Transcona & the First World War Centenary
- Nov 1, 2018
- 8 min read
Updated: Aug 27, 2021

Originally published on 11 November 2018. Updated on 26 August 2021.
To commemorate the First World War Centenary on this Remembrance Day - November 11, 2018 - we are honouring those 80 known 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. As of August 2021, an additional name has been identified as missing from the Transcona Cenotaph, Pte. William Pettitt.
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. All abbreviations follow the Military Abbreviations used in Service Files (Library and Archives Canada).
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. An asterisk (*) indicates a name currently missing from the Transcona Cenotaph.
No casualties of war in 1914 from Transcona
1915
Pte Walter Barugh - Killed in Action on March 10
Sgt Horace Carl Beken - Killed in Action on April 24
Pte Edward Charles Ferg - Killed in Action on April 25
1916
Pte Phileas Poirier - Killed in Action on February 2
Pte James Fingland Hyslop - Killed in Action on March 18
Pte Austin B. Keens - Killed in Action on April 28
Pte Charles Ernest Cort Bashford - Killed in Action on May 25
Pte Herbert "Harry" Higgins - Killed in Action on June 5
Pte Henry Swithinbank - Killed in Action on June 5
Pte William Edmund Roberts - Killed in Action on June 6
Pte Ethelbert William "Bert" Mickleburgh - Murdered on June 8
Pte John Berry - Killed in Action on June 14
Sgt Edmund Hall "Ted" Buckley - Killed in Action on June 14
Pte George William MacKay - Died of Wounds on July 30
Sgt William Duncan Millican - Killed in Action on August 28
Pte James William Harvey - Killed in Action on September 21
Sgt Alexander Wood Youngson - Killed in Action on September 21
L/Cpl George Bell Austin - Killed in Action on September 24
L/Sgt David Campbell - Killed in Action on September 25
Pte Thomas Hines - Killed in Action on September 25
Pte Richard Williams - Died of Wounds on September 25
L/Cpl Pierce Edward Jones - Killed in Action on September 26
Pte Frank Wallis Smith - Killed in Action on September 26
Pte Edward John Schafer - Killed in Action on September 28
Pte William Heron - Killed in Action on October 4
Pte Ernest Henry King - Died of Wounds on October 4
Pte William Law - Killed in Action on October 8
Pte Patrick McGillivray - Killed in Action on October 8
Pte Donald Hugh Rankine - Killed in Action on October 8
L/Sgt Donald Monro - Missing, Believed Killed on October 9
Pte Angus K. MacKinven - Died of Illness while Prisoner of War on October 20
Sgt Oscar Thomas White - Died of Wounds from an Airplane Crash on October 21
Pte Thomas Beatty - Killed in Action on October 25
Pte Scott Wilkinson - Killed in Action on November 1
Pte William Pettitt - Killed in Action on November 4 *
Pte John Jamieson Robson - Killed in Action on November 13
Spr Walter Leonard Holland - Died of Wounds on November 23
Pte Daniel David Walwin Webster - Killed in Action on December 1
1917
L/Cpl Angus Gunn - Died of Wounds on February 19
Pte John Cooper - Killed in Action on April 9
Pte Norman Douglas Tatton - Killed in Action on April 9
Pte John Edwards - Died of Wounds on April 16
Pte William Lisoway - Killed in Action on April 16
Pte Alfred Lowden - Killed in Action on April 30
Pte Mike Parazinski - Killed in Action on May 2
Spr Edward Trenham - Died of Wounds on May 3
Pte Reginald Guy Walker - Killed in Action on June 3
Pte George Alexander Brown (LeBrun) - Died of Gas Poisoning on July 27
Smn David Linklater - Killed in Action aboard S.S. Belgian Prince on July 31
Pte James Ellis - Died of Illness on September 5
Pte William Henry Fessey - Killed in Action on September 16
Pte Edward Hynes - Killed in Action on September 16
Lt Francis Timothy "Frank" Quinlan - Killed in Action on September 29
Cpl John Donald Aird - Died of Wounds on October 26
Pte Thomas William Roberts - Died of Wounds on October 28
Pte Donald Farquharson - Killed in Action on November 6
Pte Charles Edmund Bradley - Killed in Action on November 10
Pte Samuel Wilkins Kipping - Died of Gas Poisoning on November 12
1918
Pte Alanzo Prebble Gordon - Died of Illness on January 20
Pte George Ryan - Died of Wounds on March 5
Pte Cyril Augustine McAllister - Died of Illness on March 9
Pte Alexander Coull Gibb - Missing, Believed Killed on April 28
Pte Michael McPherson - Killed in Action on August 8
Pte John Pinder Willacy - Killed in Action on August 8
Pte Samuel Parnell Marsh - Killed in Action on August 9
Pte George Cecil Shirley Brooks - Died of Wounds on August 10
Pte George Esselmont - Killed in Action on August 10
Pte Alexander Elliott – Killed in Action on August 26
Spr John Buntain – Killed in Action on August 28
Pte Alfred Annis - Killed in Action on September 2
Sgt Harold Lambert Buck – Died of Wounds on September 21
Pte Joseph Poirier – Killed in Action on September 29
Pte Vincent Carroll – Killed in Action on October 1
Cpl Harold James Rees – Killed in Action on October 4
Armistice and Aftermath
Capt Royce Coleman Dyer - Died of Illness on December 30, 1918
Pte Frank John Johnson - Died on December 30, 1918
Spr Harry Jenkins - Died of Illness on March 5, 1919
Capt John Riversdale Warren Herrick - Died of Wounds on October 24, 1920
Spr Wilfred Langford Green - Died in 1920
No known grave or memorial site
Pte William Murray Bower - Died of Wounds on October 17, 1921
Union Church Cemetery, Middle Ohio (Nova Scotia) - 295
Pte Harold Marland Andrews - Died on September 8, 1923