Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Medical College (750-770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg)

Two buildings on Bannatyne Avenue in Winnipeg house the Manitoba Medical College. The building at 750 Bannatyne was designed by architect James H. Cadham and built in 1905 while the one at 770 Bannatyne was erected in 1921.

At the entrance to 770 Bannatyne are plaques commemorating the founders of the college, as well as a plaque listing its graduates and students who lost their lives in the North West Rebellion (1885), South African War / Boer War (1900) and the First World War (1914-1918). A tablet for First World War dead was unveiled at a ceremony on 30 April 1922.

Manitoba Medical College

Manitoba Medical College (c1910)
Source: Winnipeg Illustrated, Peels Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta

Postcard view of the 750 Bannatyne building of the Manitoba Medical College at left with the Emmanuel Baptist Church, now demolished, at right

Postcard view of the 750 Bannatyne building of the Manitoba Medical College at left with the Emmanuel Baptist Church, now demolished, at right (circa 1910)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2015-0020

Manitoba Medical College building at 770 Bannatyne, built in 1921

Manitoba Medical College building at 770 Bannatyne, built in 1921 (June 2017)
Source: George Penner

Manitoba Medical College building at 750 Bannatyne, built in 1905

Manitoba Medical College building at 750 Bannatyne, built in 1905 (June 2017)
Source: George Penner

Manitoba Medical College Entrance and Founders Plaque

Manitoba Medical College Entrance and Founders Plaque (2010)
Source: City of Winnipeg

Manitoba Medical College Entrance and War Memorial Plaque

Manitoba Medical College Entrance and War Memorial Plaque (2010)
Source: City of Winnipeg

Closeup of Memorial Plaque

Closeup of Memorial Plaque
Source: Jean Paterson

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90444, W97.16068
denoted by symbol on the map above

Graduates and Students Killed in Wars

North West Rebellion (1885)

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Alexander M. Fergusson

Medical Student

90th “Winnipeg" Battalion of Rifles

Private

?

24 April 1885

Boer War (1900)

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

Andrew Blyth Byng

Medical Student

Royal Canadian Dragoons

Private

28 November 1873

7 June 1900

First World War (1914-1918)

Name

Occupation

Service

Rank

Birth Date

Death Date

St. Clair Dunn
[Gimli, Pharmacy, 108 Battalion]

Physician & Pharmacist

Canadian Army Medical Corps attached to Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Captain

22 December 1880

9 March 1918

James Blain Haverson

?

104th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Lieutenant

1891

25 June 1916

George William Hepworth
[Field Ambulance, Shoal Lake, Strathclair]

Medical Student

11th Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps

Private

16 December 1894

6 July 1917

Ethelbert Eldridge Meek
[Manitoba College]

Surgeon

3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps

Captain

1877

30 May 1918

Daniel Fleming Pack
[Brandon College, Field Ambulance]

Student

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Private

30 December 1894

12 September 1917

Harry Adolph Sharman

Physician

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Captain

1892

28 March 1918

Thomas Hazel Whitmore

Physician

10th Training Depot, Canadian Army Medical Corps

Captain

1889

8 August 1918

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Medical College / St. Regis Apartments (561 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg)

MHS Centennial Organization: University of Manitoba

Sources:

“Unveil Tablet To Honor Dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 May 1922, page 7.

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 Jean Paterson and Darryl Toews for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and George Penner.

Page revised: 4 February 2023

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