An financial investment firm.
On 9 October 1925, a tablet commemorating employees of the company who had served and died in the First World War was unveiled at its main Winnipeg office by Ethel Constance Nanton (1873-1942), wife of company founder Augustus Meredith Nanton. The present whereabouts of the tablet are as yet unknown.
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
William Reginald Norman Haynes
[Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge]Farmer
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
7 October 1890
8 January 1917
Daniel John Hill
[Next of Kin]Fireman
42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Sergeant
8 February 1889
9 April 1917
George David Lynch
[Next of Kin, St. Lukes Anglican]Broker
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Major
17 July 1882
8 October 1916
John Stirling MacInnes
[Next of Kin, St. Johns, Westminster]Clerk
7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
7 March 1897
9 April 1917
Christopher Edgar Wyon Rogers
[Next of Kin, St. James]Clerk
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
5 January 1896
8 October 1916
William George Rogers
[Next of Kin, St. James]Clerk
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
15 January 1897
9 October 1916
Alan Skirving Richardson
[Holy Trinity, La Verendrye School, Next of Kin]Accountant
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
16 May 1895
25 July 1916
John Robb Scott
Clerk
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
23 November 1890
16 October 1916
Daniel Gordon Shelmerdine
[St. James Anglican, St. James School]Clerk
5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Driver
1 April 1897
9 May 1917
Spencer Edward Waugh
[Next of Kin, St. Andrews, St. Johns, Selkirk]Fireman
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
8 October 1891
25 October 1916
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Augustus Meredith Nanton (1860-1925)
“Tribute paid to staff employes who died in war,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 October 1925, page 2.
“Unveils memorial to men who fell in war,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 October 1925, page 3.
This page was prepared by Darryl Toews and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 May 2023
