Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. James Anglican Church (195 Collegiate Street, Winnipeg)

This Anglican church on Collegiate Street in Winnipeg was built in 1922 to replace an earlier church to the east. A window in the church was designed by artist Leo Mol. Honour Rolls inside the church identify parishioners who served and were killed during the First World War and Second World War.

St. James Anglican Church

St. James Anglican Church (May 2016)
Source: George Penner

Interior of St. James Anglican Church

Interior of St. James Anglican Church (May 2016)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87794, W97.21762
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

George Francis Else
[Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge]

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

22 January 1873

9 May 1917

Bernard Walter Greaves
[Next of Kin, Surveyors]

Surveyor (Articling Student)

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 May 1893

25 July 1918

Walter Thomas Hooper
[Next of Kin]

Accountant

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Major

2 February 1879

9 April 1917

A. Kelly

?

?

?

?

?

George Mann
[McCreary, Next of Kin]

Labourer

3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 October 1886

8 October 1916

Christopher Edgar Wyon Rogers
[Next of Kin, Osler Hammond & Nanton]

Clerk

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

5 January 1896

8 October 1916

William George Rogers
[Next of Kin, Osler Hammond & Nanton]

Clerk

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

15 January 1897

9 October 1916

Thomas Rustige

Painter

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

30 July 1877

24 November 1917

Daniel Gordon Shelmerdine
[Osler Hammond & Nanton, St. James School]

Clerk

5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery

Driver

1 April 1897

9 May 1917

Reginald Skidmore

Carpenter

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 February 1883

17 June 1916

Walter Albert Webb
[Next of Kin]

Plasterer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

29 July 1881

28 April 1917

Second World War Casualties

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Arthur John George Barnes
[Eatons]

138 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

14 May 1917

27 April 1940

Gerald Bastable

18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Sergeant

23 January 1917

13 August 1940

Cecil Carter

?

?

?

?

Charles Walter Cornwell

Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

17 July 1918

8 June 1940

Malcolm Rothnie Cunningham

Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Lieutenant

23 September 1912

4 July 1940

Robert Henry Dearle

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

7 February 1920

11 February 1941

George J. Dunlop

?

?

?

?

Francis John Elms

434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

1 October 1918

28 January 1940

John Glover

102 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

2 September 1912

6 September 1937

William Arthur Higgs

13 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

Gunner

18 February 1916

5 June 1940

Stuart Holmstrom
[Sandy Lake]

Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

10 May 1917

19 October 1939

Gordon James Hutchinson

101 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer

3 March 1916

30 January 1939

Cecil Henry James Johnson

Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

5 November 1904

18 December 1937

Edward James Jones

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

9 December 1917

31 July 1938

Joseph Thomas Clifford McCartney

12th Armoured Regiment, Three Rivers Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Trooper

24 November 1905

22 May 1940

William Greenhalgh Monk

90 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

8 March 1914

28 April 1939

Robert Alexander Pildrem

408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

6 May 1909

28 December 1939

Jack William Purvis

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

14 November 1921

10 April 1941

Clifford John Rasmussen

HMCS Ottawa, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Ordinary Seaman

11 July 1918

12 September 1938

Thomas Lorne Schioler

78 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

15 October 1919

23 March 1940

Jack Clarence Scotten

405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

2 October 1916

9 September 1938

John Courtney Seely

422 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot Officer

30 August 1913

23 May 1940

Joseph Frederick Stanley

18th Armoured Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Corporal

28 September 1909

31 October 1940

John Talbot

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

9 November 1916

15 October 1939

Gordon James Wagner

70 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

23 January 1917

25 June 1938

Ronald William Warner

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Private

2 January 1919

27 January 1940

William Joseph Wood DFC

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

3 April 1915

18 January 1942

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. James Anglican Church and Cemetery (525 Tylehurst Street, Winnipeg)

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).

War Memorials, St. James Anglican Church.

St. James Anglican Church, 195 Collegiate Street by Murray Peterson, Peterson Projects, December 2009.

This page was prepared by George Penner, Darryl Toews, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 November 2022

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