Historic Sites of Manitoba: Morris War Memorial (Main Street, Morris)

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A monument in Morris was erected by the Morris Women’s Institute in commemoration of soldiers from the area killed during military service.

Morris War Memorial

Morris War Memorial (August 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.35633, W97.36477
denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Raymond Bartlette

Farmer’s Son

46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

21 August 1917

Michael Blasecki (Black)

Driver

The Fort Garry Horse

Private

12 July 1896

10 August 1918

Edwin Emslie Brown

Farmer

16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1886

28 September 1916

Jacob Harmes Kornleson

Farmer

46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

4 May 1917

John Dickson

Farmer

15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1880

1 September 1918

George Elliott

Farm Hand

8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1892

28 April 1917

William Bell Haining

Clerk

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1887

9 April 1917

Thomas Robertson Hay

Linesman

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Private

1893

30 October 1917

Earl Lawrence McNair

Farmer

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1894

15 October 1917

William Molloy

Land Surveyor

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lieutenant

1877

10 April 1917

Durward Frederick Peck
[Fort Rouge Methodist, Merchants Bank]

Bank Clerk

78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

15 December 1896

30 October 1917

George Lewis Peterson

Railroading

10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1892

23 April 1915

Edward Donnick Roche

Farmer

5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

9 February 1891

15 August 1917

Albert Edward Scammell

Store Clerk

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Lance Corporal

1892

7 January 1917

Ronald Goldie Sickner

Labourer

44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Private

1897

9 December 1918

Frederick Samuel Starr
[Merchants Bank]

Banker

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Private

1897

13 November 1917

Second World War

Name

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Peter Murray Anderson DFC
[Domain, Ritchot]

207 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flight Lieutenant

8 April 1922

11 April 1945

William Richardson Bower
[Domain, Ritchot]

14 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

7 March 1911

23 November 1942

Bernard Braun

South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Lance Corporal

25 April 1917

20 July 1944

Herman Buss

Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Trooper

18 May 1923

24 May 1944

Jame Everett Chapman

Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

7 May 1901

15 August 1942

Roy Henry Coates

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

Private

16 January 192

2 May 1945

Harry Kenny Cox
[Domain, Ritchot]

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

4 March 1923

2 July 1942

Benjamin Hugo Enns

405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Flying Officer

8 May 1916

29 November 1942

Alexander Garonski
[Gimli]

21 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Leading Aircraftman

30 October 1914

1 March 1943

Arthur Hatton

9 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant

4 April 1905

12 August 1941

William Alexander Hayward

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

Private

16 August 1912

30 May 1944

Henry John Hyde

Royal Canadian Air Force

Warrant Officer Class II

28 June 1920

8 January 1944

Richard Cyril Jones

Royal Canadian Air Force

Leading Aircraftman

10 March 1925

16 May 1944

Elmer Lyle Wentworth Langton

Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

26 July 1910

13 December 1943

Keith Lawrie

Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

2 June 1911

21 December 1941

Ronald George Minaker

Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Corporal

7 April 1905

4 July 1944

Earl John Mitchell

Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

Private

12 September 1906

23 May 1944

Albert Edward Porter

Central Flying School, Trenton, Ontario, Royal Canadian Air Force

Aircraftman 1st Class

25 October 1902

21 September 1940

Louis Quasso

22nd Armoured Regiment, Canadian Grenadier Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Guardsman

21 June 1923

26 February 1945

Paul Recksiedler

The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

Signalman

3 April 1905

8 January 1944

Paul Henry Roy

South Saskatchewan Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Private

14 February 1922

29 August 1944

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, the students of the Second Semester History of Canada 30F Classes at Morden Collegiate, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 May 2024

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