Historic Sites of Manitoba: Roseisle War Memorial (Roseisle, RM of Dufferin)

A monument at Roseisle, in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin, commemorates soldiers from the local area who served in the First World War, Second World War, and Korean War. Those killed during the First World War are marked with stars.

Roseisle War Memorial (August 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Roseisle War Memorial (May 2021) Source: George Penner Roseisle War Memorial (September 2022) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.49941, W98.34413 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Harrison Cleveland Ager	Railway Fireman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	21 August 1917
William Campbell [Rathwell]	Farmer	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 December 1895	12 September 1918
Arthur Oswold Cook	Farmer	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	1889	5 February 1917
Lawrence Roy Green	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1892	11 June 1917
Royden Percival Patton	Clerk	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1886	12 October 1918
Thomas H. Ritchie	Ironworker	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1895	6 November 1917
Iver Bernhardt Werseen	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1894	9 April 1917
David Wilson	Tinsmith	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1896	17 July 1915

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 Ina Bramadat, Darryl Toews, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 October 2022

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