War Memorial - Minto MB
Posted by: PeterNoG
N 49° 24.422 W 100° 01.463
14U E 425687 N 5473209
This is beside the Minto United Church at 319 South Railway Street in the small community of Minto, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMCQN9
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 10/03/2011
Published By: 3am
Views: 2
This may be the Legion Cenotaph in Minto since there is a Legion Flag (as well as a Canadian Flag) flying beside the cairn.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): The Great War 1914 - 1918
The Great War 1939 - 1945
In Honor Of: Our honored dead who laid down their lives in the Great War
Marker Text: In memory of our boys killed in the Great War
1939 - 1943
Rifleman Cecil J. Graham
Private W. Fraser Kinsley
Rifleman Earl R. Little
Driver Donald J. MacDonald
Private William Mowatt
Pilot Officer Douglas P. Lamont
Flying Officer Spencer E. Leppert
"Their name liveth for evermore"
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In Memory of our honored dead who laid down their lives in the Great War as a sacrifice on the altar of freedom
1914 - 1918
John Abbott
David M Calderwood
John Dickson
James Garwell
William Grigg
Sidney Halliday
Charles Lovatt
James Meek
Angus McIntyre
Alfred McLatchie
Elmore Pringle
David Ribbons
Zeckariah Sheppard
Thomas Tyremen
Norman J Waddell
James P Wark
Lawrence Wark
Harold White
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"Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends"
Who Put it Here?: [possibly] Minto Legion #201
Description of Memorial: A large brick cairn with two larger plaques and a small plaque on the bottom.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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