Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hartney War Memorial (East Railway Street, Hartney, Municipality of Grassland)

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This monument at Hartney in the Municipality of Grassland was erected in commemoration of soldiers from the local area killed in the First World War and Second World War.

Hartney War Memorial

Hartney War Memorial (October 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): 49.48141, W100.52227
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Arthur Andrews
[Souris]

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Company Quarter Master Sergeant

14 April 1889

30 October 1918

William Baker

Farm Labourer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1889

11 August 1917

William Cross

Labourer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Sergeant

1890

23 September 1916

Richard Samuel Dellow

Farm Hand

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1882

9 August 1918

James Dixon

Tinsmith

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

1896

19 August 1918

Edgar Alexander Eastwood

Hardware Clerk

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1885

30 August 1918

Howard Fry

Farmer

24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1895

6 April 1917

Robert Jacob Gallinger

Farm Labourer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

14 May 1917

John Hardie

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

10 November 1917

Harry Henderson

Labourer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1895

8 October 1916

Wesley William Irvine
[Brandon College, Maryland Methodist, Wawanesa, Wawanesa, Wesley College]

Teacher

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lieutenant

5 April 1893

28 September 1918

William Jackson

Farmer and Labourer

4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

1895

10 August 1918

Patrick James McCann

Labourer

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1889

26 September 1916

Daniel McCuaig

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1893

10 April 1917

Frederick Augusted Peterson

Labourer

46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1889

4 May 1917

Thomas William Norton Pettypiece

Painter

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Private

1882

5 November 1917

Kenneth Torrance Ross
[Merchants Bank]

Bank Clerk

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

1894

9 April 1917

John Alexander Slimmon

Farm Labourer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

1881

30 September 1918

Henry Isaac Strickland

Farm Labourer

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1889

26 September 1916

Francis William Trevitt

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1876

28 November 1918

Charles Heughan Walker

Farm Labourer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1891

8 May 1917

James Watt
[Armoury]

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

14 August 1893

8 October 1916

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Merle William Atkinson

76 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

15 February 1922

1 October 1942

Robert McLaughlin Boardman

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

17 October 1923

12 June 1944

George Cleveland Cantlon

Royal Regiment of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

2 October 1921

14 August 1944

Kenneth William Couling

Canadian Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

21 October 1921

15 September 1944

Eldon Thornton Hatch

Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

Corporal

29 July 1914

19 August 1942

Russell Ross Keeler

Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

4 March 1922

12 August 1943

Harold Allen Nelson Kitchen

196 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

15 March 1920

17 September 1943

Arthur Lang Milne

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

24 May 1910

11 December 1943

Donald Morrison

South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

26 October 1923

20 July 1944

Dennis Pritchard O’Neill

18th Armored Car Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Trooper

1923

20 August 1944

Gordon Raymond Pearce

Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Rifleman

26 August 1915

24 January 1946

Melville Kenneth Mitchell Spencer

Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Rifleman

18 February 1924

9 October 1944

William Thirde

233 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Sergeant

23 October 1921

1 November 1942

John Day White

405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer II Navigator

27 August 1921

3 April 1943

Stewart Edward Wilson

1 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

Gunner

30 June 1921

6 November 1943

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).

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 2 May 2024

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