St Norbert Cenotaph
The First World War cenotaph in St Norbert cemetery, Winnipeg lists 13 different names. Since 2009, a Remembrance Day Service has been held here annually and caring for the monument has become a community project. The 2019 service took place on Nov. 11 at 10:45 a.m. with three people attending who are family members of one of the 13 people honoured by the cenotaph. The 2019 ceremony included music from students at Collège St. Norbert Collegiate. A community gathering took place immediately afterward at the Eagles Club (3459 Pembina Hwy.).
Jim Busby, a local amateur historian and researcher, who has helped fill in some of the blanks about the 13 servicemen from St. Norbert with assistance from the Manitoba Historical Society and Darryl Toews. Area resident Art Bloomfield is hoping to find more family members of these people, who came from St. Norbert and southeastern Manitoba.
The nominations for the St. Norbert cenotaph were provided after the Great War by family members, friends, and partners left behind by the servicemen, as well as businesses and religious organizations in the area. Many of the men were likely Métis, but such details were not recorded in military records. Among those memorialized on the cenotaph are:
1914-1918
Richard Fenton
Charles Leaumorte
Albert (Alfred) Ryan
Ernest Ryan
James Normand
Jules Seewald
Inscription
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A la glorieuse memoire des volontiers de St. Norbert tombes au champ d’honneur pendant la grande guerre R.I.P.
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The First World War cenotaph in St Norbert cemetery, Winnipeg lists 13 different names. Since 2009, a Remembrance Day Service has been held here annually and caring for the monument has become a community project. The 2019 service took place on Nov. 11 at 10:45 a.m. with three people attending who are family members of one of the 13 people honoured by the cenotaph. The 2019 ceremony included music from students at Collège St. Norbert Collegiate. A community gathering took place immediately afterward at the Eagles Club (3459 Pembina Hwy.).
Jim Busby, a local amateur historian and researcher, who has helped fill in some of the blanks about the 13 servicemen from St. Norbert with assistance from the Manitoba Historical Society and Darryl Toews. Area resident Art Bloomfield is hoping to find more family members of these people, who came from St. Norbert and southeastern Manitoba.
The nominations for the St. Norbert cenotaph were provided after the Great War by family members, friends, and partners left behind by the servicemen, as well as businesses and religious organizations in the area. Many of the men were likely Métis, but such details were not recorded in military records. Among those memorialized on the cenotaph are:
1914-1918
Richard Fenton
Charles Leaumorte
Albert (Alfred) Ryan
Ernest Ryan
James Normand
Jules Seewald
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.