A monument in Waskada, in the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada, was erected 2 July 1967 by the Waskada Branch No. 92 of the Royal Canadian Legion in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed during military service. A marble plaque listing the names of those killed during the First World War, unveiled at the Waskada IOOF Memorial Hall in 1924 or later is now located in the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #92 at Waskada.
Waskada War Memorial (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Waskada War Memorial (July 2018)
Source: George Penner
Waskada War Memorial (no date)
Source: Ronda PalmerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.09729, W100.79986
denoted by symbol on the map above
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Peter Allen Arnett
Farmer
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
16 January 1897
16 June 1916
Thomas Bright
Miller
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
3 October 1878
15 November 1917
Ernest Dalton Dalrymple
Storekeeper
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
11 September 1896
29 September 1918
Thomas Veitch Gibson
[Melita, Melita School, Verona School]Hardware Merchant
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
12 October 1884
8 April 1917
James Henry Hotham
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
6 November 1886
29 September 1918
Hugh Paton Hutchison
Farmer
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
3 May 1888
26 August 1918
John Thomas Jardine
Farmer
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
3 December 1895
11 November 1916
Louis Peter Jensen
[Verona School]Moulder
6th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Private
28 March 1894
10 June 1916
George Walter Kemp
[Melita, Verona School]Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
22 March 1897
23 August 1917
William James Kidd
[Verona School]Labourer
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
24 September 1889
15 August 1917
A. Lowe
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?
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?
?
Roy Stacey Marr
Tinsmith
222nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
8 March 1896
8 June 1916
James McCombie
[Verona School, Vimy Ridge]Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
3 January 1895
1 March 1917
William McDonald
Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
17 July 1895
19 July 1918
Alexander McKenzie
[Vimy Ridge]Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
26 July 1891
10 April 1917
David Paton
Farm Hand
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
12 August 1896
24 April 1916
Harold Ernest Stewart
[Verona School]Farmer
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
15 May 1890
5 April 1917
Thomas Wilson
Farmer
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
7 May 1894
5 May 1917
We thank George Penner and Ronda Palmer (Municipality of Brenda-Waskada) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 26 November 2023
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