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A monument on the grounds of the Rural Municipality of Ritchot office in St. Adolphe was erected to commemorate local persons who were killed during military service.
Photos & Coordinates
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Damien Alary
[Binscarth, Russell, St. Lazare] |
Farmer |
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
25 July 1895 |
21 August 1917 |
George William Barrett
[Niverville] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
6 April 1889 |
15 August 1917 |
William Dupuis
[St. Claude] |
Farmer |
22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
9 March 1881 |
16 August 1918 |
George French
[Niverville] |
Brakesman |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
2 October 1894 |
27 August 1918 |
William McVicar Grant
[Next of Kin, Niverville] |
Private |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
4 July 1882 |
9 April 1917 |
Cecil Albert Harrison |
Rancher |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Corporal |
7 June 1896 |
15 September 1916 |
David Lacroix |
Labourer |
22nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
12 October 1896 |
17 August 1917 |
Robert Grant “Putts” McVicar MM
[Next of Kin, Westminster] |
Clerk |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
1 January 1895 |
23 December 1917 |
Harold Lyttleton Tayler |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
12 August 1895 |
10 November 1917 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Peter Murray Anderson DFC
[Domain, Morris] |
207 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant |
8 April 1922 |
11 April 1945 |
Walter Jack Bigurski |
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
28 June 1922 |
3 January 1944 |
William Richardson Bower
[Domain, Morris] |
14 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
7 March 1911 |
23 November 1942 |
Harry Kenny Cox
[Domain, Morris] |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Sergeant |
4 March 1923 |
2 July 1942 |
James Richard Waclaw de Rzonca |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Sergeant |
29 August 1921 |
16 April 1942 |
Thomas Leopold Philip Paul Delorme |
245 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Sergeant |
29 January 1922 |
23 February 1942 |
William Keveriga |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
27 September 1916 |
15 September 1944 |
Christopher Frederick Bud McRae |
75 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Sergeant |
1 October 1917 |
23 September 1943 |
William Gordon McRae |
354 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant |
15 June 1915 |
26 March 1945 |
Aime Pierre Trudeau |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Rifleman |
29 June 1917 |
16 February 1945 |
Frederick Vere Webb
[Niverville] |
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
10 May 1916 |
16 September 1943 |
Frank Woytowich |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
9 October 1917 |
25 December 1941 |
Post-War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
J. E. Paul Gratton |
Canadian Armed Forces |
Corporal |
? |
9 May 1970 |
Gilbert Lemoine |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Leading Aircraftman |
1940 |
1965 |
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).
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 July 2019
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