First World War Plaque

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Type
Other

In addition to the monument at its head office in Toronto, the Canadian Bank of Commerce honoured employees from each branch who served in the First World War. This plaque was commissioned shortly after the war and dedicated to the bank's 1701 employees who served in the war, 321 laid down their lives. The names of 15 employees of the Moose Jaw Canadian Bank of Commerce who served in the war are listed on the plaque.

The plaque features the caduceus logo of the bank - two snakes winding around a winged staff at the upper left, and two poppies intertwined with a symbolic olive branch at the lower right. The Canadian Bank of Commerce went to great lengths to commemorate its staff that served in the war including a two-volume book of staff profiles and accounts of their war experiences.

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF 1701 OF THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

YEOMAN O.W. BARNES
LT. W.M. BLOTT
LT. J.M. CLELAND
SGT. H.M. CRAFT
PTE. J.T. CUTHBERT
LY. E. DRUMMOND HAY
SGT. J.G. FOWLER
LT. J.E. JARVIS M.C.
LT. E.D MCDONALD
PTE. J.L. MCMURRAY
SGT. H.G. STEWART
SGT. J. STEWART
PTE. E.C. TEMPLETON
2ND LT. P.M. WALLACE
PTE. H.R. WATSON

MOOSE JAW
BRANCH

Location
First World War Plaque

268 High Street West
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 50.3915667
Long. -105.5421696

Canadian Bank of Commerce Moose Jaw Branch First World War Plaque

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