archibald Brissenden |
Carpenter |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1889 |
8 October 1916 |
Charles Bryan
[Field Ambulance] |
Theology Student |
11th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Corporal |
14 March 1890 |
13 October 1916 |
Arthur Burnett |
Farm Hand |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1876 |
15 September 1916 |
Herbert Harry Cole |
Farmer |
50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
27 October 1916 |
Arthur Oswold Cook |
Farmer |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
1889 |
5 February 1917 |
David Dawson |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1888 |
16 July 1917 |
Albert Fox |
Steam Engineer |
Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1874 |
8 May 1915 |
Edward Baker Godfrey |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1875 |
27 July 1917 |
Ernest Wellington Graham |
Farmer |
8th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery |
Driver |
1894 |
10 May 1917 |
Albert Edward Galbraith
[Electric Railway] |
Steam Engineer |
7th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
1890 |
18 September 1916 |
George William Hanna |
Farmer |
25th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
9 April 1917 |
Fred Hodge |
Barber |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1890 |
16 February 1917 |
Peter McGill Kennedy |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1898 |
8 November 1917 |
William McGill Kennedy |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
15 October 1916 |
William McCrindle |
Farm Hand |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1875 |
3 September 1918 |
Edward Hercule Megill MM |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
1897 |
9 March 1918 |
Sidney George Middleton |
Clerk |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
12 May 1916 |
Alexander Phillips |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
12 April 1917 |
Edwin Eric Ray |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
10 November 1917 |
Mark Percy Ray |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1887 |
15 August 1917 |
Royal Albert Stubbs |
Accountant |
28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1887 |
15 September 1916 |
William Wallis Sammon |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1889 |
12 April 1917 |
James Clifford Stewart
[Bank of Hamilton] |
Bank Clerk |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
28 October 1895 |
9 October 1916 |
Duncan Turner |
Blacksmith |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1878 |
28 August 1918 |
Hugh Christopher Wagner |
Steam Fitter |
222nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1878 |
18 May 1917 |
Frank Wallace |
Farm Hand |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1883 |
7 April 1917 |
John Wilson Watchorn |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
3 June 1917 |
Walter Roy Watchorn |
Farmer |
Canadian Army Veterinary Corps |
Private |
1899 |
12 February 1919 |
Gordon Lambrook Weiner |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
13 April 1917 |
Albert Williams |
Section Foreman |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1889 |
22 April 1915 |
Cecil Williams |
Section Foreman |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1887 |
23 April 1915 |
Harry Yeomans |
Labourer |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1893 |
28 April 1917 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Wilbert Roy Boulton |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1917 |
23 July 1943 |
Norman Buchanan |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
Rifleman |
1914 |
16 February 1945 |
Douglas Newlands Cameron |
640 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
13 August 1922 |
17 June 1944 |
Henry Doerksen |
Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1919 |
3 March 1945 |
James Clare Godkin |
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1922 |
9 August 1944 |
George Stephen Hawken |
6th Armoured Regiment, 1st Hussars, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Trooper |
1923 |
6 June 1944 |
Russel Lloyd George Hosea DFC |
115 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
1916 |
8 March 1942 |
Clifford Charles Irwin |
Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Sergeant |
3 March 1920 |
3 November 1944 |
Andrew Joseph Laing |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada |
Private |
1919 |
19 August 1942 |
Robert Andrew Livingston DFC |
405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
1922 |
22 June 1943 |
Stanley James Marshall |
1 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery |
Gunner |
1921 |
18 December 1943 |
Lawrance McMillan DFC |
400 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant |
1921 |
9 May 1945 |
Stephen Pascal |
166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
1923 |
24 March 1945 |
John Coles Sprott |
433 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
1915 |
17 August 1944 |
Ronald Gear Sprott |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Leading Aircraftman |
1921 |
3 August 1942 |
Alfred William Wood |
Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1921 |
1 June 1944 |
James Duncan Wright |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Sergeant |
21 June 1917 |
15 June 1945 |
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 and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 13 August 2023
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