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Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Percy James Wade

Gasoline Engineer

Lord Strathcona’s Horse

Sergeant

11 March 1885

1 December 1917

Thomas Wade

Labourer

107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion

Private

12 July 1872

15 August 1917

Alexander Wagrel

Iron Moulder

85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

12 October 1881

2 September 1918

Arthur Waind

Teamster

107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion

Pioneer

22 September 1876

2 September 1918

Jonathan Waite

Farm Laborer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

25 June 1896

1 May 1917

Alfred Leonard Wake

Laborer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

15 January 1887

14 October 1916

George Wakefield

?

Manchester Regiment, British Army

Private

?

29 September 1918

Daniel Thomas Waldron

Barber

1st Canadian Pioneers

Private

25 October 1886

26 May 1916

Claud Leslie Wales

Traveler

46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 December 1881

29 October 1917

Andrew Walker

Labourer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 December 1891

30 September 1916

Arthur Walker

Teamster

5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery

Gunner

22 October 1889

8 August 1918

Fred Walker

Laborer

Canadian Infantry Works Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 February 1881

13 May 1918

James Walker

Fireman

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 September 1891

26 October 1917

James Walker

Engineer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 January 1898

7 July 1918

James Walker

Surveyor

7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 July 1891

22 March 1917

Robert Westley Walker

Driver

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 February 1895

9 August 1918

William George Walker

Bridgeman

6th Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

5 August 1870

7 November 1917

William W. Walker

Stone Cutter

32nd Company, Canadian Forestry Corps

Private

19 October 1873

6 September 1918

Joseph William Waller

Shoemaker

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 June 1876

1 May 1915

Robert Arthur Walley

Farmer

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

18 February 1892

2 October 1916

William Henry Wallington

Laborer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 October 1897

9 October 1916

Donald Alexander Wallis

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

20 May 1888

1 October 1918

William Wallis

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

16 December 1893

14 June 1916

Michael James Walpole

Plumber

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 October 1889

26 September 1916

Robert Walsh

Laborer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

23 October 1880

8 October 1916

Thomas Morrow Walsh

Law Student

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Lieutenant

21 April 1890

8 October 1916

Archie Walter

Railroad Man

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Private

6 August 1892

9 April 1917

Harry Walters

Carpenter

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

16 October 1884

15 August 1917

Richard Walters

Baker

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 November 1878

24 February 1922

Ernest Walton

Plumber

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

21 February 1889

9 April 1917

Richard Wilbraham Walton

Telegraph Operator

2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 September 1891

13 April 1917

Willard Wambolt

Painter

5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artilllery

Gunner

8 December 1884

11 October 1917

Stephen William Warbank

Clerk

4th Siege Battery, Canadian Artillery

Gunner

24 September 1898

7 November 1917

Albert Edward Ward

Auto Mechanic

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 July 1891

22 April 1915

Moses Ward

Bricklayer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

24 May 1880

10 November 1917

Owen Warne

Farmer

13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

14 December 1887

9 April 1917

Harold Warren

Farmer

42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 March 1889

16 September 1916

James Warren

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 May 1892

14 June 1916

Arthur Warrilow

Clerk

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 April 1891

5 June 1916

Adrien Warzee

Printer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

12 December 1896

8 August 1918

Thomas Waterfield

Laborer

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Private

15 April 1890

8 May 1915

Francis Charles John Waters

Farm Hand

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 December 1893

6 June 1916

Sidney Charles Waters

Asylum Attendant

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

31 August 1883

15 August 1916

Alfred Edmund Watson

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 March 1891

9 December 1915

Cyril Watson

Machinist

4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery

Dvr

14 May 1894

20 November 1917

Frederick Wentworth Watson

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

9 March 1896

1 August 1921

John Watson

Laborer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 July 1892

25 September 1916

John McGregor Watson

Blacksmith

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 June 1878

25 May 1916

Peter Watson

Farm Laborer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 December 1895

8 October 1916

Reid Crossley Watson

Farmer

49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

25 June 1893

16 September 1916

Robert William Watson

Farmer

5th Battalion, Canadian INfantry

Corporal

14 September 1891

19 April 1917

William Watson

Miner

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 February 1888

8 April 1917

William Hay Watson

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

7 August 1891

27 October 1917

John Heigh Watt

Accountant

Worcestershire Regiment

Second LIeutenant

19 August 1891

12 April 1918

Clarence Raymond Watts

Book-keeper

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 January 1890

26 October 1917

John James Watts

Groom

Canadian Engineers

Sapper

12 December 1887

1 June 1919

Karl Gable Watts

Saw Mill Worker

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

28 January 1896

21 February 1919

Thomas Waugh

Barber

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

4 July 1885

23 April 1915

Nicholas Way

Milkman

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

16 June 1882

8 October 1916

Milton Wayling

Driver

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

5 October 1897

3 September 1918

Henry Weatherston

Shipper

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

18 February 1881

5 January 1917

Frank Hugh Webb

Carpenter

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 May 1891

10 November 1917

Thomas Webber

Teamster

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Serjeant

28 August 1890

13 January 1916

William James Webber

Bricklayer

Canadian Engineers

Lance Corporal

1 October 1883

24 November 1919

Francis Battison Webster

Farmer

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Private

2 September 1893

8 October 1916

Roy Webster

Laborer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

9 February 1896

16 February 1918

William Wellington Webster

Master Machine Railroading (CPR)

Canadian Railway Troops

Lieutenant

22 May 1870

29 March 1920

David Weir

Labourer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 November 1892

10 June 1917

Frederick Charles Welch

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

4 December 1887

14 September 1917

John Edward Welch

Laborer

28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

2 July 1891

15 September 1916

Leonard Coole Welch

Carpenter

239th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

28 February 1888

21 March 1920

Edward Hart Wells

Car Man

Canadian Infantry

Private

4 March 1892

10 August 1918

John Hedley Wells

Motor Mechanic

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

23 September 1894

11 June 1916

John Herkless Wellwood

Teamster

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 May 1892

10 June 1916

Leonard Alfred Welsh MC

Soldier

Lord Strathcona’s Horse

Lieutenant

4 November 1895

9 October 1918

Arthur West

Butcher

42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 March 1886

26 August 1918

Frederick Clark West

Farmer

222nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

30 March 1891

26 December 1916

Harold Clarence West

Steelworker

72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 August 1892

14 November 1916

Mark Westaway

Locomotive Fireman

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

26 November 1885

12 March 1916

John Whatmore

Laborer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

18 May 1892

5 November 1917

Charles Edward Wheadon

Labourer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

29 May 1896

31 August 1917

Arthur Wheatley

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

16 June 1883

10 April 1917

Bernard Wheeler

Grocer

Training School, Canadian Army Medical Corps

Private

8 March 1886

18 November 1916

Elwin Edwin Wheeler

Mechanic

72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

20 October 1895

28 June 1917

Frank Wheeler

Tailor

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

11 January 1891

22 May 1915

John Whitaker

Farm Laborer

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Private

3 February 1891

8 October 1916

Joseph White

Camp Cook

49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

14 January 1883

19 June 1916

Robert White

Labourer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

9 December 1886

9 October 1916

William Arthur Whiteear

Clerk

3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

19 January 1888

27 September 1918

Herbert Steele Whitehead

Clerk

10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery

Gunner

20 August 1894

8 April 1917

Frank Whiteman

Butcher

221st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1873

2 January 1917

Edgar John Whitemore

Bartender

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

7 September 1879

15 August 1917

Samuel Whiteside

Laborer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

28 August 1889

7 May 1917

Bertram Whitfield

Machinist

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

18 August 1885

26 September 1916

William Herbert Whitfield

Gas Engineer

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

9 November 1884

25 September 1916

James Whitham

Laborer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

6 November 1885

29 September 1918

Almer Whittal

Farmer

1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

9 November 1895

6 October 1916

Herbert Goldsmith Whitton

Typewriter Salesman

Canadian Field Artillery

Sergeant

30 April 1872

9 June 1921

John Whyte

Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

13 February 1886

9 August 1918

Frank Wesley Wice

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

26 April 1887

8 August 1918

Gustaff Withal Widel

Farmer

90th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 January 1882

29 May 1916

William David Widlock

Engineer

144th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

2 March 1879

2 February 1918

Jonathan Wiggins

Clerk

38th Battery, Canadian Artillery

Bombardier

4 July 1890

10 February 1916

John Wigham

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

7 November 1886

6 June 1916

Roy Chambers Wight

School Teacher

46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Corporal

25 February 1897

26 October 1917

Paul Peter Wiklund

Farmer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

21 November 1890

28 March 1918

Frederick Herbert Cumberland Wilcox

?

4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

Captain

?

14 January 1917

Thomas Edward Wild

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

11 March 1888

26 October 1917

Kenneth Percy Wilder

Engineer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 December 1895

2 September 1918

John Wilkie

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 August 1892

5 October 1915

Arthur Frederick Wilkinson

Tinsmith

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

18 August 1895

27 October 1917

Edgar Austin Wilkinson

Soldier

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

26 June 1881

22 April 1915

Edward Alexander Wilkinson

Glass Cutter

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

24 April 1886

5 November 1916

Albert Thomas Williams

?

79th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

?

12 August 1915

Alfred Williams

Metal Worker

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

16 April 1876

25 October 1916

Charles Frank Williams

Teamster

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

24 November 1890

25 August 1918

Edwin Williams

Chauffeur

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

6 February 1888

25 April 1915

Frank Williams

Leather Cutter

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

15 January 1874

15 August 1917

James John Williams MM

Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

16 March 1896

26 October 1917

David Williamson

Plumber

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

30 September 1882

1 December 1915

James Fraser Williamson

Clerk

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

27 April 1894

16 September 1917

Thomas Edward Willis

Farm Laborer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 May 1883

23 November 1917

John James Willoughby

Constable

Lord Strathcona’s Horse

Private

19 October 1890

30 March 1918

Samuel Thomas Willoughby

Newspaper Manager

2nd Canadian Tank Battalion

Lieutenant

10 June 1882

23 October 1918

Archibald Wilson

Barber

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

12 February 1892

16 August 1917

Claude Melnot Wilson DFC

?

29th Squadron, Royal Air Force

Lieutenant

?

14 October 1918

Ephraim Wilson

Checker

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

29 October 1889

6 October 1918

Fletcher MacLaren Wilson

Surveyor

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

5 April 1894

3 September 1918

Frank Claude Wilson DCM

Farmer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

13 June 1894

8 August 1918

Frederick Wilson

Labourer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

6 October 1888

26 September 1916

George Frederick Wilson

Labourer

13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 July 1888

8 October 1916

Henry Gordon Wilson

Printer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

22 October 1896

2 December 1916

Henry John Wilson

Telegraphist

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

5 February 1892

15 September 1916

irving Wilson

Pumpman

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

16 January 1890

18 October 1916

James Wilson

Machinist

107th Battalion, Canadian Pioneers

Lance Serjeant

10 April 1887

15 August 1917

James Wilson

Laborer

2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

29 May 1891

1 September 1916

John Wilson

Miner

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 January 1876

25 April 1915

John Miller Wilson

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 October 1890

13 June 1916

Stanley Edward Wilson

Farmer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1896

28 April 1917

Sydney Harold Wilson

Accountant

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Captain

10 March 1886

7 November 1917

Thomas Wilson

Farm Servant

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

23 March 1894

10 September 1916

William Wilson

Labourer

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

20 March 1887

28 April 1917

Arthur Wilton MC

Cement Finisher

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Captain

10 March 1877

4 May 1917

Henry Windred

Farmer

200th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

5 September 1890

1 April 1919

Alexander Winearls

Laborer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Serjeant

4 December 1880

19 November 1916

Arthur Townsend Winn

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

10 August 1890

11 April 1918

Nathaniel Winslow

Clerk

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant Major

30 June 1882

17 April 1917

Robert William Witty

Preacher

12th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army medical Corps

Sergeant

18 January 1883

3 September 1918

Stuart Wixey

Telephone Linesman

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

23 April 1877

24 July 1917

Nicholas Wonsawitch

Handyman

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

4 April 1896

27 September 1916

Alfred Wood

?

Royal Engineers

Sapper

?

19 May 1921

Alfred Thomas Wood

Farmer

Canadian Infantry

Private

1 September 1895

9 November 1918

Edgar E. Wood

Farm Labourer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

15 November 1880

14 November 1917

George Henry Wood

Farmer

10th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops

Sapper

4 October 1883

1 August 1918

John Alexander Wood

Farmer

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

7 January 1889

27 October 1917

John Sutherland Wood

Groom

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Sergeant

3 October 1889

26 October 1917

Leonard Wood

Farmer

3rd Canadian Divisional H.Q.

Corporal

4 September 1886

26 December 1917

John Woodrooffe

?

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Private

?

7 February 1916

David Woods

Machinist

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

20 May 1890

22 April 1915

Sydney Woods

Clerk

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

3 December 1888

21 May 1918

Thomas Alexander Woods

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

24 January 1878

6 November 1917

Hedley John Woolway

Drayman

43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

9 July 1892

12 August 1916

George Woor

Farmer

12th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops

Sapper

15 October 1872

11 March 1918

Joe Woytis

Labourer

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

19 March 1891

9 April 1917

Ernest James Wrennick

Farmer

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

12 August 1889

6 June 1916

Bertie Wright

Wheelwright

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Armourer Corporal

29 March 1891

24 February 1919

Cyric Healy Wright

Stenographer

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1 March 1887

15 August 1917

George Harold Wright

Accountant

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

8 March 1896

10 November 1917

Percy Wright

Salesman

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lieutenant

18 September 1885

1 September 1918

Robert Sinclair Wright

Clerk

4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Private

14 November 1888

13 December 1918

William Henry Wright

Wood Machinist

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

26 May 1891

14 June 1916

Ronald Wylie

Boilermaker

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

28 March 1887

26 September 1916

Richard Wynne

Teamster

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

17 March 1888

29 September 1918

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 Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 4 May 2024

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