This church in the community of St. Mark’s in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie was built in 1892. The sacristy was added in the 1920s. On the grounds near the church building is a war memorial commemorating people from the local area killed during military service.
First World War Casualties
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Alexander Atkinson
[Portage, St. Andrews, Selkirk] |
Farmer |
28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
21 April 1873 |
5 June 1916 |
George Atkinson |
Farmer |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
17 December 1887 |
29 December 1921 |
Sidney David Atkinson
[Portage, St. Andrews, Selkirk] |
Carpenter |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
13 September 1895 |
4 June 1916 |
Harry James Flett |
Fisherman |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
15 March 1895 |
1 September 1918 |
Walter Flett |
Labourer |
226th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
8 January 1896 |
11 April 1919 |
Albert Stanley Forbister |
Fisherman |
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles |
Private |
21 January 1895 |
11 February 1921 |
John Henry Graham
[Portage] |
Engineer |
1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers |
Private |
12 May 1893 |
11 June 1925 |
Esbrant Hiebert |
Farmer |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
27 March 1897 |
10 August 1917 |
John Alexander McLeod
[Portage] |
Rancher |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
4 February 1892 |
15 September 1916 |
Roger Victor Richard
[St. Eustache] |
Farm Hand |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
17 December 1890 |
3 October 1918 |
Roy Smith
[Portage] |
Farmer |
107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
27 January 1895 |
2 May 1919 |
Maxime Joseph Albert St. Godard
[Portage, 108 Battalion] |
Fisherman |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
9 March 1889 |
25 October 1918 |
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.
We thank Darryl Toews and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 February 2020
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