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 (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 (circa 1910) Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2015-0020 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 (June 2017) Source: George Penner Manitoba Medical College Entrance and Founders Plaque (2010) Source: City of Winnipeg Manitoba Medical College Entrance and War Memorial Plaque (2010) Source: City of Winnipeg 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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