The 152nd Battalion was Recruited out of the Estevan and Weyburn areas.
Photo of 12th Avenue facing south. The Empire Hotel on the left was the recruiting center and the 3rd floor was rented out as temporary barracks. Three soldiers can be seen standing in the doorway (left) and the recruiting sign painted in the window.
Other Battalions were recruited out of the area as well, such as the 46th Battalion and 249th Battalion.
152nd Battalion CEF
The 152nd Battalion was a unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. It was authorized on 22 December 1915, recruiting in Weyburn and Estevan, Saskatchewan, and embarked for Great Britain on 3 October 1916, where its personnel were absorbed by the 32nd Reserve Battalion, CEF, on 21 October 1916 to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion was disbanded on 21 May 1917.
The 152nd Battalion, CEF had one officer commanding: Lieutenant-Colonel S. B. Nelles.
The 152nd Battalion was perpetuated by The South Saskatchewan Regiment
Battle honours:
Gallery
Some 152nd Battalion photos:
Men from the Estevan Area who were killed at Vimy:
985035 Private Henry Balls – 9 April 1917
* 426204 Private Frank Bardy – Killed by Shell fire. – 10 April 1917
427607 Corporal Sidney Britton – Shrapnel wound to right hip, died at Casualty Clearing Station #1 – 12 Apr 17
925039 Private Harold Bryant – 9 April 1917
925118 Private John Watson Dickie – 9 April 1917
925054 Private Arthur Halliday – Wounded – 9 April 1917 : Died - 2 Dec 1917 in Hospital.
925056 Private John Charles Hargreaves – 9 April 1917
427492 Private Proctor Hodgson – 1 Dec 1916 – Prep for Vimy
925708 Private Charles Vivian Knox – 9 April 1917
925232 Private Russell Lysons – 9 April 1917
63631 Lance Corporal George Melbourne Mackay – 9 April 1917
925126 Private Allen Fredrick McQuoid – 9 April 1917
*925684 Private Charles Millens – 11 April 1917
*925275 Private Willis West Peters – 23 April 1917
Lieutenant Lester George Rooks – 9 April 1917
*439884 Private Benjamin Senkoski, DCM – 10 Feb 1917 – Prep for Vimy
427901 Private Henry Spain – 1 Dec 1916 – Prep for Vimy
15183 Private Frank Shires – Shot in knees by machine gun and was taken to dressing station where he was hit with HE shell and killed on route - 12 April 1917
925072 Corporal Alfred Stuart – 9 April 1917
*427567 Private Walter Whitehead, MM – 10 April 1917
427605 Private Percy Woodhead – Suffered a gun shot wound on 13 April and died of wounds on 22 April 1917
* - not on Estevan cenotaph
Cenotaph Plaque (Estevan)
Here are some pictures of the cenotaph and the name plaque that is on it.
New and Cleaned Plaques (Estevan) - Updated 2023
We added some new plaques in 2023 to mark the Afghanistan Conflict and add some missing FWW and SWW names.
Special thanks to Veterans Affairs Community War Memorial funding grant, The National Wall of Remembrance Foundation grant and funding from the RM of Estevan #5 and the City of Estevan as well as some private doners for making the plaques possible.
Weyburn's Vimy sacrifices:
811118 Private Axel Anderstedt (49th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) was killed in action during the preparations for Vimy Ridge on February 7th.
925250 Private William Barrett (58th Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 18th of April.
424500 Private Wesley John Bell (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 9th of April.
926021 Private William (Bill) Boblo (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
925446 Private Stephen Charles Coram (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 11th of April.
426349 Private Thomas Dickie Jr. (10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
925923 Private Lee Martin Hart (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
926022 Corporal Thomas Michael Hoban (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
104059 Private John McDonald (b.1892) (28th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 10th of April.
Lieutenant William Percy Thompson (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
925916 Private John Alexander Mitchell (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 13th of April.
925342 Sergeant Alfred Blackburn Jr. (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action during the preparations for Vimy Ridge on February 18th.
427917 Private Lee Crane (46th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action during the preparations for Vimy Ridge on the 5th of January.
925349 Private Wellington Gray (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action during the preparations for Vimy Ridge on March 16th.
475380 Private (James) Gordon Marshall (Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) was during the preparations for Vimy Ridge on December 19, 1916.
Image courtesy of Peel's Prairie Provinces, a digital initiative of the University of Alberta Libraries.
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/postcards/PC013022.html
Vimy Casualties from the Southeast
From April 9th to 12th 1917
So to give you a bit of an idea.... just here in the Southeast.... there were 111 Vimy casualties.
Not many communities were left untouched by this battle 106 years ago (1917 to 2023).
Lest we Forget, We will Remember Them!
First World War
Men from the Oxbow area that were killed at Vimy:
830433 Private Arthur Edward Chrismas (44th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment) killed in action 12 April.
81564 Private William Milne Mathewson (10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) killed in action 9 April.
148442 Private Edward Pickering (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) killed in action 9 April.
925819 Corporal Ernest Riley Richardson (46th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) killed in action 13 April.
Arcola and Kisbey Vimy Casualties:
925559 Private Barclay James Albert Osborne (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) from Kisbey, SK and
426777 Private William Joseph Rogers (10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) from Arcola, SK were both killed on the 9th of April 1917 at Vimy.
925483 Private Alexander King (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) of Arcola, SK. was killed on the 10th of April at Vimy and
718478 Private Samuel Montgomery Linder (44th Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment) of Arcola, SK was killed on the 12th of April.
First World War
Carlyle's Vimy Casualty:
925519 Private Martin McConnell (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) killed on 9 April 1917 at Vimy Ridge.
Stoughton's contribution to Vimy:
907439 Private Russell Ault Allin (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
907446 Private Floyd Lester Northrup (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
907697 Private Lorne Hamilton Salley (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
The men of the Carievale area who fell at Vimy:
925960 Private Ernest James Furze (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) killed in action 9 April.
925937 Private William George Palmer (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died on the 12th of April of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge.
SE Saskatchewan losses,
Some more community loss;
From the town of Forget:
871504 Private Louis Boniver (16th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
From the town of Heward:
907194 Private Henry Sawyer (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) died of his wounds received at Vimy Ridge on April 15th.
From the town of Redvers:
426817 Private Clifford Arthur Honeyman (28th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained during the preparations for Vimy Ridge on April 10th.
Glen Ewen, SK casualties of Vimy:
925946 Private George Miller (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died 10 April of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge.
925439 Private John Murdock McLeod (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died on the 15th of April of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge.
925521 Private Frank Rowe (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
RM of Lomond #37 Vimy casualties:
925928 Private Bertram Arthur (Bert) Lambert (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) of Maxim, SK. was killed in action on the 9th of April.
235194 Private Orion Garner (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) of Colgate, SK. was killed in action on the 9th of April.
The men of the Tribune and Bromhead who fell at Vimy:
925248 Private Alexander Brick (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) of Tribune, SK. died on the 12th of April of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge.
925696 Private John Thompson Anderson of Bromhead, SK. (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died on the 11th of April of gunshot wounds to the right side sustained three weeks earlier.
The men of the Gainsborough area who fell at Vimy:
925604 Private William Duncan (52nd Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) died on the 4th of April of wounds sustained during the preparations for Vimy Ridge.
925878 Private Bertram Vaughan Matthews (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) killed in action 13 April.
875334 Private George Davidson Smith (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) killed in action 9 April.
Men from the Communities in the Southeast
Vimy Ridge Casualties:
Men from the Alameda area that were killed at Vimy:
718192 Private Frederick Baguley (16th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
235038 Private Stanley Lyle Cronk (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on April 11th.
926045 Private Francis Richard (Frank) Foster (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
234839 Private (George) Edmond Hayter (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on April 14th.
From the town of Hume (east of Weyburn):
925029 Private Ernest Walter Cutridge (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 9th of April.
From the town of Wawota:
907885 Private Ian Norman Reid Berry (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on April 9th.
From the town of Fletwode:
186149 Corporal William Hourd (24th Battalion, Québec Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Huronville:
907836 Private Ernest Wilfred Sallans (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Handsworth:
115975 Private Bryant Oliver Ross (10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 12th of April.
From the town of Moosomin:
551380 Private George Lewis (Canadian Light Horse) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
446433 Corporal George Norman Potter (15th Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Fleming:
151796 Private Sydney Victor Lowe (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Wapella:
115215 Private Norman Caswell Sayer (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 10th of April.
116440 Private James Tudge (72nd Battalion, British Columbia Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Golden Plain:
875064 Private Charles Gentle (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Glenavon:
551347 Private Redfern Edward Gee (Canadian Light Horse) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
908157 Private Chester Cecil Hammett (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Alsask:
204115 Lance Corporal Andrew David (Andy) Edwards (13th Battalion, Québec Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Odessa:
812192 Private Patrick Michael O'Dwyer (50th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) was killed inaction on the 10th of April.
From the town of Whitewood:
105045 Private Selby Mervin Robertson (28th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Broadview:
551314 Trooper John Blundell (Canadian Light Horse) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
116744 Private Joseph Taylor (2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, British Columbia Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
Image courtesy of SVWM website:
https://svwm.ca/war-memorial-broadview-sask/
Men from the Communities in the Southeast
Vimy Ridge Casualties:
From the town of Grenfell:
874414 Private Reginald John Rufus Howe (27th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 10th of April.
475465 Lance Corporal Charles Douglas (Dick) Richardson (Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) was killed in action by an enemy shell at Vimy Ridge on the 9th of April.
81599 Corporal Enoch Aldred Mitchell (10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 10th of April.
From the town of Summerberry:
216207 Private Ernest Snowdon (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Wolseley:
907724 Private William Rapheal Dillon (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Montmartre:
907620 Private (William) Spencer Hollowell (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 10th of April.
From the town of Sintaluta:
234868 Private (Israel) Roy Blakely (78th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Indian Head:
104248 Private George William Glew (44th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) was killed in action on the 10th of April.
551374 Private Thomas Johnson (Canadian Light Horse) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
81454 Private James Burton Johnston (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 17th of April.
115136 Private Sheraton Bernard Logan (31st Battalion, Alberta Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
426356 Sergeant George William Thacker (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Radville:
925396 Private William Henry Butterworth ((5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 9th of April.
From the town of Ceylon:
925113 Private John Cawley (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Bengough:
782464 Private Harry Hugginson (50th Battalion, Alberta Regiment) was killed in action on the 11th of April.
From the village of Khedive:
926037 Private Malcolm Thornton Burright (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Horizon:
925546 Private Howard Harry Ford (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Querrin:
925440 Private Harry Chamberlain (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Yellow Grass:
925452 Private Denton Boyne Ferguson (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
925110 Private George William Lister (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 13th of April.
925594 Private Joseph Gordon McKinnon (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Milestone:
105961 Private John Stanley Bowden (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Creelman:
907512 Private Donald James Mackenzie (102nd Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
From the town of Ogema:
925390 Private Frank Elwood Baird (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
925216 Private Jesse Wilson Barnett (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 13th of April.
925195 Private George William Berry (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 9th of April.
925458 Private Ernest Foster Heron (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) died of wounds sustained at Vimy Ridge on the 12th of April.
925620 Private Andrew Milne (5th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) was killed in action on the 17th of April. Milne was wounded at Vimy Ridge and was aboard an ambulance ship (HMT Donegal or (HMHS Lanfranc) torpedoed between Le Havre and Southampton.
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