Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riding Mountain War Memorial (Riding Mountain, RM of Rosedale)

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First World War | Second World War | Other | Sources

A monument in Riding Mountain in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed in the First World War and Second World War.

Riding Mountain War Memorial

Riding Mountain War Memorial (August 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Riding Mountain War Memorial

Riding Mountain War Memorial (May 2019)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.53178, W99.46836
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Fred Baker

?

?

?

?

?

Ben Brinnen

?

?

?

?

?

William Crossland
[Neepawa]

Labourer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1886

15 September 1916

Carman Henry Gardiner
[Kelwood, Neepawa]

Farmhand

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 May 1898

28 April 1917

John Frederick Green
[Neepawa]

Teamster

29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 September 1887

28 September 1915

George Edward Thomas
[Neepawa]

Farmer

1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

1892

10 August 1918

Edward Walker
[Neepawa]

Labourer

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1885

2 June 1916

Joseph Willerton
[Neepawa]

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1895

9 April 1917

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Roy Lomax Kirk

Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

?

c1920

14 July 1945

William Murray Majury

Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

?

c1924

5 October 1944

Norman Lawrence Steele

Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

?

c1914

27 October 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riding Mountain War Memorial (Wasagaming, Riding Mountain National Park)

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 George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 22 December 2021

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