Historic Sites of Manitoba: Treesbank School No. 1004 / Treesbank Memorial Monuments (Treesbank, Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress)

Two stone monuments, on the grounds of the recreation park at Treesbank in the Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress, commemorate the churches of Treesbank, community members who served in the First World War and Second World War, and the original Treesbank School No. 1004 which was situated 100 yards west of this site from 1899 to 1957, and a new school at the same site from 1957 to 1967.

Among the teachers of Treesbank School were John B. Wallis (1899-1900) and Miss Janette Brown (1965-1966).

Treesbank School (no date) by G. H. Robertson Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 38. Treesbank commemorative monuments (June 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.63522, W99.60464 denoted by symbol on the map above

Churches of Treesbank

Denomination	Period
Anglican	1890-1957
Methodist	1892-1925
Presbyterian	1893-fire
United	1925-1980
Treesbank Community	1966-?

First World War Deaths

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Alan West Burnett [Glenboro, Ninette, Wawanesa]	Farmer	9th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	?	9 October 1883	15 November 1917
Ralph Clark Clench [Armoury, Ninette, Wawanesa]	Teacher	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	24 August 1890	15 October 1916
Francis Kempthorne Giles [Wawanesa]	Farm Labourer	226th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	17 May 1897	12 December 1916
Edward Lawrie Jackson [Wawanesa]	Electrician	2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps	?	15 September 1896	10 April 1917
Edward Wolsely Armstrong McCrum [Wawanesa]	Locomotive Fireman	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	?	23 February 1887	30 October 1917
William Somersall [Riverview, Souris, Wawanesa]	Engineer	49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	14 May 1889	9 June 1917
Herbert Francis “Frank” Steer [Roblin, Wawanesa]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	10 March 1886	10 June 1916
Francis Charles John Watson [Wawanesa, Wawanesa]	Farmer	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	?	13 September 1890	31 October 1917
Ernest John Wilkinson [Lakeside, Next of Kin, Wawanesa]	Bank Clerk	4th Division, Ammunition Company	Driver	29 September 1893	10 November 1917

First World War Service

They included Ralph A. Aspelund, John W. Anderson, William Beirnes, Thomas H. Bond, Norris Brown, James T. Cullen, Maurice Clench, Stuart Criddle, George Dickieson, Thomas J. Drake, Emra G. Farough, Roy J. A. Farough, Donald R. Fraser, Francis Gowan, Earl A. Graves, John F. Harms, Edward A. Jackson, George Jacobs, Frederick U. Jealous, H. Howard Kohler, Robert G. Little, J. Fletcher McCrum, Forrest McCrum, William Martin, Claude Mitchell, G. Albert Naismith, Lawrence Naismith, Jesse A. Naismith, George Peters, Francis A. Rinder, Donald A. G. Rinder, Thomas L. Shaddock, Sidney Saker, George Slack, Oswald F. Somersall, Samuel A. Somersall, Charles H. Sundell, Roy Wallace, Charles Wheeler, and Harcombe Wilkinson.

Second World War Service

They included Bernard Bournier, Morley Brown, Bert Clark, Paul Criddle, Percy Criddle, Willis Cory, Bert Drake, Cecil Drake, Harry Drake, Ralph Drake, Roy Drake, George Findlay, Jack Gowan, Edgar Hamer, Shirley Hamer, Sam Hawkins, Ed Hill, Ed Husband, “Buck” Jackson, Morley Leachman, Elmer Little, George Mair, Philip McLeod, Howard Milne, Mac Morgan, Elmer Naismith, Tom Quigley, Stanley Richards, Bill Rolfe, Don Rollins, Tom Shearer, Alf Silliphant, Charlie Steer, Sam Stewart, Norman Tishburn, Ernie Thornborough, G. Wade-Brown, and Bill Wallace.

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).

Beneath the Long Grass by Glenboro and Area Historical Society, 1979, page 97.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 November 2021

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