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Cared for by the Transcona Royal Canadian Legion No. 7, the cenotaph was originally built and dedicated in October 1931, to commemorate Transcona community members who lost their lives in the First World War. A formal unveiling followed on Armistice Day (11 November) of that same year. The monument is comprised of British Columbia grey granite and was assembled by the Memorial and Tile Company (of Winnipeg) at a cost of around $1,500. Its original location was on Regent Avenue (now Regent Avenue West) at the intersection of Oxford Street (now Day Street). It was later relocated to Park Circle. Plaques honouring Second World War and Korean War casualties and recognizing peacekeepers were added. The cenotaph was renovated and rededicated in June 2001.
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
John Donald Aird DCM |
Locomotive Engineer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Corporal |
1892 |
26 October 1917 |
Harold Marland Andrews |
Clerk |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1889 |
8 September 1923 |
Alfred Annis
[108 Battalion] |
Police Constable |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
29 August 1886 |
2 September 1918 |
George Bell Austin |
Accountant |
31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
1887 |
24 September 1916 |
Walter Barugh |
Health Inspector |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1884 |
10 March 1915 |
Charles Ernest Cort Bashford |
Civil Engineer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
1885 |
25 May 1916 |
Thomas Beattie (Beatty) |
Clerk |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
31 October 1881 |
25 October 1916 |
Horace Carl Beken |
Electrician |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
1888 |
24 April 1915 |
John Berry |
Boilermaker |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1888 |
14 June 1916 |
William Murray Bower |
Millwright |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
17 October 1921 |
Charles Edmund Bradley |
Machinist |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1898 |
10 November 1917 |
George Cecil Shirley Brooks |
Machinist |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1899 |
10 August 1918 |
George Alexander Brown |
Carpenter |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1887 |
27 July 1917 |
Harold Lambert Buck MM |
Clerk |
2nd Signal Company, Canadian Engineers |
Sergeant |
1893 |
21 September 1918 |
Edmund Hall Buckley |
Machinist |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
1891 |
14 June 1916 |
John Buntain |
Machinist Apprentice |
7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sapper |
1895 |
28 August 1918 |
David Campbell |
Tenderman |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Sergeant |
1895 |
25 September 1916 |
Vincent Carroll
[108 Battalion] |
Foreman |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
2 September 1873 |
1 October 1918 |
John Cooper
[City Hall, Winnipeg Hydro] |
Electrician |
19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1892 |
9 April 1917 |
Royce Coleman Dyer DCM, MM |
Butcher |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Captain |
2 February 1889 |
30 December 1918 |
John Edwards |
Mechanic |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1890 |
16 April 1917 |
Alexander Elliott |
Bookkeeper |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1891 |
26 August 1918 |
James Ellis |
Locomotive Fireman |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1891 |
5 September 1917 |
George Esselmont |
Carpenter |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
10 August 1918 |
Donald Farquharson |
Crane Operator |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1886 |
6 November 1917 |
Edward Charles Ferg |
Locomotive |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1890 |
25 April 1915 |
William Henry Fessey
[108 Battalion] |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
21 November 1881 |
16 September 1917 |
Alexander Coull Gibb |
Teamster |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1892 |
28 April 1918 |
Alonzo Prebble Gordon |
Baker |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1879 |
20 January 1918 |
Wilfred Langford Green |
Steam Fitter |
3rd Field Company, Canadian Engineers |
Sapper |
24 October 1884 |
1920 |
Angus Gunn |
Painter |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
1875 |
19 February 1917 |
James William Harvey |
Grain Inspector |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1890 |
21 September 1916 |
William Heron |
Clerk |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
4 October 1916 |
John Riversdale Warren Herrick |
Store Manager |
3rd Battalion, 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles, attd. 11th Gurkha Rifles |
Captain |
22 May 1893 |
24 October 1920 |
Herbert “Harry” Higgins
[Armoury, Rivers] |
Locomotive Fireman |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
10 November 1889 |
5 June 1916 |
Thomas Hines |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1885 |
25 September 1916 |
Walter Leonard Holland
[Next of Kin] |
Blacksmith |
10th Field Company, Canadian Engineers |
Sapper |
25 May 1893 |
23 November 1916 |
Edward Hynes
[108 Battalion] |
Stripper |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
16 June 1878 |
16 September 1917 |
James Fingland Hyslop |
Rancher |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1887 |
18 March 1916 |
Harry Jenkins |
Carpenter |
1st Brigade HQ, Canadian Engineers |
Sapper |
1889 |
5 March 1919 |
Frank John Johnson |
Car Repairer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
30 December 1918 |
Pierce Edward Jones |
Car Repair |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
1890 |
26 September 1916 |
Austin B. Keens |
Lumberman |
15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
11 December 1891 |
28 April 1916 |
Ernest Henry King |
Police Constable |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1886 |
4 October 1916 |
Samuel Wilkins Kipping |
Carpenter |
3rd Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps |
Private |
1887 |
12 November 1917 |
William Law
[Next of Kin] |
Blue Printer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
15 August 1884 |
8 October 1916 |
David Linklater |
Carpenter |
Royal Navy Reserve |
Seaman |
1890 |
31 July 1917 |
William Lisoway |
Farming |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
16 April 1917 |
Alfred Lowden |
Tinsmith |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1889 |
30 April 1917 |
George William MacKay |
Labourer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
23 October 1888 |
30 July 1916 |
Samuel Parnell Marsh |
Farm Hand |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1898 |
9 August 1918 |
Cyril Augustine McAllister
[108 Battalion] |
Draughtsman |
19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
19 January 1884 |
9 March 1918 |
Patrick McGillivray |
Machinist |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1887 |
8 October 1916 |
Angus MacKinven |
Clerk |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1888 |
20 October 1916 |
Michael McPherson |
Labourer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1886 |
8 August 1918 |
Ethelbert William Mickleburgh |
Machinist |
1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Canadian Dragoons |
Private |
1890 |
8 June 1916 |
William Duncan Millican |
Civil Engineer |
10th Field Company, Canadian Engineers |
Sergeant |
1875 |
28 August 1916 |
Donald Munro |
Farmer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Sergeant |
1891 |
9 October 1916 |
Mike Parazinski
[108 Battalion] |
Labourer |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
20 December 1896 |
2 May 1917 |
William Pettitt |
Steel Worker |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
29 March 1890 |
4 November 1917 |
Joseph Poirier |
Machinist |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1898 |
29 September 1918 |
Philias Poirier |
Brakeman |
26th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1890 |
2 February 1916 |
Frank Timothy Quinlan |
Superintendent of Works |
5th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops |
Lieutenant |
1889 |
29 September 1917 |
Donald Hugh Rankine |
Tenderman |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1883 |
8 October 1916 |
Harold James Rees |
Storekeeper |
6th Division, Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Corporal |
9 April 1889 |
4 October 1918 |
Thomas William Roberts
[Rivers, Rivers Methodist] |
Carpenter’s Apprentice |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
7 January 1898 |
28 October 1917 |
William Edmund Roberts |
Teacher |
43 Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1891 |
6 June 1916 |
John Jamieson Robson |
? |
6th Gordon Highlanders, British Army |
Private |
? |
13 November 1916 |
George Ryan
[108 Battalion] |
Watchman |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
20 December 1882 |
5 March 1918 |
Edward John Schafer |
Locomotive Engineer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1890 |
28 September 1916 |
Frank Wallis Smith |
Chauffeur |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1879 |
26 September 1916 |
Henry Swithinbank |
Locomotive Engineer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1887 |
5 June 1916 |
Norman Douglas Tatton |
Sailor |
87th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1882 |
9 April 1917 |
Edward Trenham |
Lumbeyard Foreman |
2nd Field Company, Canadian Engineers |
Sapper |
1887 |
3 May 1917 |
Reginald Guy Walker |
Car Inspector |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1888 |
3 June 1917 |
Daniel David Walwin Webster |
Bank Clerk |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
1 December 1916 |
Oscar Thomas White |
Signwriter |
4th Canadian Division HQ, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
1892 |
21 October 1916 |
John Pinder Willacy
[108 Battalion] |
Machinist |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1 July 1894 |
8 August 1918 |
Richard Williams |
Car Repairer |
10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1883 |
25 September 1916 |
Scott Wilkinson |
Bridgeman |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1882 |
1 November 1916 |
Alexander Wood Youngson |
Engineer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Sergeant |
1890 |
21 September 1916 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
John Frederick Edward Andrews |
144 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
28 March 1915 |
13 June 1940 |
Bertram Edwin “Bert” Atwood |
12 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
28 January 1916 |
13 January 1943 |
Arthur John “Jack” Bate |
101 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
2 August 1923 |
6 November 1944 |
Joseph Belanger |
1st Canadian Special Service Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Sergeant |
15 February 1919 |
16 September 1944 |
Henry Westbrook Blackwell |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Sergeant |
24 November 1913 |
26 November 1941 |
Lawson Dillabough |
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
22 November 1916 |
17 December 1944 |
Roger Joseph Firman |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Corporal |
22 September 1920 |
8 June 1944 |
Austin Gordon Gamsby
[Regents Park United, Transcona Memorial United Church] |
405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
10 December 1913 |
16 June 1944 |
Roy Stanley Greengrass |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
7 April 1905 |
10 March 1943 |
Allen Haigh |
12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Lieutenant |
3 April 1905 |
18 September 1945 |
Leslie Ernest Hurst |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Sergeant |
6 December 1914 |
19 August 1942 |
Joseph Neil Johnston |
HMCS Skeena, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Able Seaman |
14 February 1922 |
25 October 1944 |
Alfred Kirby |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Observer |
5 August 1921 |
9 August 1942 |
Joseph Armand Larche |
425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
16 April 1918 |
11 November 1942 |
Antoni Lopuck |
HMCS St. Croix, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Leading Stoker |
10 June 1913 |
20 September 1943 |
Duncan Ross MacMillan |
HMCS Avalon, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve |
Sick Berth Attendant |
21 August 1915 |
12 December 1942 |
Harry Magas |
Regina Rifle Regiment |
Rifleman |
15 December 1923 |
6 July 1944 |
Joseph Leo Paul Marcotte |
HMCS Fraser, Royal Canadian Navy |
Able Seaman |
23 December 1904 |
25 June 1940 |
Ralph C. Maxwell |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
15 January 1921 |
19 December 1941 |
William Alexander McCann |
115 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
11 October 1921 |
28 June 1942 |
George McDougall |
106 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
19 September 1923 |
10 May 1944 |
Hryhory “Harry” Moroz |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
1 December 1917 |
22 March 1944 |
Michael “Mike” Moroz |
18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Trooper |
3 January 1916 |
9 August 1944 |
John Robert Muir |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
11 January 1921 |
14 December 1943 |
Ronald Keith Phillips |
HMCS Valleyfield, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve |
Ordinary Seaman |
8 August 1925 |
7 May 1944 |
Leo Joseph Regimbal |
7 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
20 March 1915 |
13 July 1942 |
George Douglas Robinson DFC |
409 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant Navigator |
6 May 1918 |
26 December 1944 |
James Gordon Wilson Savage
[St. Andrews Presbyterian] |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Captain |
30 March 1905 |
28 November 1944 |
Ernest Frank Stammers |
115 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
3 July 1921 |
6 December 1942 |
Joseph Arthur William Sutherland |
420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
26 September 1922 |
25 July 1944 |
Elliott L. Swanton |
Cape Breton Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
1 September 1921 |
13 September 1944 |
Joseph Octave Arthur Remi Tetrault |
425 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
1 October 1917 |
23 May 1944 |
George Turcotte |
The Royal Canadian Regiment |
Private |
9 January 1924 |
16 January 1944 |
Alan Thomas Turner |
HMCS Alberni, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve |
Able Seaman |
25 May 1924 |
21 August 1944 |
Victor Lewis Valde |
415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Pilot Officer |
20 September 1924 |
2 November 1944 |
Stuart Frederick Walters |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Aircraftman 2nd Class |
29 November 1912 |
13 January 1941 |
Tom Huntington Widlake |
Ontario Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Trooper |
27 February 1918 |
24 June 1944 |
Albert Alfred Wylie |
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Corporal |
2 June 1914 |
28 January 1944 |
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).
“War memorial to be erected at Transcona,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 September 1931, page 3.
“Transcona war memorial to be dedicated,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 September 1931, page 3.
“Transcona prepares for erection of war memorial,” Manitoba Free Press, 6 October 1931, page 8.
“Site for memorial at Transcona chosen,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 October 1931, page 10.
“Transcona citizens unveil fine memorial to war dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 November 1931, page 3.
We thank the Transcona Museum, Transcona Legion, Stephen McKendry-Smith, Ian Stewart, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Darryl Toews, and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 21 May 2023
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