Other

City/Municipality
St. Andrews
Memorial Number
46008-022
Type
Other
Address
3 MB-410
Location
St. Andrews Anglican Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.0665564, -96.9770445
Submitted By
Tamara Wally. Manitoba Historical Society.
Inscription

[arch/arcade]

GREAT WAR 1914-1918

[pillar/colonne]

GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

DAVID ANDERSON,
JAMES C. ANDERSON,
SYDNEY ATKINSON,
ALEXANDER ATKINSON,
HUGH BALLENDINE,
WALTER BALLENDINE,
ALEX. BIRSTON,
JOSEPH BROWN,
HARRY CLARK,
WILLIAM CORRIGAL,
WILLIAM CUMMING,
THOMAS DAVIS,
GEORGE DONALD,
EDWIN FIDLER,
JAMES FLETT,
ALFRED FLETT,
CHAS. FLETT,
WILLIAM GILCHRIST,
ALLAN HODGSON,
J. MARTIN JOHNSTON,
REGINALD JOHNSTON,
BERNARD KETT,
ALEXANDER LAMBERT,

W.W. II
ROY DRUMMEY
DOUGLAS HAWKES
JOHN SANDISON
HILLIARD BIRSTON
EDWARD BAYER
ROBERT JENSEN
MARTIN MOORE
RALPH REID
J. NORQUAY MCALLISTER

[pillar/colonne]

GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

RADFORD SHUTER LANE,
WELLINGTON MCD. LANE,
WILLIAM LINKLATER,
WILFRED LE BLANC,
STANLEY LOUTIT,
WILLIAM LUPEL,
EDWIN PERCY LYONS,
ANGUS COLIN MCDONALD,
DUGALD MCDOUGALL,
WILLIAM MILLER,
FREDERICK MITCHELL,
THOMAS MOWATT,
REGINALD MUNROE,
GORDON PARK,
OLIVER PRUDEN,
HERBERT PRUDEN,
ALEXANDER SETTER,
JAMES SWAIN,
VICTOR TRUTHWAITE,
LOUIS VEZENA,
WILLIAM VEZENA,
SPENCER WAUGH

KOREAN WAR
MURRAY TRUTHWAITE

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carved torch and sculpted soldier’s portrait
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St. Andrews War Memorial Arch
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left pillar
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right pillar
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Manitoba
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Body Content

The monument features a total of 56 names, commemorating the local dead of the World Wars and Korean War. The arch is a striking piece of design, with fine relief sculptures on the square-column elements and on the spring and haunch stones. The keystone, topped by a carved torch, also includes a sculpted soldier’s portrait.

City
St. Andrews
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Arch - stone
Memorial CF Legacy ID
231
City/Municipality
Stonewall
Memorial Number
46008-021
Type
Other
Address
350 Market Street South
Location
Memorial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.1371378, -97.3253437
Submitted By
Rhonda Boyd. Karen Nicholson. Gary Dickson. Town of Stonewall. Victoria Edwards.
Inscription

[front/devant]
IM MEMORY OF

W.I.W. ADAIR
A.E. AHMED
HEWITT ADNERSON
E.D. ARCHER
B.J. BACKLUND
EDWIN BERRY
EDWARD BISHOP
G.A. BLAKE
THOMAS C. BOTHAM
JASON BROUSE
FRED BROWN
HENRY BROWN
C.M. CARLSON
CARLETON A. CATHCART
A.S. CHRISTIAN
K.A. CLARKE
GILBERT E. COOPER
ALBERT CROSS
FRANKLAND CURLE
JAMES DALGLEISH
WALTER DANIELS
GEORGE DUBARD
JOSEPH DUNN
BERT EMMS
ALEX GALL

1939   1945
A'BEAR, J.J.
ARBOUR, A. (M.C.)
AITKEN, J.A.
BALDOCK, J.L.
BENNETT, D.H.
BENSON, J.A.
BOWES, D.W.
BROWN, A.
CAMPBELL, J.A.
CORBETT, E.C.
COSTELLO, G.A.
CRAWFORD, H.L.
DANIELS, W.
DODD, G.A.
ESARUK, J.
FLYNN, H.L.
GILLESPIE, G.
GRAHAME, J.H.J.

KOREA
1930 - 1953

PEACEKEEPING
SERVICE DE LA PAIX

VIMY

[right side/côté droit]
THOSE WHO FELL.

C.W. ROTHWELL
DAVID RUTHERFORD
THOMAS RUTHERFORD
FRED SCOTT
S.E. SHORTLIFFE
ALEX SIBBALD
EDWIN J. SIMS
IVAN SMITH
LESLIE SMITH
JAMES SMITH
THOMAS SMYTH
THMOS SMYTH
C.M. STEWART
R.G. STOKES
EDWIN TALBOT
JAMES R. TEARLE
MARL THORN D.S.O.
CHARLES H. WALKER
S.B.C. WEBB
CHARLES WHARFE
JACK WILLIAMS D.C.M.
J.W. WILLSON
R.W. WILLSON
H.V.W. WOOD
EDWARD YARNTON

1939 - 1945
STRATTON, R.G.
STYNE, N.
SWALLOW, L.A.
TAYLOR, W.D.
THOMPSON, E.R.
THOMPSON, A.G.
VANDEKERCKHOVE, G.P.C. (D.F.C.)
VINCENT, S.
WALLEY, K.M.
WALLEY, K.R.
WARBURTON, E.
WATSON, G.R.
WEBB, J.
WILLIAMS, J.G.
WILLIAMS, J.H.
WILLIAMS, T.A.T.
WISH, M.
WOOD, K.R.
ZUBEK, W.R.

YPRES

[back/arrière]
THE GREAT WAR

E.A. MITCHELL
FRANK MITCHELL
C.H. MOLLARD
J.E. MOOR
NEIL MORROW
ROBERTS S. MOWATT
WILLIAM MCBEAN
D.L. MCCOMB
CHAS. MCCONNELL
JAMES MCKENZIE
ALLAN A. MCLEOD VC
BASIL G. MCNEIL
A. OAKFORD
ANDREW PETERSON
FRANK PORTER
JAMES L. PORTER
J.D. PRINGLE
DOUGLAS PURCHAS
WILLIAM RACKLEY
CHAS H. RAY
HARRY READIN
J.E. REYNOLDS
THOMAS REYNOLDS
IVER ROBERTS

1939 — 1945
MURRAY, F.M.
MUTH, I.
NEVE, A.R.
NISBET, N.W.
NOTON, R.F.
OLSON, A.G.
PACHKOWSKI, W.F.
PANKIW, J.
PATERSON, G.H.
PHILLIPS, J.E.
ROSE, D.I.
ROSE, T.H.
SHMIGELSKY, P.
SLATOR, D.P.
SMITH, B.H.
SOLODIUK, M.
STEWART, R.
STRATTON, K.R.

ARRAS

[left side/côté gauche]
1914 — 1818

ANGUS J. GARDINER
JOHN GIBSON
EARL GILLESPIE
ARTHUR GREENWAY
THOMAS HALBERT
ALBERT HAMMILL
R.C. HAND
FRANK HEALE
JAS HENDERSON
SAMUEL HESTER
ARCHIE HILL
STANLEY HODGE D.C.M.
JACK HOOVER
F.R. HOWSAM
ARCHIE IRWIN
F.J. JEFFERSON
W.E. JOHNS
A.J. KIRBY
FRANK LAMB
CHALRES LITTLE
T.A. LUMSDEN
PERCY E. MACROW
B.C. MARTIN
MALCOLM MAY
E.L. METCALG

1939 — 1945
GUEST, G.W.
GURSK, M.S.
HAMMERBERG, V.W.
HANCOCK, A.C.
HIRST, J.F.
JAMES, W.A. (M.C.)
JOHNSTON, A.A.
JOHNSTON, C.
KIRK, D.J.G.
KLOWAK, J.A.
KORSKI, G.
KOWALCHUK, P.
KWASNY, W.
MCDONALD, J.A.
MCLEOD, A.C.
MCLEOD, N.S.
MCLEOD, D.C.
MOLLARD, W.J.

SOMME

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Town of Stonewall
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right side
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Town of Stonewall
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back
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Town of Stonewall
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front
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Town of Stonewall
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left side
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surroundings
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War or Conflict Term
Peacekeeping
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Manitoba
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Body Content

The Stonewall Cenotaph was dedicated on October 7, 1922, by Lord Byng. At that time, it had four bronze plaques bearing the names of the 102 local residents who lost their lives in the First World War. It was designed by prominent Winnipeg architect Gilbert Parfitt and is constructed of Tyndall stone. The towering pillar with four sides sits on a four step base of concrete and limestone. Each side has lion head fountains with basins below to catch the flow of water. Parfitt used lions again—this time in bronze—on the Winnipeg Cenotaph six years later. 


Additional plaques bearing the names of 73 casualties from the Second World War were later added. As were plaques honouring the Korean War and Peacekeepers.

City
Stonewall
Country
Canada
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Pillar, fountain
Memorial CF Legacy ID
250
City/Municipality
Stony Mountain
Memorial Number
46008-017
Type
Other
Address
15 Main Street
Location
Stony Mountain Stonewall Lodge No. 12
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.0869948, -97.2194133
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards. Stony Mountain Stonewall Masonic Lodge.
Inscription

STONEWALL LODGE NO 12 G A.F. & A.M. G.R.M.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR BRETHREN WHO WERE KILLED IN
ACTION DURING THE GREAT WAR
• 1914 • 1918 •

BRD. DAVID LEONARD MCCOMB. STONY MOUNTAIN.
BRD. ROY STOKES. GUNTON.
BRD. GILBERT EDWARD COOPER. STONEWALL.
BRD. ALBERT CROSS. STONEWALL.

ERECTED 1919

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Tim Heisler
Caption
plaque
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Manitoba
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Body Content

The Stonewall Lodge No. 12 First World War Plaque was erected in 1919 and unveiled on 3 February 1920.

City
Stony Mountain
Country
Canada
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Plaque - bronze
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10710
City/Municipality
Stony Mountain
Memorial Number
46008-016
Type
Other
Address
9 Main Street
Location
Christ Church Cemetery
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.0859009, -97.2196472
Submitted By
Tamara Wally
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

IN MEMORY OF
OUR VETERANS
AND THE PIONEERS OF
STONY MOUNTAIN
AND AREA
ST. JOSEPH PARISH

INITIATED BY
EDNA MCIVOR, C.M.

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Tamara Wally
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front view
Province
Manitoba
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Body Content

This memorial to local veterans and pioneers was initiated by Ms. Edna McIvor.

City
Stony Mountain
Country
Canada
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Metal cross and fieldstone cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
251
City/Municipality
Stonewall
Memorial Number
46008-015
Type
Other
Address
459 Main Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.131799, -97.3269646
Submitted By
Tamara Wally
Inscription

[front/devant]

1914-1918
1939-1945
KOREA

LEST WE FORGET

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Tamara Wally
Caption
stele (front)
Province
Manitoba
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Body Content

This memorial to the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War was erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 52.

City
Stonewall
Country
Canada
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Black granite stele
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2720
City/Municipality
Selkirk
Memorial Number
46008-014
Type
Other
Address
304 Eveline Street
Location
Veterans Memorial Gardens
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.1396855, -96.8741047
Submitted By
F. Stewart; Margo Oliver
Inscription

[front/devant]

A MEMORIAL TO THE MEN OF SELKIRK, ST. ANDREWS AND ST. CLEMENTS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

(needs further research/recherche incomplète)

KNOW ALL YE WHO PASS BY THAT FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY
1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945

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F. Stewart; Margo Oliver
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stele (front)
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stele (front, upper details)
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stele (front, lower details)
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Surroundings
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Manitoba
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead and veterans of the First World War and the veterans of the Second World War.

City
Selkirk
Country
Canada
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Concrete stele
Memorial CF Legacy ID
244
City/Municipality
Hodgson
Memorial Number
46008-012
Type
Other
Address
Railway Avenue and Provincial Road 325
Location
Hodgson Royal Canadian Legion Hall
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
51.2151913, -97.5685439
Submitted By
Victoria Edwards
Inscription

IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
TO THE MEN OF THE
HODGSON LEGION
BRANCH 158
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN TWO WORLD WARS AND
EVERLASTING GRATITUDE
TO THOSE WHO
DARING TO DIE, SURVIVED
1914 — 1918
1939 — 1945

KOREA
1950 — 1953

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Photo Credit
Dr. Gordon Goldsborough
Caption
front
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Manitoba
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Body Content

The Hodgson War Memorial was erected in honour of soldiers from the Hodgson Legion Branch who died and those who served in the First and Second World Wars. Later, the Korean War inscription was added.

City
Hodgson
Country
Canada
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Slab
Memorial CF Legacy ID
1379
City/Municipality
Gimli
Memorial Number
46008-011
Type
Other
Address
MB-222
Location
Camp Morton
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.7137049, -96.9946641
Submitted By
Shipley
Inscription
  • [column 1/colonne 1]
  • ANDERSON, F. J.
  • ASTBURY, N. A.
  • AYRES, A. C. E.
  • BADGER, A. J.
  • BAWTREE, E. L.
  • BELFORD, T.
  • BELT, J. E. D.
  • BERRY, I. N. R.
  • BISSONNETTE, R. P.
  • BLACKWELL, C. H.
  • BLAKE, P. J. L.
  • BRADT, G. W.
  • BROOKE, G. W.
  • BURKE, E. J.
  • CALDWELL, R. R.
  • CARLETON, F. G.
  • CARLETON, F. G.
  • CARSON, J. C. K.
  • CARTER, L. S.
  • CHAWNER, A. P. M.
  • CHRISTIE, W. D. C.
  • COLE, C. S.
  • CORBETT, W. L.
  • COWLES, R. J.
  • CRAIGHEAD, W. K.
  • DAVIDSON, J. F.
  • DAVIES, T. E.
  • DAVIS, J. A.
  • DONALD, J.
  • DUFF, W. S.
  • DUNSIRE, A.
  • EAMER, L. A.
  • EATON, R. W.
  • EVANS, J. L.
  • EVANS, W. D.
  • FERGUSON, J. A.
  • FRANKLIN, A. E.
  • FRANKS, R. S.
  • GARBUTT, E. C.
  • GAY, D. S.
  • [column 2/colonne 2]
  • GODWIN, A. G.
  • GORDON, N. D.
  • GRIGG, E. J.
  • HALLIDAY, F. S.
  • HAMES, E. R.
  • HAMMILL, W. C.
  • HIGGINS, O. L.
  • HOLDEN, W. M.
  • HORTON, C. B.
  • HOUSTIN, J.
  • HUDSON, R. S.
  • HURRELL, D.
  • JEFFREYS, E. F.
  • JONES, R.B.
  • KELLY, E. T. S.
  • KELLY H. J.
  • LEWIS, S. H.
  • LIPSETT, C. W.
  • LONGHURST, H. R.
  • LOUNSBURY, J. E.
  • LOWE, J. R.
  • MACKJOST, N. R.
  • MACNAIR, A. M.
  • MARQUIS, G. J.
  • MARTIN, G. H.
  • MCBRIDE, C. L.
  • MCCARTER, D.
  • MCDILL, D.
  • MCDONALD, A.D.
  • MCDONALD, J. A.
  • MCMILLAN, S.
  • MCNAMEE, D. G.
  • MEAD, T. H.
  • MOIR P. T.
  • MORGAN, H. A.
  • MUNGALL, R. D.
  • NEWCOMB, L.
  • NICOLL, W.
  • PALMER, L. A.
  • PAYNE, R. N.
  • [column 3/colonne 3]
  • PERRY, K. F.
  • PETERS, G. H.
  • PLANT, R. S.
  • POLLOCK, W.
  • PROVEN, J. S.
  • PUCH, G. N.
  • ROBINSON, G. E.
  • ROSS, W. G.
  • SANDERSON, F. G.
  • SCARTH, F.
  • SCOTT, A. V.
  • SCOTT, D. W. D.
  • SCOTT, E.
  • SHANNON, E. G.
  • SIMMONS, A. R.
  • SIMPSON, H. J.
  • SPEAR, J. W.
  • STEVENSON, A.
  • STEWART, D. S.
  • STEWART. J.
  • STEWART, J. G.
  • STEWAR, W. A.
  • TALLMAN, S. B.
  • TAYLOR, B. S.
  • TEASDALL, R. C.
  • THORNTON, E.
  • TOBIN, A. E.
  • TRICK, F. J.
  • TROW, A. J.
  • TUCKER, B. J.
  • WADDELL, N. J.
  • WALKER, R. S.
  • WARDE, G. B.
  • WARIN, H. J.
  • WHITE, G. H.
  • WILKINSON, E.
  • WILSON, A.
  • WOODS, S.M.
  • WYATT, C. J.
  • YUILL, A. E.

1914 - 1918

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Memorial in 1922.
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Dedication of the Union Bank of Canada War Memorial on July 11, 1922.
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Royal Bank of Canada
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Inscription circa 1998.
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Manitoba
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Body Content

The Union Bank of Canada War Memorial at Camp Morton was previously located at Lakeside Fresh Air Camp for Children. It was erected in July 1922 by the Union Bank of Canada in commemoration of its employees killed during the First World War and unveiled by Lieutenant-Governor J. A. M. Aikins.

On July 11, 1922, the Union Bank of Canada War Memorial was dedicated. In attendance were Col. Borden, Major-General Ketchen, Major Hennesy, W.A. Allan, president of the Union Bank and Louis Northrup, vice-president of Lakeside Camp.

City
Gimli
Country
Canada
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Shaft - stone
Memorial CF Legacy ID
185
City/Municipality
Gimli
Memorial Number
46008-010
Type
Other
Address
84 1 Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.6316462, -96.9856164
Submitted By
Diane Hall. Philip M. Lyons. Karen Nicholson. Gary Dickson.
Inscription

LEST
WE
FORGET

1914 - 1918      1939 - 1945

KOREA

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES
WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY

WW1 1914 - 1918

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Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport
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front
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Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport
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surroundings
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Rural Municipality of Gimli
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inscription
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Rural Municipality of Gimli
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surroundings
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Rural Municipality of Gimli
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front
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Manitoba
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Body Content

The Gimli Cenotaph was erected as a Centennial Project (1967) by the Gimli Legion. It is dedicated to the memory of the fallen in the two World Wars and the Korean War. It was designed and built by local artisan Leonard Ciszewski and was unveiled as part of the 1967 Remembrance Day service. 

City
Gimli
Country
Canada
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Cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4317
City/Municipality
Scanterbury
Memorial Number
46008-009
Type
Other
Address
1 Bison Dr E
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.36662, -96.6139921
Submitted By
Diane Gilmour
Inscription

SERGEANT TOMMY PRINCE SCHOOL

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Norm & Lynn Van Tassel
Caption
Sergeant Tommy Prince School
War or Conflict Term
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Manitoba
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The Sergeant Tommy Prince School is dedicated to Thomas George “Tommy” Prince, MM ( 1915 – 1977). He was one of Canada’s most decorated Indigenous soldiers, serving in the Second World War and the Korean War.

Sergeant Tommy Prince was a prominent Anishinaabe activist who served in the Second World War and Korean War. His story is one of the most widely known examples of the wartime contributions of Indigenous soldiers in the mid-20th century and the poor treatment they received upon their return to civilian life in Canada. His accomplishments attracted national media attention during his lifetime and earned him a great many posthumous tributes.

Prince was born in October 1915 in St. Peter's Reserve, Manitoba. He was the great-grandson of respected Ojibwa Chief Peguis, and one of eleven children born to Elizabeth and Henry Prince. In 1920, they moved to Brokenhead Ojibway Nation in Scanterbury, Manitoba. At age five, Prince was forced to leave his community and attend Elkhorn Residential School, where he joined the Cadet Corps. He suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from the residential school before he joined the military.

In 1940, he volunteered to fight for Canada in the Second World War. He rose from sapper to lance corporal with the Royal Canadian Engineers before volunteering for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in 1942. Soon after, he was assigned to the elite 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion, which was attached to the First Special Service Force (Devil’s Brigade). He reached the rank of sergeant by war’s end, and was one of three Canadians to receive both the Silver Star (United States) and the Military Medal. King George VI presented him with both honours during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 1945, shortly before Prince’s discharge from the army. 

He wanted to prove his people were as good as any white man and restore their good name. One way to achieve this was to acquire as many medals as possible and he did so without putting his men at risk. Before any patrols he would ensure they were camouflaged and everything was secured. Often he would patrol alone because there would be less noise. Prince was a natural warrior and he excelled as the military developed the skills he learned on the reserve while living off the land. He loved the Devil's Brigade and was always praising his men, "If it wasn't for my men, I wouldn't be who I am today." He was a caring man who loved to joke around and make people laugh.

He was a prominent leader in the Indigenous rights movement of the 1940s. After the war, he served as spokesperson and vice-president of the Manitoba Indian Association, and appeared on its behalf before a Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons, tasked with studying the Indian Act. During his testimony in 1947, he advocated for the abolition of the Indian Act and respect for existing treaties, and presented submissions from Indigenous in Manitoba, which called for improved schools, better living conditions, and expanded hunting, trapping, and fishing rights.

In 1950, Prince re-enlisted in the Korean War. He contributed to the defence of Hill 677 in the Battle of Kapyong in 1951, for which the United States awarded the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry the Distinguished Unit Citation—the only time a Canadian unit has received this honour. Military service took a heavy toll on his health and, following his honourable discharge from the army, he faced a difficult return to civilian life in Manitoba. Prince endured discrimination, illness, and poverty in the years that followed and died in 1977. He fought many demons after residential school and the horrors of combat, but he never lost his humility, self-worth, sense of humour and pride of being Anishinaabe. 

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Scanterbury
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Canada
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