Manitoba Business: Bank of Montreal

The bank merged with the Bank of British North America (1918) and Merchants Bank of Canada (1922).

There is an honour roll listing all of the Bank of Montreal employees who died in the First World War in the main branch at 119 rue Saint-Jacques in Montreal, Quebec. There are also ones for Molsons Bank and Merchants Bank of Canada.

Manitoba Branches

Branch	Address	Period	Status
Alexander		?-?
Altona		?-?
Austin	22 Second Avenue	1922-1931
Belmont	125 Third Street South	1918-2000
Bowsman	213 First Avenue	1922-?
Brandon	1000 Rosser Avenue	1918-1953	Destroyed by fire (1953)
Carberry	33 Main Street	1934-?	Deconstructed (2023)
Darlingford		?-?
Dauphin		?-?
Ethelbert	5 North Railway Avenue	1922-1931
Gladstone	Dennis Street	?-?
Hartney	221 East Railway Street	1922-2000
MacGregor	75 Hampton Street	1922-1978
Minitonas	307 Main Street	1922-?
Oak River	Second Street	?-?
Oakville	112 Second Street	1922-?
Portage la Prairie	115 Saskatchewan Avenue East	1907-?
Reston	136 Fourth Street	1918-?
Selkirk		?-?
Sidney	South Railway Street	1922-1930
Souris	37 Crescent Avenue West	?-?
Winnipeg	842 Corydon Avenue	c1932
	590 Ellice Avenue	c1932
	194 Henderson Highway	1929-1930s
	936 Logan Avenue	c1932
	335 Main Street	1913-?
	438 Main Street	?-?
	676 Main Street	1948
	1386 Main Street	c1932
	556 Osborne Street	c1932
	426 Portage Avenue	1927-?
	1151 Portage Avenue	c1932
	606 Selkirk Avenue	c1932
	804 Selkirk Avenue	1922-1942
	464 Stradbrook Avenue	1905-1999

Manitoba Employees at Bank of Montreal Among First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Cecil Roy Barrett MC [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal	113th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	Second Lieutenant	30 May 1891	25 June 1917
William Joseph Blackburn [Oak River, Strathclair]	Bank Clerk, Bank of BNA	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	29 September 1896	15 November 1917
Elmer Leeds Bolton [Darlingford, Manitou]	Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA	107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion	Private	1 October 1897	15 August 1917
Harold Albert “Harry” Bolton MM [Darlingford, Manitou]	Banker - Bank of BNA	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	25 April 1896	20 June 1917
Gregory Bryan [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 February 1895	15 September 1916
Sydney Harris [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	3 December 1889	26 September 1916
John Machaffie [Next of Kin]	Bank of Montreal	29th Squadron, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	1897	21 September 1917
Francis William Morris	Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	24 October 1889	12 June 1918
William Arnold Palmer [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	18 October 1887	14 November 1917
George Pilkington	Banker - Bank of BNA	Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment	Lance Corporal	30 November 1886	18 October 1916
Alexander Paisley Robertson	Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	13 April 1890	28 April 1915
Thomas Robertson	Bank of British North America, Brandon	15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	28 September 1889	26 April 1915
John Johnson Scott	Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry	Private	15 November 1890	2 June 1916
Stanley Richard Shore [Manitou]	Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	16 December 1897	6 November 1917
Edward Silver [Fort Rouge Methodist, Next of Kin]	Bank of Montreal	2nd Battalion, London Regiment	Second Lieutenant	1888	1 May 1918
Joseph Alfred Stacey	Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA	9th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Private	28 May 1888	6 April 1920
Alvin Spencer Trow [Next of Kin]	Banker - Bank of Montreal	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Private	12 September 1891	9 April 1917
Alexander Walker	Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	5 July 1894	26 October 1917
Gordon Crawford Wallace [Kelvin High School, Next of Kin, St. Luke's Anglican]	Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal	4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	22 April 1898	29 September 1918
Frederick Alexander Cumberland Wilcox	Bank of Montreal	6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment	Lieutenant	1893	14 July 1916

Manitoba Employees at Molsons Bank Among First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Frederic James Larken	Accountant	1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, British Army	Second Lieutenant	1877	14 November 1916
Arthur Barton Rowe	Bank Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	15 July 1892	8 October 1918
Arthur Hamilton Young [Canadian Club, Next of Kin]	Banker	7th Canadian Infantry Brigade Headquarters	Captain	11 May 1879	7 September 1918

See also:

Manitoba Business: Bank of British North America

Manitoba Business: Merchants Bank of Canada

Sources:

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

Monuments to Finance, Vol. II: Early Bank Architecture in Winnipeg by David Spector, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, August 1982.

Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918, A Record of Service published by the Bank of Montreal, 1921.

Monday Monuments and Memorials – Bank of Montreal, Montreal, Great War 100 Reads.

“Sure and steady growth [Bank of Montreal advertisement],” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 February 1932, page 2.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 31 October 2024