Historic Sites of Manitoba: Nesbitt Honour Roll (Nesbitt, Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)

An honour roll in the Nesbitt Community Hall, on Chesley Street in Nesbitt in the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, commemorates people from the local area who served in the military during the First World War.

Nesbitt Honour Roll (November 2022) Source: Norma Will Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.60065, W99.86161 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arnold Edward Davies [Wawanesa Hospital]	Farmer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	26 October 1887	16 September 1917
Henry (Harry) Reynolds Dawson [Wawanesa Hospital]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 September 1897	5 June 1916
John Thompson Fisher [Berbank, Next of Kin, Norwood Methodist, Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital, Wesley College]	Student	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	25 December 1890	30 August 1917
Joseph Henry Hardwick [Berbank, Wawanesa Hospital]	Farmer	5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Acting Bombardier	14 October 1893	13 April 1917
Orton Wilfred Harrison	Fireman	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 March 1892	11 November 1917
Gordon Livingston [Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	15 September 1895	26 July 1917
Henry Lyle Martin [Berbank, Wawanesa Hospital]	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 April 1890	22 November 1918
Robert Milroy [Wawanesa Hospital]	Farm Labour	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 March 1905	15 September 1916
Cecil Edmund Minary [Berbank, Wawanesa Hospital]	Farmer	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 July 1895	28 August 1918
James Nelson Pound [Brandon Armoury, Wawanesa Hospital]	Farm Laborer	85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 April 1876	30 March 1918
Frank Skuce [Wawanesa Hospital]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	23 May 1897	4 November 1918
Thomas Wightman [Wawanesa, Wawanesa Hospital]	Farmer	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 October 1892	9 April 1917

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 Norma Will for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 November 2022

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