Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sanford War Memorial (Sanford, RM of Macdonald)

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A stone monument at Sanford, in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, commemorates soldiers from the local area killed during military service during the First World War and Second World War.

Sanford War Memorial (September 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Sanford War Memorial (November 2022) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.68012, W97.44808 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Robert Addison	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 October 1878	25 October 1916
Percy Harry Blanks	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 November 1895	27 September 1918
Urith George Bernard “Barney” Curtain	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 December 1896	9 May 1917
Charles Toyne Elmhirst	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	31 March 1896	27 March 1917
John Warren Evans	Salesman	2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	9 February 1888	23 July 1916
Joseph Delbert Graham	Gasoline Engineer	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	20 March 1896	17 October 1918
Robert Jenkinson	Farmer	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 November 1892	8 October 1916
Llewelyn Jones	Farmer	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	11 June 1883	11 May 1917
Alfred Wright Martin	Farm Hand	3rd Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	4 June 1895	16 October 1917
John Millar	?	?	?	?	?
James Sewell Moffat	Farmer	The Royal Canadian Regiment	Private	1 October 1893	28 December 1918
Robert John Moffat	Monotype Operator	46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 November 1891	10 April 1917
Ethelbert Howard Nugent	Farmer & Chauffeur	Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	2 January 1898	19 July 1919

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Carl Donald Johnston	525 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	7 April 1916	6 March 1944
James Alexander Mawson	Royal Canadian Air Force	Flight Sergeant	1920	21 August 1943
William John Miller	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1917	26 August 1943
Arthur Anthony Moors	Royal Canadian Air Force	Sergeant	1922	8 April 1943
Gifford W. Sedgwick	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Rifleman	1917	18 October 1944
Stanley Ernest Zadorozny	432 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1923	18 December 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).

We thank Tim Worth and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 14 November 2022

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