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This war memorial, designed by Morden residents Stuart Scott and A. G. Selley, was erected in 1921 by the Town of Morden and the Rural Municipality of Stanley at a cost of $8,000. Originally dedicated in the memory of First World War veterans, the names of Second World War casualties were added in October 1947 and Korean War veterans were added later. Three names, identified during later research, were added in a ceremony on 25 September 2014.
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Arthur Reginald Bailey |
Farmer |
184th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1891 |
24 November 1921 |
Gavin Bell |
Labourer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1880 |
27 August 1918 |
David Scott Borthwick
[Law Society, Next of Kin] |
Law Student |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Lieutenant |
28 January 1891 |
2 June 1916 |
Emerson Brown |
Barber |
Lord Strathcona’s Horse |
Private |
1893 |
4 April 1918 |
Herbert Edgar Bunnett |
Farmer |
28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1887 |
6 November 1917 |
Reginald Card |
Labourer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1890 |
15 September 1916 |
Franklin Erwin Cowan |
Student |
4th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
1896 |
9 November 1917 |
Douglas Arthur Cram
[Kelvin, Next of Kin, Westminster] |
Chauffeur |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
8 November 1916 |
William Howard Cram
[Next of Kin, Westminster] |
Clerk |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1888 |
26 February 1917 |
Elmer John Dickinson MC |
Physician |
Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Captain |
1887 |
4 February 1924 |
James Dudgeon |
Farmer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
3 May 1917 |
James Herbert Forster |
Electrical Engineer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Captain |
1882 |
15 October 1916 |
Marshall Bidwell Forster |
Civil Engineer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
1890 |
14 June 1916 |
James McConnell Fraser |
Driver |
20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
1891 |
10 October 1918 |
Edward Baker Godfrey |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1875 |
27 July 1917 |
John William Hamilton |
Stenographer |
Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment |
Private |
1894 |
30 September 1916 |
Elis Helgason |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
27 September 1918 |
John Melville Hewitt |
Clerk |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
14 June 1919 |
Oliver Benjamin Holo |
Farmer |
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1871 |
15 September 1917 |
James Henry Howell |
Farmer |
Lord Strathcona’s Horse |
Private |
1889 |
8 April 1920 |
Sveinn Jonason |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1881 |
30 March 1918 |
Lawrence Edward Keir |
Electrician |
Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade |
Private |
1896 |
24 March 1918 |
Orval Forrest Langtry |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
21 August 1917 |
Victor John Longney |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1892 |
21 August 1918 |
Charles Coutts Masson |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1899 |
28 September 1918 |
Ervine Whitby McClain |
Clerk |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
28 September 1918 |
Robert Herbert McGirr
[Next of Kin, Westminster] |
Drug Clerk |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
13 February 1894 |
23 August 1917 |
Manuel Lawrence Sydney Mckone |
Clerk |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
3 December 1993 [1] |
Donald Robert McNaughton |
Commercial Traveller |
26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, British Army |
Private |
1892 |
19 June 1917 |
John Allan McRae |
Civil Engineer |
184th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
1873 |
2 August 1926 |
Joseph Nicklin |
Labourer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
9 April 1917 |
Walter Burritt O’Brien |
Clerk |
61st Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
25 May 1916 |
Joseph Osborne |
Blacksmith |
31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1879 |
6 June 1916 |
George Joshua Palmer
[St. Giles] |
Teamster |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1891 |
29 April 1917 |
Hugh Daniel Parker
[Next of Kin, St. Johns] |
Student |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
15 September 1916 |
John Leopold Parry |
Farmer |
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1889 |
6 June 1916 |
Henry Alexander Doyne Pigott |
Student |
12th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
1897 |
14 November 1917 |
John Robb |
Fireman |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
27 September 1888 |
10 August 1916 |
George Arthur Simmons |
Farmer |
Lord Strathcona’s Horse |
Private |
1896 |
26 July 1915 |
John McPherson Smith |
Mechanist |
1st Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Pioneers |
Private |
1886 |
13 June 1916 |
George Frederick Tate |
Farmer |
19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1889 |
21 November 1917 |
Sydney Robert Thorington |
Farmer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
23 July 1878 |
3 May 1917 |
Charles Philip Uhrich
[Law Society, Manitoba College, Winkler] |
Solicitor-at-Law |
28th Squadron, 14th Wing, Royal Air Force |
Lieutenant |
1893 |
24 June 1918 |
Clifford H. E. Weir |
Clerk |
Spruce Squadron, US Army |
Private |
1894 |
13 December 1918 |
Thomas Henry Wilson |
Farmer |
1st Manitoba Regiment |
Private |
1890 |
8 October 1918 |
Walter Barron Wilton
[Crystal City, Next of Kin, Pharmacy, Portage] |
Commission Merchant |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
26 March 1877 |
21 August 1917 |
Thomas Veitch Wisdom MSM |
Machinist |
184th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
24 January 1888 |
26 May 1920 |
Daniel B. Walkof |
Carpenter |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
1893 |
29 September 1916 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
William Biehl |
78 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Aircraftsman |
? |
13 June 1944 |
John Samuel Cram
[Civil Service] |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
8 September 1916 |
7 September 1943 |
Jacob Derksen |
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry |
Private |
1923 |
8 March 1945 |
Oscar Anthony Dorval |
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Trooper |
1914 |
3 July 1943 |
Edward Endert |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Corporal |
29 May 1920 |
14 August 1944 |
Gordon Enns |
Westminster Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1911 |
24 September 1944 |
Cornelius J. “Neil” Funk
[Winkler] |
US Army Air Force |
Aviation Cadet |
27 May 1916 |
8 March 1944 |
Bernard Bernhard Gross |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1916 |
6 June 1944 |
Abram R. Hildebrand |
162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
1917 |
29 July 1944 |
John McNabb Kendall |
226 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
1922 |
23 December 1943 |
Gordon Fourest Klassen |
Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Leading Gunner |
1918 |
19 August 1942 |
George Cornelius Krahn |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
1920 |
13 June 1944 |
William Law |
Queenʼs Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1913 |
25 April 1943 |
David Earl Kitchener Lewis |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Aircraftsman |
1915 |
19 April 1945 |
James Lewis |
40 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Aircraftsman 2nd Class |
? |
14 April 1940 |
Leonard Victor Longney |
Princess Patriciaʼs Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1923 |
13 June 1944 |
Donald Alexander Lovett |
Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Sergeant |
15 March 1924 |
13 August 1944 |
Norman Andrew Lumgair |
408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
1922 |
15 March 1944 |
Allan David Monaghan |
57 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
1920 |
14 May 1943 |
Herbert Oddy |
Princess Patriciaʼs Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1921 |
27 July 1943 |
Reginald Frank Piercy |
429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
1910 |
25 February 1945 |
Clifford Clarence Reichert |
408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
1919 |
22 June 1943 |
Walter Rohatynski |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1919 |
4 July 1944 |
Joseph Moore Runner |
155 Squadron, Royal Canadian AIr Force |
Flight Sergeant |
1917 |
8 March 1942 |
Herman Stephen Schellenberg |
418 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
1915 |
21 November 1943 |
Samuel Silkey |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
2 May 1905 |
19 December 1941 |
Robert Sirluck |
76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Sergeant |
1922 |
1 March 1944 |
Walter Roy Schnell |
Princess Louise Fusiliers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Fusilier |
1924 |
30 July 1944 |
Ralph Ernest Spencer |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Sergeant |
1920 |
6 June 1944 |
William Joseph Steenson |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Warrant Officer |
1920 |
14 April 1944 |
Victor Allison Unrah |
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
1914 |
18 July 1944 |
Henry Wiebe |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1921 |
21 December 1941 |
Jacob Henry Wolfe |
Lincoln and Welland Regiment |
Corporal |
1921 |
8 March 1945 |
Isador Nicholas Yudell |
104 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Warrant Officer |
1916 |
6 January 1943 |
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).
1. McKone was reported wounded by the Winnipeg Tribune (1 May 1917 and 5 May 1917) in articles about 20 wounded Winnipeg soldiers but he was mistakenly reported to have been killed in August 1916. (A man named J. M. A. McKone was killed in August 1916.) Sydney McKone died in 1993 (obituary in Winnipeg Free Press, 6 December 1993) and was reported in the Brandon Sun (9 April 1987) and Winnipeg Free Press (9 April 1987) as having returned to the Vimy battlefield. Born in Morden, he moved to Winnipeg before the First World War.
“Legion social held on Wednesday popular,” The Morden Times, 29 October 1947, page 1.
“District war dead are honored at Remembrance Day services,” The Morden Times, 12 November 1947, page 1.
We thank Alex Billings, Les Allison, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 May 2023
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