The Private Roswell Jay Shantz Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.
Roswell Shantz was born in Kitchener, Ontario in 1899 and came to Carstairs, Alberta with his Methodist family, who sent him and his brother to attend Mount Royal College in 1911. After leaving Mount Royal, Shantz remained in Calgary, working as a mechanic and eventually joining Lord Strathcona’s Horse, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. Private Shantz died of influenza on November 4, 1918 — just days before an armistice was signed to end the First World War on November 11, 1918.