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.
First World War Casualties
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)
Sources:
“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
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