Historic Sites of Manitoba: Holy Trinity Anglican Church (256 Smith Street, Winnipeg)

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Erected in 1883-1884 on the north side of Graham Avenue between Donald and Smith streets in Winnipeg, to the designs of local architect Charles H. Wheeler, this picturesque limestone structure is a fine example of the High Victorian Gothic style. It displays a creative interpretation of the cruciform plan and a lively use of motifs such as dormer clerestory windows, buttresses, finials and hammer beam ceiling. The irregular outline, with attached parish hall and bell tower, recalls English parish churches. This church is the fourth to serve the parish since its incorporation in 1868. Set within a landscaped churchyard, Holy Trinity is a landmark in the heart of Winnipeg and a municipally-designated historic site. In 1990, a commemorative plaque was erected on its grounds by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.

Located on the interior south wall of the sanctuary are two bronze plaques commemorating the members of the Fort Garry Horse (FGH) who died in service of their country during the First and Second World Wars. The plaques were unveiled on 22 June 1947 by Lieutenant Colonel R. F. Bingham (former FGH Commanding Officer) and dedicated by Reverend C. C. Carruthers (former FGH Chaplain and Major). Also present at the event was Brigadier M. H. S. Pendale and Brigadier R. O. G. Morton. A tribute parade was performed by members of the Fort Garry Horse Association 10th Armoured Regiment, along with cadets and the regiments’ band.

Plaques on the walls of the sanctuary commemorate parishioners who were killed during service in the First World War and Second World War. The First World War plaque was created by Alfred Howell, head of the art and sculpture department of the Toronto Technical School, and unveiled at a ceremony on 13 November 1921.

Rectors

Period	Rector
?-?	John Grisdale (1845-1922)
?-?	Walter John Southam (1868-1940)

Rectors' Wardens

Period	Rectors Warden
1868-1872	William Drever (1803-1887)
1873-1877	George B. Spencer (1812-1886)
1878-1880	George Frederick Carruthers (1846-1918)
1881	James Hamilton Rowan (c1831-?)
1882	S. W. Farrell
1883-1885	George B. Spencer (1812-1886)
1886	John Miles O’Loughlin (1849-1906)
1887	Thomas Gilroy (1848-1905)
1888	G. H. Balfour
1889-1891	T. Clark
1892-1895	R. H. Augur
1896-1898	John Miles O’Loughlin (1849-1906)
1899-1900	James Robert Jones (1848-1916)
1901-1902	John James Codville (1851-1915)
1903-1905	Robert Furby Manning (1856-1920)
1906-1908	George Frederick Carruthers (1846-1918)
1908-1909	John Clare Falls (1854-1924)
1910-1914	James G. Dagg (1860-1929)
1915-1918	Joseph Albert Merrick (1866-1952)
1919-1920	Henry Bruce Gordon (1855-1931)
1921-1922	D. C. MacLachlan
1923	D. Richardson
1924-1927	A. E. Stevens
1928	D. Richardson
1929	Bruce McBean (1873-1959)
1930	S. E. Harris
1931-1944	Henry Eugene “Harry” Sellers (1886-1970)
1945-1947	Benjamin Billingsley Smith (1881-1975)
1948-1950	M. Anderson
1951-1952	J. Rayner
1952	E. W. R. Butler
1953-1957	R. G. Boyd
1958-1960	Henry Bruce Boreham (1891-1987)
1961-1963	T. J. Norquay
1964-1966	W. F. VanBuskirk
1967-1969	R. K. Smith
1970-1972	W. J. Sproule
1973-1975	G. A. Grose
1975-1980	M. Tiller
1981-1982	J. Morrison
1983-1986	C. Martin
1987-1994	L. C. Taylor
1995-1999	S. Wiens-Hiebert
2000-2003	C. Bellamy
2004-2010	Leigh Taylor
2010-2016	Ab Chudley
2016	Joan C. Lloyd

Peoples' Wardens

Period	Peoples Warden
1868	J. Schultz
1869	H. T. McDermott
1870	William Gomez da Fonseca (1823-1905)
1871	Andrew McDermot (1790-1881)
1872	William Gomez da Fonseca (1823-1905)
1873	A. E. Wilson
1874-1875	Donald Codd (c1845-1896)
1876	G. Brown
1877	Andrew Strang (1849-1913)
1878-1879	R. H. Hunter
1880	Jeffry Hall Brock (1850-1915)
1881	S. W. Farrell
1882	Lansing M. Lewis (1854-1927)
1883	F. H. Mathewson
1884	F. B. Ross
1885-1886	Thomas Gilroy (1848-1905)
1887	G. H. Balfour
1888	John Miles O’Loughlin (1849-1906)
1889	William James Mitchell (1843-1907)
1890	Thomas Alderson Anderson (1855-1919)
1891	Richard Inglis Jones (1850-1934)
1892-1895	Thomas Robinson (1854-1908)
1896-1898	G. D. Martin
1899-1900	William Andrew Windatt (1860-1924)
1901-1902	Clifford Clarke Hague (1853-1927)
1903	Gordon Ogilvie Woodman (1855-1928)
1904-1908	Henry Bruce Gordon (1855-1931)
1909-1914	John Christy Macnab (1856-1932)
1915	James G. Dagg (1860-1929)
1916-1918	William Henry D’Arcy (1857-1936)
1919	D. Richardson
1920	D. C. MacLachlan
1921	D. Richardson
1922-1923	Henry Eugene “Harry” Sellers (1886-1970)
1924-1926	William Henry D’Arcy (1857-1936)
1927	D. Richardson
1928	D. C. MacLachlan
1929-1930	Henry Eugene “Harry” Sellers (1886-1970)
1931	D. C. MacLachlan
1932	D. Richardson
1933-1936	Benjamin Billingsley Smith (1881-1975)
1937-1942	J. Rayner
1943-1946	E. W. R. Butler
1947-1948	W. F. VanBuskirk
1949-1950	J. Rayner
1951-1952	R. D. Smith
1953	R. E. Adams
1954-1956	J. Rayner
1957-1968	R. E. Adams
1969-1971	B. C. Grose
1972-1973	T. Harriott
1974-1975	B. Wardrope
1976	B. Casey
1977-1979	W. J. Sproule
1980-1983	R. Gillespie
1984-1986	A. Stedman
1987	R. Gillespie
1988-1989	R. James
1990-1991	W. Buhr
1992-1995	G. Tanner
1996-1999	D. Graham
2000-2001	L. Taylor
2002-2003	W. Adkins
2004-2007	B. Duggan
2007-2009	Maurice Mearon
2009-2010	Ab Chudley
2010-2016	Joan Lloyd
2016	R. D. Loudfoot

Photos & Coordinates

Sketch of the Holy Trinity Church (circa 1889) Source: Souvenir of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto News Company, 1889. Sketch of the interior of Holy Trinity Church (circa 1889) Source: Souvenir of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto News Company, 1889. Holy Trinity Anglican Church (2010) Source: City of Winnipeg Aerial view of Holy Trinity Anglican Church (August 2024) Source: George Penner Interior of Holy Trinity Anglican Church (September 2015) Source: George Penner Holy Trinity commemorative plaque (2010) Source: City of Winnipeg Fort Garry Horse memorial plaques (November 2014) Source: Nathan Kramer Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89260, W97.14264 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Osborne James Armstrong [HBC]	Grocery Clerk	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 May 1884	29 September 1916
James Walter Beach	Storeman	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 July 1884	10 October 1915
Charles Stuart Belcher MC [Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge]	Insurance Agent	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Major	3 February 1891	11 May 1917
Leslie Kenneth Belcher MC [Next of Kin]	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	16 August 1895	29 September 1918
Clement Scott Burnett [Next of Kin]	Bookkeeper	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	13 September 1897	17 August 1918
George Washington Burnett [Next of Kin]	Accountant	The Fort Garry Horse	Private	21 May 1894	24 September 1918
Evan John Baynes [St. Philips]	Misc. (Aviator Cadet) Manager	42nd Wing, Royal Air Force	Lieutenant	5 July 1889	26 June 1918
Archibald Barker	Steamfitter	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 September 1888	8 October 1916
Frederick Robert Cuffley [Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Constable	61st Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	18 June 1887	26 July 1915
Elmer Thomas Craven [Next of Kin]	Student	203rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	6 May 1898	19 October 1916
Phillip Walter Detmold	Clerk	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	25 November 1894	18 April 1917
Ainslie St. Clair Dagg [Next of Kin, Nursing Alumnae]	Nursing	15 General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps	Nursing Sister	5 February 1892	29 November 1918
Walter A. Dawson MM [City Hall, Next of Kin, Winnipeg Hydro]	Electric Cableman	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	29 September 1887	4 June 1918
Cecil Ackroyd Falls [IODE, Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk	3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Gunner	15 December 1897	7 November 1917
Frederick James Fisher [Next of Kin]	Mechanical Engineer	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	16 January 1889	10 November 1917
Alec George	Plumber	7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 February 1893	8 June 1915
Wilfred Edwin Ham [Electric Railway, Next of Kin, St. Matthew's Anglican]	Street Car Conductor	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	8 January 1893	14 June 1916
J. H. Holman	?	?	?	?	?
Edmund Lally Howell [Law Society, Next of Kin]	Barrister	5th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps	Captain	25 April 1876	27 July 1916
Albert Lane Jackson [Next of Kin]	Traveller	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	7 May 1882	21 November 1916
S. E. Jones	?	?	?	?	?
Walter Kelly MC [Next of Kin]	Storer, CPR	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	24 February 1890	19 August 1917
William Kirkham	?	?	?	?	?
Douglas Arthur Leamon	Rental Manager	8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment	Lieutenant	11 June 1890	14 August 1917
W. Lee	?	?	?	?	?
Edward George Lowman [Next of Kin]	Stock Broker	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Sergeant	10 January 1888	19 February 1917
Herbert Lockhart	Pipefitter	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 October 1884	13 July 1916
James Macnab [Next of Kin]	Clerk	8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	Second Lieutenant	23 December 1891	19 August 1915
George Banks Manson [Next of Kin, Eatons]	Night Watchman	43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Corporal	8 September 1883	6 October 1916
William Duncan Millican [Next of Kin, Transcona]	Civil Engineer	10th Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sergeant	15 January 1875	28 August 1916
A. Martin	?	?	?	?	?
Ernest D’Harcourt McMeans [Law Society, Next of Kin]	Barrister-at-Law	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	6 May 1889	22 May 1915
Mowbray MacDonell Perdue [Law Society, Next of Kin, Vimy Ridge]	Barrister-at-Law	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	8 August 1890	9 May 1917
Frederick Henry Pope [City Hall, Next of Kin, Winnipeg Police]	Police Constable	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Company Sergeant Major	3 July 1888	19 January 1917
Archibald Roy Rajotte [Next of Kin]	Electrician	6th Field Company, Canadian Engineers	Sapper	28 June 1888	13 May 1917
Alan Skirving Richardson [La Verendrye School, Next of Kin, Osler Hammond & Nanton]	Accountant	5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	16 May 1895	25 July 1916
James Freer Richardson MD	?	49th Indian General Hospital Indian Medical Service	Captain	1884	27 November 1919
Frank Walter Seager	Bread Salesman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	31 March 1891	25 April 1915
Herbert Stanley Swan [Austin, Electric Railway, Next of Kin, St. Philips]	Electrician	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	3 November 1891	25 November 1916
William Julian George Swan [Austin, Gladstone, Next of Kin, St. Philips]	Farmer	78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	10 March 1889	17 October 1916
Arthur Thornton [Next of Kin, Stovels]	Pressman	10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Sergeant	16 July 1889	5 November 1917
Walter James “Ollie” Turnbull MC [Next of Kin]	Bank Clerk, Royal Bank of Canada	10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery	Captain	3 October 1891	14 November 1916
Henry Atholl Charles Wallace [Next of Kin]	Agent	10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Captain	30 May 1879	22 April 1915
J. Wombron	?	?	?	?	?
H. Whitelaw	?	?	?	?	?

Second World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Willis Keeton Addison	Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	1 March 1914	12 December 1943
Arthur William Boyle	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	13 May 1912	1 January 1943
Stanley Dawson	408 (RCAF) Squadron, Royal Air Force	Pilot Officer	?	14 January 1944
Robert Graham Devenish	Royal Canadian Engineers	Lieutenant	16 July 1916	5 April 1941
John Dartry Erzinger	102 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Flying Officer	4 November 1917	13 May 1943
George Allen Gates	Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	12 May 1924	27 February 1945
Leonard Manning Hobday	Canadian Grenadier Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Lieutenant	15 May 1922	21 August 1944
Frederick Edward Hodge [Royal Winnipeg Rifles]	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Major	17 May 1919	8 June 1944
William Lees	4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Private	15 February 1917	15 December 1944
Frank Walter Walker	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Corporal	8 November 1912	4 July 1944
Ernest Graham Longley	Royal Air Force Ferry Command	Flight Engineer	?	9 February 1943
John “Jack” Christian Ungerer	North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps	Private	7 June 1923	21 August 1944
Peter Kenneth Lovat	HMCS Charlottetown, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Engine Room Artificer	20 July 1919	10 September 1942
George Russell Mallindine	The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals	Signalman	29 June 1910	14 June 1944

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lyall House (830 Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Plaques for Persons, Events and Sites of National Historic Significance

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Garry Horse Monument (Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Garry Horse Museum and Archives (551 Machray Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Holy Trinity Anglican Church (246 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Matthew’s Anglican Church (641 St. Matthews Avenue, Winnipeg)

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

Sources:

“Churches honor members who fell during war,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 November 1921, page 2.

“Fort Garry Horse War memorial to be unveiled,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 1947, page 10.

“Bronze memorial plaque unveiled,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 June 1947, page 3.

“Plaque honors Fort Garry Horse,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 June 1947, page 4.

[Photo caption], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 June 1947, page 14.

Information for this page was provided by The City of Winnipeg’s Planning, Property and Development Department, which acknowledges the contribution of the Government of Manitoba through its Heritage Grants Program.

We thank Nathan Kramer and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 5 August 2024

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