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Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Evan Babbs

Shoemaker

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

24 May 1878

16 July 1919

Gunnar Jonas Backlund

Pressman

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 December 1891

9 April 1917

Arthur Frederick Bagg

Farmer & School Teacher

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

8 August 1898

9 April 1918

Gerald Walton Bailey

School teacher

Royal Air Force

2nd Lieutenant

18 March 1897

1 September 1918

Andrew Stuart Baird
[Augustine, Law Society, Manitoba College]

Barrister

14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

31 December 1891

8 August 1918

John Robertson Baird
[Augustine Presbyterian, Blue Ribbon Tea, Canadian Club]

Bookkeeper

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

2 February 1891

5 June 1916

James Geddes Baird-Smith

Chartered Accountant

24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

Private

1886

5 February 1916

Frank Bairstow

Steamfitter

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

3 January 1880

10 April 1917

Miriam Eastman Baker

Nurse

15 General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps

N/S

20 August 1886

17 October 1918

James Henry Baker

Bricklayer

1st Canadian Railway Troops

Sapper

13 November 1871

25 September 1918

William Baldwin

Teamster

31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

25 August 1889

3 May 1917

Albert Ransome Ball
[Allan Killam & McKay, St. Lukes Anglican]

Insurance Broker

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

21 April 1891

29 April 1915

Edwin Vere Ball
[Electric Railway]

Motorman

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

26 August 1879

9 April 1917

Oswald Ballendine
[St. Johns]

Lather

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

9 August 1887

2 September 1918

William Banks

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 March 1890

2 September 1918

Murray M. Bann

Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

16 August 1892

25 October 1916

Roderick Alexander Bannatyne
[Kelvin]

Undergraduate in Arts

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 January 1897

9 April 1917

Gordon Newton Barbour

Druggist

52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

15 August 1898

14 November 1917

John Taylor Barker

Plumber

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

12 April 1885

19 April 1916

Henry Lewis Barlow

Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Sergeant

9 May 1893

19 November 1916

Amber Randall Barnard

Clerk

3rd Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery

Sig

23 July 1898

21 May 1920

Arthur John Barnes
[Assiniboia, Eatons, St. Matthew's Anglican]

Nightwatchman

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 May 1886

30 December 1916

John Henry Barnes MC & Bar

Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

22 June 1895

2 November 1918

Frederick Gerald Barnes
[Agricultural College]

Student

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

2 December 1892

1 October 1916

Thomas Samuel Barr

Teamster

107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 August 1886

5 May 1917

Cecil Roy Barrett MC
[Bank of Montreal]

Bank Clerk

113th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Second Lieutenant

30 May 1891

25 June 1917

F. Barstow

?

?

Private

?

?

Alexander Batchelor

Clerk

3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Coprs

Corporal

1 March 1896

30 September 1918

Frank Harris Bates

Farmer

44th Battalion Canadian Infantry

Private

19 July 1887

7 May 1917

George William Battershill
[St Johns]

Clerk

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Private

10 March 1894

17 April 1917

Alexander Bawden

Carpenter

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Major

18 May 1884

15 August 1917

David Leland Bawlf

Student

203rd Squadron, Royal Air Force

Lieutenant

28 June 1898

21 April 1918

Ernest Walter Baxter

Indoor Servant

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

28 April 1889

31 October 1916

Charles Robert Baxter

Brakeman

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

20 March 1894

7 November 1915

Stanley Swithin Bayles MM

Travelling Salesman

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lieutenant

15 August 1892

13 September 1918

Lewis MacKenzie Bean
[Bank of Commerce]

Clerk

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

29 December 1892

23 April 1915

John Wesley Bears
[St. Johns, St. Giles]

Bookkeeper

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

30 December 1892

27 October 1916

Robert Beath

Messenger

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

15 August 1895

4 September 1918

George Gilbert Beatson
[Norwood Methodist]

Assistant Purchasing Agent

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Private

12 August 1889

2 June 1916

Henry Beaudry

Grocery Clerk

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 August 1895

12 April 1917

John Maxwell Beckett

Agent

3rd Canadian Division Signal Company, Canadian Signal Corps

Lieutenant

2 March 1888

21 October 1917

William James Beetham

Marine Engineer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

16 September 1883

10 October 1918

Horace Carl Beken

Electrician

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

11 February 1888

24 April 1915

William Winten Beker

Lineman

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 September 1881

8 October 1916

Charles Stuart Belcher MC

Insurance Agent

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Major

3 February 1891

11 May 1917

Leslie Kenneth Belcher MC

Clerk

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Capt

16 August 1895

29 September 1918

Joseph William Bell
[Electric Railway]

Laborer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

9 April 1884

27 September 1918

Thomas Albert Ernest Bell

Checker

12th Canadian Railway Troops

Private

23 February 1880

8 December 1920

Trevor S. Bell
[Kelvin]

Customs Broker

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

14 February 1895

15 September 1916

Richard Stacpool Wynyard Bellhouse
[Cypress River, Engineering, St. Lukes Anglican]

Building Superintendent

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

13 October 1891

31 March 1916

Stanley Carleton Belyea

Clerk

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

24 April 1894

11 October 1918

William Whitford Benny

Druggist

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Lieutenant

15 April 1881

30 October 1918

John Berry

Boiler Maker

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 September 1888

14 June 1916

Roy Thomas Berryhill (Mitchell)

Cook

14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 July 1889

26 September 1916

Walter Clifford Bertram
[Post Office]

Postal Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

16 October 1888

27 September 1918

Alfred William Bevan

?

10th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

Private

?

9 August 1916

Sydney James Bevan
[Westminster]

Homesteader

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

28 January 1891

9 April 1917

Herbert Bickerdike

Clerk & Stenographer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

23 April 1889

6 November 1917

Thomas Howard Billman

Student

203rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 February 1899

5 August 1919

Geoge Binnie

Mail Courier

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

30 March 1892

3 May 1917

Camiel Bintien

Farm Laborer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

21 April 1897

2 September 1918

Charles Birch
[Emerson]

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

15 January 1898

29 May 1917

Fred Birchenall
[Electric Railway]

Street Railway Conductor

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

8 December 1883

8 October 1916

Parkyn Sydney Bishop
[Eatons, Fort Rouge Methodist, 108 Battalion]

Transportation

1st Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

2nd Lieutenant

1892

30 November 1917

Peter William Bissett
[Augustine, Kelvin, Wesley College]

Student

1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

29 June 1896

14 July 1916

Thorarin Bjornson
[108 Battalion]

Barber

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 May 1876

16 August 1917

Walter Douglas Baker

Carpenter

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

24 November 1891

3 May 1917

Albert Ferguson Blackie

Clerk (Hudson's Bay Company)

16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry

Captain

1880

17 April 1917

Alfred Ernest Blackmore

Farmer

16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry

Private

19 October 1873

4 September 1916

Roland Blades

Clerk

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 March 1894

19 October 1915

Kenneth Campbell “Casey” Blair
[Engineering]

Engineering student (University of Manitoba)

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

2 October 1888

17 January 1916

George Blake

Teamster

Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Private

17 July 1874

8 October 1915

Ernest Blenkin

Laborer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 June 1890

26 October 1917

Frank Boal

Plumber

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

12 June 1883

15 August 1918

Charles Boening

Labourer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

14 May 1892

11 April 1918

William Otway Boger DFC
[Armoury]

RMC Cadet

56th Squadron, Royal Air Force

Capt

19 June 1895

10 August 1918

James Bolton

Baker

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

12 December 1892

28 September 1918

George Ernest Bolton

Printer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

4 June 1894

9 October 1916

William Edward Bolton

Printer

13th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Corporal

4 April 1896

2 November 1917

David Scott Borthwick
[Law Society, Morden]

Law Student

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lieutenant

January 28, 1891

2 June 1916

Frank Boult
[St. Philip’s Anglican]

Draftsman

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

8 February 1884

9 April 1917

Marcellin Eustache Bourque

Clerk

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

28 February 1882

17 February 1917

Frederick Percival Bousfield

Carpenter

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

8 March 1896

7 June 1916

George Bowie

Shipping Clerk

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 March 1889

2 November 1918

R. Walter Bowley

Driver

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

21 June 1885

9 April 1917

Stanley Horace Bown

Teamster

2nd Division Train, Canadian Army Service Corps

Private

7 January 1895

30 April 1916

Charles Thurston Bowring
[Canadian Club, St. Lukes Anglican]

Grain Merchant

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

2 September 1881

29 December 1916

John Bowton

Carpenter

5th Field Company, Canadian Engineers

Sapper

9 December 1881

11 August 1918

Albert Boyce

Builder

7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 November 1877

24 April 1915

Hugh Francis Boyle

Machinist

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

22 January 1895

19 April 1917

Thomas Edward Boyle
[St. Giles]

Printer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 November 1895

21 December 1916

Charles Edmund Bradley

Machinist

8th Battalion, Canadian Infanry

Private

6 March 1898

10 November 1917

John Percy Bradley
[Bank of Toronto, Maryland Methodist, Vimy Ridge]

Bank Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

31 August 1893

26 June 1917

Stephen Goddard Bradley

Sheet Metal Worker

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 November 1898

26 September 1916

Robert Oliver Bradshaw

Carpenter

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

29 June 1880

11 August 1916

John Brady

Electrician

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

24 January 1893

25 April 1915

Charles Brames

Hotel Porter

Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Regiment)

Private

22 October 1889

30 March 1918

William Brandon

Boxmaker

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

15 May 1894

4 April 1916

Charles Edgar Atheling “Dykes” Bredin DSO
[Edrans, Portage, Sidney]

Farmer

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Major

13 August 1876

18 November 1917

John Wlliam Brenchley

Telephone Lineman

?

Sapper

19 March 1881

?

James Brett

Salesman

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

30 October 1896

11 August 1918

Fred Willard Bridgman
[Wesley College]

Student

102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

7 September 1895

22 October 1916

Thomas Lewis Briggs
[Killarney, Killarney School, Wesley College]

Student

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 July 1895

2 October 1916

Clarence Bright
[Wesley College]

Law Student

1st Division M.T. Company, Canadian Army Service Corps

Lieutenant

6 September 1892

18 November 1918

Frank Telford Brindell
[Knox Presbyterian, Portage]

Stenographer

85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

22 January 1897

2 September 1918

James Basil Fean Broadbelt
[St. Johns]

Civil Engineer

2nd Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

23 November 1883

3 June 1916

Ernest Broadhurst

Metallurgery

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

25 August 1897

31 December 1916

Sherman Brock CdeG

Lineman

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 August 1889

27 August 1918

Arnold Brookes

Farm Laborer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

6 April 1890

9 August 1918

Andrew Dalgleish Brown
[Central Congregational, Norwood Presbyterian]

Clerk

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

23 December 1896

20 October 1918

Benjamin Harold Brown

Painter

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

18 March 1874

3 April 1917

Bertie William Brown

Carpenter

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 April 1888

11 August 1918

David Hugh Brown
[Crandall, Miniota]

Well Driller

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 April 1889

6 April 1918

Edwin Brown
[Assiniboia]

Teamster

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

20 December 1889

15 August 1917

Ernest Robert Stuart Brown
[St. Lukes Anglican]

Accountant

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

27 May 1888

6 November 1917

George Brown
[Assiniboia]

Painter

10th Battalion, Canadian Garrison Regiment

Private

17 February 1890

29 October 1918

Joseph Alexander Brown
[St. Mary's Road United]

Accountant’s Clerk

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

13 August 1881

30 October 1917

Ralph Russell James Brown
[Law Society, Masonic, Wesley College, Westminster]

Student at Law

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Major

21 November 1875

31 October 1917

William John Brown DCM
[Assiniboia]

Clerk

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

22 June 1886

26 September 1916

John Alexander Brownlie

Farmer

Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Private

10 November 1890

9 October 1918

George Albert Bruce

Printer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

31 July 1888

15 August 1917

Gilbert Brunton MM
[Kelvin]

Shipping Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

6 November 1898

15 November 1917

Gregory Bryan
[Bank of Montreal]

Bank Clerk

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 February 1895

15 September 1916

George Walker Buchan

Car Repairer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

28 January 1892

31 March 1917

Harry Buck
[St. Thomas Anglican Weston]

Fitters Helper

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

15 December 1880

9 October 1916

William Budge

Teamster

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

21 January 1888

31 October 1917

Reginald Edward Burch
[Canadian Club]

Insurance Manager

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

26 February 1873

30 October 1917

Frederick Thomas Burgess

Storer

Canadian Infantry

Private

26 March 1879

24 March 1918

Ivor John Burgess
[St. Lukes Anglican]

Clerk

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

16 April 1892

25 September 1916

John Thomas Burgess

Painter

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

29 March 1884

5 March 1915

Clement Scott Burnett

Bookkeeper

52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

13 September 1897

17 August 1918

George Washington Burnett

Accountant

The Fort Garry Horse

Private

21 May 1894

24 September 1918

Henry Burns
[St. Thomas Anglican Weston]

Painter

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 December 1884

22 May 1915

James Burns

Butcher

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

9 January 1887

8 October 1916

J. D. Burns

?

?

Private

?

?

William Frank Burns

Clerk

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

20 August 1897

15 September 1916

Clifford George Burrows MM

Grocer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

February 1898

27 September 1918

Frederick Harold Burrows

Packer

9th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

3 April 1896

14 April 1917

Maxwell Burton

Car Repairer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

8 June 1880

7 April 1917

William Burton

Laborer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

C QMS

18 February 1878

20 November 1916

Thomas Johnstone Logie Butchart
[Fort Rouge Methodist, Minnedosa, Vimy Ridge, Wesley College]

Student (Wesley College)

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

30 April 1897

20 June 1917

George W. Butler

Lineman

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 January 1891

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 Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 16 December 2023

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