Transcona & the First World War Centenary

Transcona Cenotaph at Memorial Circle Park. Photo courtesy of Transcona Museum & Archives.

To commemorate the First World War Centenary on this Remembrance Day - November 11, 2018 - we are honouring those 80 men from Transcona who died during the Great War of 1914-1918 and its aftermath. Their names appear on the Transcona Cenotaph at Memorial Circle Park. Provided below is the complete listing of their names along with a date of death, the cemetery or memorial, grave reference number for each individual, and page commemorations within the First World War Book of Remembrance. Individual reference links have been provided to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (where applicable).

By the end of the First World War, over 400 men from Transcona enlisted in service to “King and Country”. We strive to remember all those involved in the Great War, however, the historical record is incomplete. When the Transcona Cenotaph was first erected in 1931, only 66 names were listed. The names of the 14 soldiers previously missing were added to the Cenotaph when it was re-dedicated in 2011. As we continue to research Transcona's military history, more names may yet be discovered.

Lest We Forget.

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them."

- Laurence Binyon, "Ode of Remembrance"

Research: Information has been provided through Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada), Circumstances of Death Registers, First World War (Library and Archives Canada), the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Veterans Affairs Canada), and the Transcona Museum Archives.

Note: As a result of this recent research, previous information has been confirmed or corrected. Our Books of Honour, which are available for viewing at the Transcona Museum, will also be updated with this information.

No casualties of war in 1914 from Transcona

1915

Pvt. Walter Barugh - Killed in Action on March 10

• Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix - II. A. 6.

• Commemorated on Page 4

Srgt. Horace Carl Beken - Killed in Action on April 24

• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.

• Commemorated on Page 5

Pvt. Edward Charles Ferg - Killed in Action on April 25

• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.

• Commemorated on Page 14

1916

Pvt. Phileas Poirier - Killed in Action on February 2

• La Laiterie Military Cemetery - II. B. 22.

• Commemorated on Page 147

Pvt. James Fingland Hyslop - Killed in Action on March 18

• Berks Cemetery Extension - III. A. 2.

• Commemorated on Page 107

Pvt. Austin B. Keens - Killed in Action on April 28

• Woods Cemetery - IV. B. 5.

• Commemorated on Page 112

Pvt. Charles Ernest Cort Bashford - Killed in Action on May 25

• Reninghelst New Military Cemetery - I. C. 20.

• Commemorated on Page 51

Pvt. Herbert "Harry" Higgins - Killed in Action on June 5

• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 30, 32.

• Commemorated on Page 102

Pvt. Henry Swithinbank - Killed in Action on June 5

• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 30,32.

• Commemorated on Page 170

Pvt. William Edmund Roberts - Killed in Action on June 6

• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.

• Commemorated on Page 155

Pvt. Ethelbert William "Bert" Mickleburgh - Murdered on June 8

• Auchy-Les-Hesdin Communal Cemetery - 2.

• Commemorated on Page 135

Pvt. John Berry - Killed in Action on June 14

• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.

• Commemorated on Page 53

Srgt. Edmund Hall "Ted" Buckley - Killed in Action on June 14

• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.

• Commemorated on Page 61

Pvt. George William MacKay - Died of Wounds on July 30

• Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery - VII. D. 14A.

• Commemorated on Page 127

Srgt. William Duncan Millican - Killed in Action on August 28

• Ridge Wood Military Cemetery - III. E. 3.

• Commemorated on Page 135

Pvt. James William Harvey - Killed in Action on September 21

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 99

Srgt. Alexander Wood Youngson - Killed in Action on September 21

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 186

LCpl. George Bell Austin - Killed in Action on September 24

• Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt - IV. B. 23.

• Commemorated on Page 48

LSrgt. David Campbell - Killed in Action on September 25

• Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle - VI. D. 15.

• Commemorated on Page 63

Pvt. Thomas Hines - Killed in Action on September 25

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 103

Pvt. Richard Williams - Died of Wounds on September 25

• Puchevilliers British Cemetery - IV. E. 17.

• Commemorated on Page 183

LCpl. Pierce Edward Jones - Killed in Action on September 26

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 111

Pvt. Frank Wallis Smith - Killed in Action on September 26

• Courcelette British Cemetery - VI. A. 10.

• Commemorated on Page 164

Pvt. Edward John Schafer - Killed in Action on September 28

• Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 - XXIV. D. 7.

• Commemorated on Page 159

Pvt. William Heron - Killed in Action on October 4

• Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison - II. D. 14.

• Commemorated on Page 102

Pvt. Ernest Henry King - Died of Wounds on October 4

• Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre - Div. 3. J. 2.

• Commemorated on Page 113

Pvt. William Law - Killed in Action on October 8

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 117

Pvt. Patrick McGillivray - Killed in Action on October 8

• Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt - IV. A. 4.

• Commemorated on Page 126

Pvt. Donald Hugh Rankine - Killed in Action on October 8

• Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont - I. D. 31.

• Commemorated on Page 152

L.Srgt. Donald Monro - Missing, Believed Killed on October 9

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 137

Pvt. Angus K. MacKinven - Died of Illness while Prisoner of War on October 20

• Cologne Southern Cemetery (Germany) - XV. B. 20.

• Commemorated on Page 128

Srgt. Oscar Thomas White - Died of Wounds from an Airplane Crash on October 21

• Contay British Cemetery, Contay - IV. C. 19.

• Commemorated on Page 181

Pvt. Thomas Beatty - Killed in Action on October 25

• Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont - VI. A. 9.

• Commemorated on Page 52

Pvt. Scott Wilkinson - Killed in Action on November 1

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 182

Pvt. John Jamieson Robson - Killed in Action on November 13

• Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet - I. L. 2.

Spr. Walter Leonard Holland - Died of Wounds on November 23

• St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen - O. II. Q. 10.

• Commemorated on Page 104

Pvt. Daniel David Walwin Webster - Killed in Action on December 1

• Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois - II. C. 4.

• Commemorated on Page 180

1917

LCpl. Angus Gunn - Died of Wounds on February 19

• Melness Cemetery, Tongue (Scotland) - In South Part

• Commemorated on Page 248

Pvt. John Cooper - Killed in Action on April 9

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 220

Pvt. Norman Douglas Tatton - Killed in Action on April 9

• Canadian Cemetery No.2, Neuville-St. Vaast - 1. A. 23.

• Commemorated on Page 336

Pvt. John Edwards - Died of Wounds on April 16

• Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois - IX. A. 12.

• Commemorated on Page 233

Pvt. William Lisoway - Killed in Action on April 16

• Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois - IX. A. 18.

• Commemorated on Page 275

Pvt. Alfred Lowden - Killed in Action on April 30

• Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois - V. F. 6.

• Commemorated on Page 277

Pvt. Mike Parazinski - Killed in Action on May 2

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 305

Spr. Edward Trenham - Died of Wounds on May 3

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 340

Pvt. Reginald Guy Walker - Killed in Action on June 3

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 344

Pvt. George Alexander Brown (LeBrun) - Died of Gas Poisoning on July 27

• Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension - H. 16.

• Commemorated on Page 208

SN. David Linklater - Killed in Action aboard S.S. Belgian Prince on July 31

• Portsmouth Naval Memorial - 27.

Pvt. James Ellis - Died of Illness on September 5

• Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery - IV. D. 62.

• Commemorated on Page 234

Pvt. William Henry Fessey - Killed in Action on September 16

• Fosse No.10 Communal Cemetery Extension, Sains-en-Gohelle - III. A. 8.

• Commemorated on Page 236

Pvt. Edward Hynes - Killed in Action on September 16

• Fosse No.10 Communal Cemetery Extension, Sains-en-Gohelle - III. A. 10.

• Commemorated on Page 261

Lt. Francis Timothy "Frank" Quinlan - Killed in Action on September 29

• Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery - V. H. 7.

• Commemorated on Page 312

Cpl. John Donald Aird - Died of Wounds on October 26

• Dozinghem Military Cemetery - IX. D. 18.

• Commemorated on Page 189

Pvt. Thomas William Roberts - Died of Wounds on October 28

• Nine Elms British Cemetery - VII. B. 5.

• Commemorated on Page 317

Pvt. Donald Farquharson - Killed in Action on November 6

• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.

• Commemorated on Page 235

Pvt. Charles Edmund Bradley - Killed in Action on November 10

• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.

• Commemorated on Page 206

Pvt. Samuel Wilkins Kipping - Died of Gas Poisoning on November 12

• Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery - XXII. BB. 22.

• Commemorated on Page 269

1918

Pvt. Alanzo Prebble Gordon - Died of Illness on January 20

• Lapugnoy Military Cemetery - VI. B. 3.

• Commemorated on Page 416

Pvt. George Ryan - Died of Wounds on March 5

• Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension - II. E. 10.

• Commemorated on Page 495

Pvt. Cyril Augustine McAllister - Died of Illness on March 9

• Brookwood Military Cemetery (England) - IX. A. 4.

• Commemorated on Page 452

Pvt. Alexander Coull Gibb - Missing, Believed Killed on April 28

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 414

Pvt. Michael McPherson - Killed in Action on August 8

• Hourges Orchard Cemetery, Domart-sur-la-Luce - A. 22.

• Commemorated on Page 465

Pvt. John Pinder Willacy - Killed in Action on August 8

• Demuin British Cemetery - A. 3.

• Commemorated on Page 523

Pvt. Samuel Parnell Marsh - Killed in Action on August 9

• Manitoba Cemetery, Caix - D. 24.

• Commemorated on Page 467

Pvt. George Cecil Shirley Brooks - Died of Gas Poisoning on August 10

• Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme - VI. B. 20.

• Commemorated on Page 374

Pvt. George Esselmont - Killed in Action on August 10

• Vimy Memorial

• Commemorated on Page 404

Pvt. Alexander Elliott – Killed in Action on August 26

• Wancourt British Cemetery - II. A. 14.

• Commemorated on Page 403

Spr. John Buntain – Killed in Action on August 28

• Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines - IV. A. 8.

• Commemorated on Page 377

Pvt. Alfred Annis - Killed in Action on September 2

• Dominion Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt - I. C. 22.

• Commemorated on Page 360

Srgt. Harold Lambert Buck – Died of Wounds on September 21

• Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun - VI. H. 26.

• Commemorated on Page 376

Pvt. Joseph Poirier – Killed in Action on September 29

• Haynecourt British Cemetery - II. D. 4.

• Commemorated on Page 486

Pvt. Vincent Carroll – Killed in Action on October 1

• Sancourt British Cemetery - II. A. 21.

• Commemorated on Page 381

Cpl. Harold James Rees – Killed in Action on October 4

• Haynecourt British Cemetery - II. D. 6.

• Commemorated on Page 490

​Armistice and Aftermath

Capt. Royce Coleman Dyer - Died of Illness on December 30, 1918

• Archangel Allied Cemetery (Russia) - E. 6.

• Commemorated on Page 586

Pvt. Frank John Johnson - Died on December 30, 1918

• Brookside Cemetery (Winnipeg) - Mil. 223.

• Commemorated on Page 437

Spr. Harry Jenkins - Died of Illness on March 5, 1919

• Telincthun British Cemetery, Wilmille - XV. A. 40.

• Commemorated on Page 536

Capt. John Riversdale Warren Herrick - Died of Wounds on October 24, 1920

• Basra War Cemetery (Iraq) - II. K. 14.

Spr. Wilfred Langford Green - Died in 1920

• No known grave or memorial site

Pvt. William Murray Bower - Died of Wounds on October 17, 1921

• Union Church Cemetery, Middle Ohio (Nova Scotia) - 295

• Commemorated on Page 555

Pvt. Harold Marland Andrews - Died on September 8, 1923

• Transcona Cemetery - Mlty-0176-0