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St. John’s is the oldest Anglican parish west of the Great Lakes. A plaque, installed at the southwest corner of the Cathedral building in 1988 by the Manitoba Heritage Council, recognizes the long-term use of the site by the Anglican Church. The present Cathedral building was erected in 1926 on a design by local architects Gilbert Parfitt and Edgar Prain. The building is a municipally-designated historic site. Inside the church is a list of parishioners killed during military service in the First World War.
The graveyard around the massive church contains a veritable “Who’s Who” of Manitoba society from the 1800s through the present. Among the noteworthy people buried in it are the following: James A. M. Aikins, William F. Alloway, James H. Ashdown, E. L. Barber, Douglas Cameron, Edward L. Drewry, William Sandford Evans, Colin Inkster, John Inkster, Alexander Logan, William F. Luxton, Hugh John Macdonald, Robert Machray, Samuel P. Matheson, J. D. McArthur, Andrew McDermot, Augustus M. Nanton, John Norquay, John C. Schultz, Margaret Scott, David A. Stewart, William Whyte, and Errick F. Willis.
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St. John’s Anglican Cathedral and Cemetery (2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough

St. John’s Anglican Cathedral and Cemetery (July 2019)
Source: George Penner

Interior of St. John’s Anglican Cathedral (2016) Source: Desiree Rolfe

Royal Winnipeg Rifles monument in the St. John’s Anglican Cemetery (June 2019) Source: Darryl Toews

Plaque inside the St. John’s Anglican Cathedral for First World War casualties (December 2019)
Source: Darryl Toews
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92081, W97.12420 denoted by symbol on the map above
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First World War
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Lestock Handley Adams |
Master at St. John's College
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1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade, British Army
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Lieutenant
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10 September 1887
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22 April 1918
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John Henry Allen
[Next of Kin] |
Clerk
|
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
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Private
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20 August 1897
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25 October 1916
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Oswald Ballendine
[Next of Kin] |
Lather
|
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Private
|
9 August 1887
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2 September 1918
|
J. Bevan |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Harold Edward Black |
Customs Clerk
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78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Private
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11 June 1894
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19 November 1917
|
James Basil Fean Broadbelt
[Next of Kin] |
Civil Engineer
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2nd Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
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Private
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23 November 1883
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3 June 1916
|
Felix William Burton |
Farmer
|
85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
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Private
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2 July 1895
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27 June 1917
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Ernest Care |
Freight Checker
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16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
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Corporal
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30 September 1888
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16 August 1917
|
Edward Jasper Code
[Next of Kin] |
Student
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4th Canadian Division Trench Mortary Battery, Canadian Field Artillery
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Gunner
|
8 July 1898
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2 September 1918
|
Archie Elverum
[Next of Kin] |
Clerk
|
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Sergeant
|
28 February 1884
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9 April 1917
|
Hubert De’Arze Gill
[Law Society, Minnedosa] |
Barrister at Law
|
2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
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Private
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25 November 1892
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13 October 1915
|
James Humphreys
[Electric Railway] |
Gas-stoker
|
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
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Sergeant
|
7 August 1880
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10 April 1917
|
John Kelsall |
Clerk
|
5th Siege Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery
|
Gunner
|
19 December 1889
|
4 March 1918
|
Reginald Alexander Leonard
[Stovels] |
Printer
|
Canadian Field Artillery
|
Gunner
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23 August 1895
|
1 December 1918
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Charles Knight Lloyd
[Next of Kin] |
Commercial Traveler
|
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Private
|
29 February 1892
|
29 September 1918
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William Murison
[Electric Railway, Next of Kin] |
Car Conductor
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1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
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Private
|
11 November 1891
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24 June 1917
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George Newsome Murray
[Electric Railway] |
Cashier
|
Canadian Field Artillery
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Bombardier
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2 September 1895
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28 August 1918
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Cyril Hodnett Pierce
[Next of Kin] |
Printer
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8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
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Private
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17 June 1897
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14 June 1916
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John Prendergast Roberts
[Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge] |
Banker
|
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Private
|
12 November 1895
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31 March 1917
|
A. Rogers |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Harry Rutland |
Clerk
|
Canadian Army Service Corps
|
Private
|
4 February 1894
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15 April 1920
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Sidney Francis Salmon
[Next of Kin]
|
Telegraph Operator
|
Lord Strathcona's Horse
|
Private
|
18 March 1895
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2 April 1918
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John Edward Severn
[Pembina Crossing] |
At College
|
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Sergeant
|
16 February 1899
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4 October 1918
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Vernon Nicholl Severn
[Pembina Crossing] |
Banking
|
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Lieutenant
|
28 May 1890
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26 October 1917
|
William Smith |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
Alexander Souter
[Next of Kin] |
Poster
|
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Private
|
2 November 1895
|
18 October 1916
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Robert Edmund Struthers
[Law Society, Next of Kin] |
Student at Law
|
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Private
|
7 August 1890
|
12 August 1918
|
Spencer Edward Waugh
[Next of Kin, Osler Hammond & Nanton, St. Andrews, Selkirk] |
Fireman
|
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Private
|
8 October 1891
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25 October 1916
|
John Reginald Wigginton
[Next of Kin] |
Clerk
|
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
|
Sergeant
|
8 December 1895
|
30 October 1917
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See also:
“A History in Stone: A Self-Guided Tour of the Historic Graveyard of St. John’s Cathedral” (PDF format)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Birthplace of the Anglican Church in Western Canada Plaque (135 Anderson Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Royal Winnipeg Rifles North West Rebellion, 1885 Monument (135 Anderson Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Paul’s Anglican Church (Middlechurch, RM of West St. Paul)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Andrew’s-on-the-Red Anglican Church and Cemetery (RM of St. Andrews)
Cathedral Church of St. John, MHS Centennial Organization.
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Provincially Designated Historic Sites
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Sources:
A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.
Information for this page was provided by The City of Winnipeg’s Planning, Property and Development Department, which acknowledges the contribution of the Government of Manitoba through its Heritage Grants Program.
We thank Desiree Rolfe and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 2 August 2023
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