Historic Sites of Manitoba: Reston War Memorial (Reston, RM of Pipestone)

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This monument in the Reston Memorial Park, at Reston in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, was erected to commemorate soldiers from the local area killed during military service. It was unveiled on 30 June 1922 by Lieutenant Governor James Albert Manning Aikins.

Reston War Memorial (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55623, W101.08927 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Thomas James Bond [St. Mary]	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 July 1885	2 September 1918
Adam Wilson Duff	Plumber / Farmer	107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers	?	1890	25 October 1917
A. Elliott	?	?	?	?	?
Percy Evans	Moulder	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 December 1893	15 August 1918
Wilfred John Evans [Melita]	Student	Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	9 September 1894	15 September 1916
Alexander Gordon	Farmer	3rd Battalion, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	1 December 1889	8 August 1918
Thomas Wilson Guthrie	Farmer	1st Division, Canadian Infantry	?	1892	4 October 1918
Reginald Hunt	Clerk (Salesman)	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 March 1890	8 October 1916
T. Johnston	?	?	?	?	?
Albert George Kelly	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 November 1879	15 September 1916
Albert Edward Matthews	Carpenter	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1883	18 May 1915
D. McCormick	?	?	?	?	?
Rupert Elswood MacCready	Farmer	1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Private	3 September 1897	1 October 1918
John Albert Napier	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	?	1891	15 September 1916
A. Newbury	?	?	?	?	?
John Hamilton Ready	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1889	21 October 1918
James Alfred Reid	Farmer	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	19 October 1884	16 August 1918
Charles Milton Stewart	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lieutenant	29 January 1888	9 April 1917
G. Smith	?	?	?	?	?
J. Strath	?	?	?	?	?
George Stephen Whittaker [Law Society]	Law Student, Stenographer & Telephone Operator	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	10 December 1883	24 October 1918
Andrew Whytock	Labourer	102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	1876	20 October 1916
Frederick Leo Wonnacott	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 November 1892	5 February 1916

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
George Alexander Birnie	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1924	15 August 1944
Melvyn Hamilton Brandon	418 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1915	1 April 1942
David Ellis Brownlee	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1921	28 August 1942
Earl Kitchener Bulloch	467 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1916	12 September 1944
Andrew Glen Caldwell	429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1924	6 March 1945
Arthur Kingsley Farnie	415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1921	2 July 1942
John Forman	75 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1920	6 October 1942
Archibald John Guthrie	9 Squadron, Royal Air Force	Squadron Leader	13 December 1911	18 December 1939
Eric Albert Holton	15th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Sergeant	1921	9 September 1944
Ernest William Horner	Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Private	1919	13 September 1942
Alexander McKay	Saskatoon Light Infantry	Lieutenant	13 June 1909	20 September 1944
Kenneth Cameron McMurchy	424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1925	15 February 1945
William Mennie	9th Armoured Regiment, British Columbia Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Sergeant	1916	1 June 1945
Theodore Olenick	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1925	21 April 1945
Robert Franklin Ready	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1920	29 June 1943
William Alan Robertson [Gladstone]	405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	15 August 1915	5 January 1942
Edwin Earle Smith	159 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Officer	1915	12 August 1943

Sources:

Trails Along the Pipestone by Pipestone History Project, 1981, page 418.

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 Sharon Simms for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 5 May 2022

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