The Great War Memorial Plaques

The Great War Memorial Plaques

As a memorial to the members of staff who gave their lives in the Great War, The Bank of Nova Scotia commissioned unknown designers between July 1920 and March 1921 to create bronze tablets bearing their names; these were then placed on the walls of the branches they worked in when they joined the military forces. The plaques listed the names of staff who had been killed on the field, as well as those who were first returned wounded or missing and were afterwards officially recorded as deceased.

Of all the war memorial plaques created between July 1920 and March 1921, the Scotiabank Archives has a total of seven tablets within their collection:

Click to enlarge Name: Egerton Bancks Baines
Branch: Ontario, Toronto, General Office
Click to enlarge Name: John Henry Campbell
Branch: Ontario, Trenton, Consecon
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Name: Andrew Edward Hector Hugh MacKay
Branch: Alberta, Calgary, Commercial Banking Centre & Main Branch (240 8th Avenue SW) (125-127 8th Avenue West)

Name: Duncan MacPherson
Branch: Alberta, Calgary, Commercial Banking Centre & Main Branch (240 8th Avenue SW) (125-127 8th Avenue West)

Click to enlarge Name: Murray MckayWinchester
Branch: Ontario, Toronto, Bloor & Spadina
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Name: Reginald Creagh Wyse
Branch: British Columbia, Vancouver, 510 Burrard (Vancouver, Hastings & Seymour) (602 West Hastings Street) (Former Main Branch)

Name: A. Etheridge
Branch: British Columbia, Vancouver, 510 Burrard (Vancouver, Hastings & Seymour) (602 West Hastings Street) (Former Main Branch)

Name: C. H. Lloyd
Branch: British Columbia, Vancouver, Main Branch (BO)

Click to enlarge Name: Harold Webster Robertson
Branch: New Brunswick, Sackville
Click to enlarge Name: Alan Vincent Franke Trimble
Branch: Ontario, Toronto, Danforth & Pape (MET)

If you have any information about other war memorial plaques created, please contact the Scotiabank Archives at archives@scotiabank.com.

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