The bank merged with the Bank of British North America (1918) and Merchants Bank of Canada (1922).
There is an honour roll listing all of the Bank of Montreal employees who died in the First World War in the main branch at 119 rue Saint-Jacques in Montreal, Quebec. There are also ones for Molsons Bank and Merchants Bank of Canada.
Branch
Address
Period
Status
Alexander
?-?
Altona
?-?
22 Second Avenue
1922-1931
125 Third Street South
1918-2000
213 First Avenue
1922-?
Brandon
1000 Rosser Avenue
1918-1953
Destroyed by fire (1953)
33 Main Street
1934-?
Deconstructed (2023)
Darlingford
?-?
Dauphin
?-?
1922-1931
?-?
221 East Railway Street
1922-2000
MacGregor
75 Hampton Street
1922-1978
307 Main Street
1922-?
Oak River
Second Street
?-?
112 Second Street
1922-?
1907-?
136 Fourth Street
1918-?
Selkirk
?-?
South Railway Street
1922-1930
?-?
Winnipeg
842 Corydon Avenue
c1932
590 Ellice Avenue
c1932
1929-1930s
936 Logan Avenue
c1932
1913-?
438 Main Street
?-?
676 Main Street
c1932
1386 Main Street
c1932
556 Osborne Street
c1932
1927-?
1151 Portage Avenue
c1932
606 Selkirk Avenue
c1932
1922-1942
1905-1999
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Cecil Roy Barrett MC
[Next of Kin]Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal
113th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Second Lieutenant
30 May 1891
25 June 1917
William Joseph Blackburn
[Oak River, Strathclair]Bank Clerk, Bank of BNA
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
29 September 1896
15 November 1917
Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA
107th Canadian Pioneer Battalion
Private
1 October 1897
15 August 1917
Banker - Bank of BNA
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
25 April 1896
20 June 1917
Gregory Bryan
[Next of Kin]Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal
28th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
10 February 1895
15 September 1916
Sydney Harris
[Next of Kin]Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Sergeant
3 December 1889
26 September 1916
John Machaffie
[Next of Kin]Bank of Montreal
29th Squadron, Royal Air Force
Lieutenant
1897
21 September 1917
Francis William Morris
Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
24 October 1889
12 June 1918
William Arnold Palmer
[Next of Kin]Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
18 October 1887
14 November 1917
George Pilkington
Banker - Bank of BNA
Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment
Lance Corporal
30 November 1886
18 October 1916
Alexander Paisley Robertson
Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lance Corporal
13 April 1890
28 April 1915
Thomas Robertson
Bank of British North America, Brandon
15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
28 September 1889
26 April 1915
John Johnson Scott
Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Private
15 November 1890
2 June 1916
Stanley Richard Shore
[Manitou]Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
16 December 1897
6 November 1917
Edward Silver
[Fort Rouge Methodist, Next of Kin]Bank of Montreal
2nd Battalion, London Regiment
Second Lieutenant
1888
1 May 1918
Joseph Alfred Stacey
Bank Clerk - Bank of BNA
9th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Private
28 May 1888
6 April 1920
Alvin Spencer Trow
[Next of Kin]Banker - Bank of Montreal
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Private
12 September 1891
9 April 1917
Alexander Walker
Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
5 July 1894
26 October 1917
Gordon Crawford Wallace
[Kelvin High School, Next of Kin, St. Luke's Anglican]Bank Clerk - Bank of Montreal
4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Gunner
22 April 1898
29 September 1918
Frederick Alexander Cumberland Wilcox
Bank of Montreal
6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Lieutenant
1893
14 July 1916
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Frederic James Larken
Accountant
1st/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, British Army
Second Lieutenant
1877
14 November 1916
Arthur Barton Rowe
Bank Clerk
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
15 July 1892
8 October 1918
Arthur Hamilton Young
[Canadian Club, Next of Kin]Banker
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Captain
11 May 1879
7 September 1918
See also:
Manitoba Business: Bank of British North America
Manitoba Business: Merchants Bank of Canada
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Monuments to Finance, Vol. II: Early Bank Architecture in Winnipeg by David Spector, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, August 1982.
Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918, A Record of Service published by the Bank of Montreal, 1921.
Monday Monuments and Memorials – Bank of Montreal, Montreal, Great War 100 Reads.
“Sure and steady growth [Bank of Montreal advertisement],” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 February 1932, page 2.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 6 May 2024