Designed by Winnipeg architect John Danley Atchison and constructed between 1916 and 1918, this building was one of four major banks on “Bankers’ Row” along Main Street. It was the last major office building erected during the city’s early boom period, and served as the Manitoba headquarters of the Bank of Hamilton which merged with the Bank of Commerce in 1923. This plaque is mounted on the northwest corner of the building. Restoration of the building was given a Conservation Award by Heritage Winnipeg and the structure is a municipally-designated historic site.
Employees of the bank from branches around Manitoba, killed during military service in the First World War, were listed in an Appendix of A History of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Volume 3, 1919-1930 published in 1934.

Bank of Hamilton Building (June 2014) Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Bank of Hamilton commemorative plaque (2009) Source: City of Winnipeg
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89699, W97.13851 denoted by symbol on the map above
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Bank Employees who were First World War Casualties
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
George Baird
[Pilot Mound] |
Bank Clerk |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
22 October 1895 |
26 September 1916 |
Reginald Stellwagen Black
[Manitou, St. John the Baptist Anglican] |
Bank Manager |
27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
27 May 1886 |
6 November 1917 |
Gilbert Edward Cooper
[Next of Kin, Stonewall Masons, St. Matthews Anglican, Stonewall] |
Bank Clerk |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
24 March 1892 |
25 January 1916 |
David Edmond |
Bank Clerk |
Royal Flying Corps |
Cadet |
1893 |
11 November 1917 |
Stephen Ernest Shortliffe
[Stonewall] |
Bank Clerk |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Corporal |
25 December 1892 |
26 October 1917 |
James Clifford Stewart
[Miami] |
Bank Clerk |
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
28 October 1895 |
9 October 1916 |
Joseph Huskuldur Thompson
[Cartwright] |
Clerk |
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
30 April 1896 |
9 April 1917 |
Norman Cleland Treleaven
[Killarney, Killarney School] |
Bank Clerk |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
4 February 1898 |
8 August 1918 |
Robert Stewart Whiteford
[Roland] |
Clerk |
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
Lance Corporal |
26 February 1895 |
30 March 1918 |
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: John Danley Atchison (1870-1959)
Manitoba Business: Bank of Hamilton
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Sources:
A History of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Volume 3, 1919-1930 published 1934.
Bank of Hamilton Building (395 Main Street), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, September 1982.
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.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 18 July 2022
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