Historic Sites of Manitoba: Winkler War Memorial (Betel Heritage Park, Winkler)

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This monument in Winkler commemorates soldiers from the local area killed during service in the First World War and Second World War.

Winkler War Memorial (October 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Winkler War Memorial (May 2023) Source: George Penner Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.17840, W97.93945 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Charles Philip Uhrich [Law Society, Manitoba College, Morden]	Solicitor-at-Law	28th Squadron, 14th Wing, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	22 August 1893	24 June 1918

Second World War

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Gordon Howard Enns	Westminster Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1911	24 September 1944
Cornelius J. “Neil” Funk [Morden]	US Army Air Force	Aviation Cadet	27 May 1916	8 March 1944
Abram R. Hildebrand	162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	1917	29 July 1944
George Cornelius Krahn	Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1920	13 June 1944
Ben Neufeld	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1914	19 July 1945
Robert Sirluck	76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1922	1 March 1944
Victor Allison Unruh	427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	1914	18 July 1944
Henry Wiebe	Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	1921	21 December 1941

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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).

We thank Alex Billings and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 May 2023

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