Link to:
First World War | Second World War | Other | Sources
Built between 1845 and 1849, the building was designed by Archdeacon William Cockran to serve the local community of retired Hudson’s Bay Company personnel and English mixed bloods. Cockran was instrumental in the establishment of the Anglican Church in Manitoba. Much of the stonework was done by Duncan McRae, a mason responsible for the construction of many of the best stone buildings from this early settlement period.
The church’s history and architecture have been recognized both by the Dominion of Canada and by the Province of Manitoba. In 1970 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada concluded that “St. Andrew’s Church is of national architectural and historical importance” and a plaque was unveiled at a special service in 1974.
The adjacent cemetery is the final resting place of many HBC officers and a number of the early settlers in the area, including Captain William Kennedy. Some of the older burials are located to the south-east of the church. A stone arch near the church lists the names of those killed during military service during the First World War. It was dedicated at a ceremony on 12 November 1922. Among the other noteworthy people buried in the cemetery are William Cockran, Isaac Cowie, E. H. G. G. Hay, and William Kennedy.
Photos & Coordinates

St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (July 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (January 2018)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Aerial view of St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (June 2021)
Source: George Penner

Aerial view of St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (June 2021)
Source: George Penner

Interior of St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (August 2015)
Source: George Penner

Military commemorative arch at the St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church (July 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.06666, W96.97618 denoted by symbol on the map above
|
First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
David Anderson |
Farmer |
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry |
Private |
1893 |
15 September 1916 |
James Anderson |
Farmer |
Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
8 December 1918 |
Alexander Atkinson
[Portage, St. Mark’s, Selkirk] |
Farmer |
28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
21 April 1873 |
6 June 1916 |
Sidney David Atkinson
[Portage, St. Mark’s, Selkirk] |
Carpenter |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
1895 |
5 June 1916 |
Hugh Ballantyne |
Labourer |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
3 May 1917 |
Walter L. L. Ballantine
[Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Labourer |
108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
17 May 1882 |
21 May 1916 |
Alex Birston
[Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Labourer |
107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion |
Corporal |
6 September 1886 |
15 August 1917 |
Joseph Brown |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Harry Cosbey Clarke
[Next of Kin, Little Britain, Selkirk] |
Salesman |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
30 December 1888 |
26 September 1916 |
William George Corrigal
[Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Labourer |
108th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1 May 1894 |
1 April 1916 |
William Calder Cumming
[Little Britain, Selkirk] |
Student |
4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders |
2nd Lieutenant |
10 June 1894 |
24 April 1922 |
Thomas James Davis
[Little Britain, Selkirk] |
Farm Hand |
1st Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Private |
13 November 1896 |
9 April 1917 |
George Donald
[Little Britain, Selkirk] |
Teamster |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
3 February 1897 |
8 September 1916 |
Edwin Fidler
[Little Britain, Selkirk] |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
28 August 1892 |
12 August 1916 |
James Flett |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1894 |
8 October 1916 |
Alfred Flett |
Teamster |
1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Sergeant |
1887 |
1 October 1918 |
Charles Flett |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1883 |
27 September 1918 |
William Gilchrest |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Allan Hodgson |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Jacob Martin Johnston
[Little Britain, Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Scholar |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Corporal |
28 October 1897 |
27 December 1917 |
Reginald Joseph Winfield Johnston |
Homesteader |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
10 August 1895 |
15 August 1917 |
James Bernard Kett |
Lumberman |
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1886 |
15 September 1916 |
Alexander Lambert
[Elm Creek, Selkirk] |
Labourer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
24 October 1880 |
9 April 1917 |
Radford Shuter Lane MM
[Engineering, Kelvin, Next of Kin, Selkirk] |
Student |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
17 August 1897 |
30 September 1918 |
Wellington Mcdonald Lane |
Clerk |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1895 |
11 August 1918 |
William Linklater |
Teamster |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1888 |
14 April 1917 |
Wilfred Leblanc |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1898 |
9 April 1918 |
Stanley Loutit |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
11 August 1918 |
William Luprt
[Selkirk] |
Labourer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
12 November 1897 |
9 April 1917 |
Edwin Percy Lyon |
Farmer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
7 October 1896 |
16 February 1917 |
John Norquay McAllister
[Next of Kin, St. Johns, Selkirk] |
? |
Royal Naval Air Service |
Flight Sub Lieutenant |
1896 |
23 June 1917 |
Angus Colin McDonald
[Little Britain, Selkirk] |
Farmer |
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
4 August 1895 |
28 September 1918 |
Dugald MacDougall DFC |
Railway Mail Clerk |
Royal Air Force |
Captain |
1896 |
25 August 1919 |
William Hunter Miller
[Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
22 October 1885 |
9 April 1917 |
Frederick Mitchell |
Carpenter |
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) |
Trooper |
1893 |
9 August 1918 |
Thomas Mowat
[Little Britain, Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Labourer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
4 March 1887 |
9 April 1917 |
Reginald Munroe
[Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Labourer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
14 February 1894 |
8 August 1918 |
Harry Gordon Park |
Farmer |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Lance Corporal |
1898 |
8 August 1918 |
Oliver Reginald Pruden |
Clerk |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
1897 |
3 June 1917 |
Herbert Pruden
[Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Labourer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
25 March 1890 |
30 October 1917 |
Alexander Bert Setter |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1897 |
9 April 1917 |
James Stewart Swain
[Armoury, Little Britain, Selkirk] |
Labourer |
29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
15 May 1890 |
13 August 1918 |
Victor Henry Truthwaite
[Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Homesteader |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1 May 1898 |
8 August 1918 |
William Hector Vezena |
Farmer |
4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1896 |
30 August 1918 |
Louis Vizena
[Next of Kin, Selkirk, 108 Battalion] |
Farmer |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
22 December 1897 |
22 October 1918 |
Spencer Edward Waugh
[Next of Kin, Osler Hammond & Nanton, St. Johns, Selkirk] |
Fireman |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
1891 |
25 October 1916 |
Second World War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Edward Granville Bayer |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Flying Officer |
20 January 1923 |
7 March 1944 |
Hilliard John Henry Birston |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
Rifleman |
22 May 1921 |
8 June 1944 |
Robert Roy Drummey |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada |
Sergeant |
1 October 1919 |
1 October 1944 |
Douglas Hawkes |
Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Private |
10 April 1918 |
20 September 1942 |
Robert Linden Jensen |
Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
Rifleman |
11 July 1922 |
16 February 1945 |
Martin Moore |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada |
Private |
20 December 1904 |
19 August 1942 |
Ralph McGowan Reid |
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
Private |
22 January 1914 |
11 June 1944 |
Walter John Sandison |
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
Private |
26 October 1918 |
20 October 1944 |
Korean War
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Murray Andrew Truthwaite |
Royal Canadian Artillery |
Gunner |
1933 |
3 May 1953 |
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Andrew’s Rectory (RM of St. Andrews)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s Cathedral and Cemetery (135 Anderson Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Paul’s Anglican Church (Middlechurch, RM of West St. Paul)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Captain William Kennedy House (417 River Road, RM of St. Andrews)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Plaques for Persons, Events and Sites of National Historic Significance
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Provincially Designated Historic Sites
The Road to the Rapids by Robert Coutts. University of Calgary Press, Calgary, 2000.
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).
“Sir James will unveil memorial at church,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 November 1922, page 2.
We thank Tim Worth, George Penner, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 May 2023
 |
Historic Sites of Manitoba
This is a collection of historic sites in Manitoba compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. The information is offered for historical interest only.
SEARCH the collection
Browse lists of:
Museums/Archives | Buildings | Monuments | Cemeteries | Locations | Other
Inclusion in this collection does not confer special status or protection. Official heritage designation may only come from municipal, provincial, or federal governments. Some sites are on private property and permission to visit must be secured from the owner.
Site information is provided by the Manitoba Historical Society as a free public service only for non-commercial purposes. |
|
|
|