Historic Sites of Manitoba: Nassau Street Baptist Church / Trinity Baptist Church (549 Gertrude Avenue, Winnipeg)

This stone church on Gertrude Avenue in Winnipeg was built in 1909 by James Henry Neil. Known initially as Nassau Street Baptist Church, it was renamed to Trinity Baptist in 1930. A plaque in a display case inside the front entrance of the church commemorates parishioners who were killed during service in the First World War and Second World War. It became a municipally-designated historic building in 2018.

Trinity Baptist Church (April 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Trinity Baptist Church (April 2015) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Trinity Baptist Church (October 2015) Source: George Penner Interior of Trinity Baptist Church (May 2017) Source: George Penner Site Location (lat/long): N49.87508, W97.14740 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
George Frederick Adams [Next of Kin]	Clerk	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 June 1896	25 April 1915
Charles Coulter Ashdown	Hardware Clerk	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	2 December 1893	20 June 1924
Ralph Bouchard	Blacksmith Apprentice	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	4 December 1896	15 September 1916
Alexander Lobban Doner MM	Plumber	28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	22 July 1893	6 November 1917
Charlie Evans	?	?	?	?	?
Stanley Norton Ferry	Printer	15th Battalion, London Regiment	Private	1891	28 August 1919
John Hartley	?	?	?	?	?
Frank Alexander Higgins [Brandon College, Roland]	Teacher	Canadian Army Service Corps, 3rd Division Mechanical Transport Company	Private	10 June 1896	4 February 1919
James Keyes	?	?	?	?	?
Howard James MacLaurin [Next of Kin]	Dentist	16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lieutenant	26 July 1887	14 June 1916
Frank Holland Morrison	Machinist Apprentice	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	1 March 1893	10 April 1917
Clayton George Whitman [Portage la Prairie]	Machinist Apprentice	52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	18 March 1897	24 August 1917
Ralph Austin Wilford	Wiper	Canadian Army Service Corps	Private	5 July 1891	22 November 1918
Joseph Stewart Woods [Next of Kin, St. Lukes Anglican]	Locomotive Fireman	8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	21 September 1893	26 September 1916
Walter Ralph Woods [Next of Kin, St. Lukes Anglican]	Clerk, Great West Permanent Loan Company	27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	13 January 1897	6 November 1917
Henry Errol Woodworth	Agent	44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Lance Corporal	18 June 1893	25 October 1916

Second World War Casualties

Name	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
John Grant Patteson	620 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force	Pilot Officer	8 June 1920	26 July 1943

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

For the names of First World War casualities from Manitoba who do not appear on any physical monument in the province, see the Manitoba Historical Society War Memorial. If you know of a name that is omitted from this list, please contact the MHS War Memorial Researcher Darryl Toews (darryl@mhs.mb.ca).

Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Veterans Affairs Canada.

Financial support for research reported on this page was provided by the Manitoba Heritage Grants Program (2015-2016).

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, George Penner, and Darryl Toews.

Page revised: 2 August 2020

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