THE CANADIAN LEGION
By the late Mr. E. Barnes
In the fall of 1928 a group of veterans of World War I met together, and
out of the meeting, a branch of the Legion was formed. It recieved its charter
November 6, 1928, and was known as the Miniota Branch No. 66 of the
Canadian Legion. Its main objective was to assist veterans, their widows and
dependants, and obtain from our government those things which they
considered rightly theirs.
Since that time this branch and also the Canadian Legion has expanded
its membership until today it is a strong and well-organized body of veterans,
composed of servicemen from World Wars I and II and the Korean War.
This branch of the Legion, comprising members from all parts of the
municipality, looks after the two cenotaphs in this municipality, and since their
erection, has continuously held Memorial Day services at Miniota and Remembrance Day
services at Crandall. This is the only municipal branch in
Manitoba; comprising the villages of Miniota, Crandall, Isabella, Arrow River and
Beulah. It holds its meetings once a month in rotation in each of these villages. It
assists in the upkeep of all cemeteries in this municipality where there is a
veteran's grave and sees that each grave has a headstone.
The Charter members were: T.H. Wheatland, G.B. Hammond, G.L.
Woods, R.M. Oliver, B.S. Woods, T.A. Deans, G.L. Armstrong, J. Desmond, W.H.
Hurlin, A.S. Dennis, M.P. Scutt, F. Franklin, William Pierce, G. Apsey, E.S.
Martin, W.A. Shean, W.S. Collier, G. Heyhoe, P.C. Watts and W.H. Kirton.
ROLL OF HONOUR
Crandall Community joined with the many others across the nation
when the "Call to Arms" came in World Wars I and II. The records show that 56
men joined the forces in World War I and 59 men and women in World War II.
When each member of the Armed Forces returned home after the close
of the war in 1945, he (she) was given a "Welcome Home" party under the
auspices of the W.I. There were eleven parties in all. Each single person received
a pen as a gift and each married one a bedspread. This was little enough to do in
gratitude for those who had served their country. Three young men of the
community paid the supreme sacrifice, and in commemoration, the people of
the Crandall Community presented their families with a Bible.
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Gave Their Lives
World War I: 1914-1918
Allen, George
Angus, Clarence ( #922279 )
Beresford, Gilbert ( #700771 )
Brown, Dave * ( #12682? )
Burr, Charles ( #2130434 )
Chant, Herb ( #186063 )
Coldwell, William
Collyer, Horace ( #5214 )
Douglas, Gordon ( #2129837 )
Doupe, Thomas ( #2130263 )
Drayton, Harold ( #186089 )
Douglas, Elmer ( #922333 )
Gow, Victor * ( #922460 )
Hamilton, Wilfred ( #531745 )
Hanna, Isaac ( #2129502 )
Hickman, Fred ( #186142 )
Hull, H.A.
Irvine, William ( #1000790 )
Jacobs, Morris
Johnson, John
Kidd, Harry ( #2129867 )
Kidd, S.M. ( #424984 )
Kirk, Milford ( #892637 )
Kitson, Earl
Lee, Ted
Little, Charles * ( #2114988 )
Little, Magnus ( #3346167 )
Little, Vere ( #2114948 )
Lowe, Ed
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McDonald, Alex
McDonald, Cameron ( #829834 )
McKenzie, Alex
McMartin, Robert ( #922491 )
Matthews, William
Milnes, Harold ( #301822 )
Nicholls, William
Norrie, George ( #922540 )
Norrie, John ( #922393 )
Phillips, Percy * ( #425595 )
Phillips, Ralph ( #187768 )
Phillips, Theron * ( #2114947 )
Pittendreigh, J.
Rapley, Sid ( #865621 )
Robus, Stephen
Roche, W.J.
Sherritt, William
Simpson, H.
Smith, William * ( #186246 )
Todd, David ( #186262 )
Tyndall, Steve * ( #425417 )
Vance, William ( #922343 )
Walker, William
Watts, William ( #186279 )
Webb, Clarence ( #187774 )
Wicks, Charles ( #106621 )
Wilson, Adam
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World War II: 1939-1945
Angus, Leslie
Bell, Margaret
Brown, Harry
Cartwright, Don
Clark, Garth
Clark, Murray
Colbeck, Wayne * ( #O/23650 )
Collyer, Cecil
Collyer, Ward
Davies, George
Douglas, Arnold
Douglas, Lloyd
Douglas, Wilfred
Douglas, Richard
Doupe, Benjamin
Doupe, Harold
Gunson, Edward
Gunson, George
Gunson, Melville
Hyndman, Grant
Irvine, Alfred
Irvine, Thomas
Jackson, James
Johns, Alvin
Johnston, Lloyd
Johnston, Russel
Kerr, Hugh
Kidd, William
Lawrence, Kenneth * ( #H/1170 )
Lawson, Hugh
Lawson, Torrance
Lee, Cedric
Lee, Terry
Lewis, Charles
Lewis, Earl
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McConnell, Murray
Morison, George
Murdock, Leslie
Murdock, Stanley
Murdock, William
Padfield, Aleta
Padfield, EIsie
Padfield, George *( #H/87484 )
Richardson, David
Rudd, Alvin
Rudd, Cecil
Rudd, William
Schoch, Robert
Shier, Ermina
Stevenson, Allan
Stevenson, Percy
Todd, Glen
Walker, Albert
Wallace, Gordon
Wall, Alfred
Warren, Clarence
Warren, Nixon Webb,John
Welsh, Robert
Whitney, Clarence
Young, Fredrick
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