Historic Sites of Manitoba: Shilo Sundial Memorial (CFB Shilo, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford)

This sundial at Canadian Forces Base Shilo, in the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, was erected as a memorial for 17 soldiers of the Second Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, who died enroute to Fort Lewis, Washington in one of Canada’s worst railway collisions, at Canoe River, British Columbia on 21 November 1950.

Shilo Sundial Memorial (August 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.80610, W99.64361 denoted by symbol on the map above

Names on the Monument

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Arden Joseph Atchison	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	15 May 1926	21 November 1950
Weldon Eugene Barkhouse	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	12 June 1928	21 November 1950
Norman William Carroll	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	?	21 November 1950
Frederick William Conway	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	4 November 1925	21 November 1950
Robert Arthur Craig	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	28 August 1928	21 November 1950
Austin Emery George	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	4 December 1920	21 November 1950
Urbain Joseph Levesque	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	8 June 1920	21 November 1950
Robert William Manley	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	5 May 1931	21 November 1950
Basil Patrick McKeown	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	2 April 1931	21 November 1950
Albert William Orr	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	15 February 1920	21 November 1950
David Owens	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	13 March 1931	9 December 1950
Leslie Albert Snow	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	15 September 1924	21 November 1950
Albert George Stroud	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	5 August 1928	21 November 1950
Joseph Thistle	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Gunner	20 August 1905	21 November 1950
James Milo Wenkert	Royal Canadian Artillery	Bombardier	21 October 1928	21 November 1950
James Joseph White	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	11 May 1927	21 November 1950
William David Wright	Royal Canadian Artillery	Gunner	5 September 1930	21 November 1950

Sources:

“Death toll rises to 20: 12 soldiers known dead; 61 hurt in train crash,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 November 1950, page 1.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 February 2021

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