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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Private John James Millar enlisted in July 1915, at age 20. He served with the Yukon Motor Machine Gun Battery and died of wounds in March 1918, during the German Spring Offensive. John was the son of James Millar and Katherine Janet Robertson of Winnipeg, Manitoba. James, a shoemaker, was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland and… Read More »
Alfred Henry (Harry) Friend was born on 22 May 1880 in Totterdown, Bristol Gloucestershire, England. His father Silas Samuel Friend, an engine fitter by trade, was from Corsham in Wiltshire while his mother Ellen Tinker was from Stirt, also in Wiltshire. Silas and Ellen had married in 1878 in the registration district of Barton Regis, Gloucestershire…. Read More »
John Angus McArthur was born on 5 March 1893 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. Although his parents and siblings all used McArthur as the spelling of their surname, John consistently used MacArthur. His father Daniel McArthur was from Newcastle, Nova Scotia while his mother Florence/Flora McDougall was from Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The couple… Read More »
Walter Severn Dodman was born on 15 March 1899 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father Arthur Edward Dodman was from Stamford, Lincolnshire in England, immigrating to Canada in 1894 and arriving in Quebec aboard the Lake Ontario on 1 May. His mother Mary Thorpe was also from England, immigrating around 1891-92. The couple married on 22… Read More »
Private James Young Scott was married and the father of three young children when he enlisted in March 1916. He arrived in France that fall and he was killed in action a year later at the Battle of Passchendaele. James was the son of William Scott and Agnes Smith of Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland. William and… Read More »
Joseph Pierre Jean Baptiste (John) Lavery was born on 7 January 1893 in the RM of St Francois Xavier in Manitoba. His parents Joseph Arsene Lavery and Marie Demerise St Armand were both from Quebec, marrying on 16 July 1888 in St Aubert, L’Islet. Arsene had previously been married to Beatrice Pelletier who died in… Read More »
Joseph Lozinski was born on 4 October 1899 in Bosyry, Ukraine. He was the son of Joannis (Jan) Lozinski and Anna Gurin (Hurin). According to a later article about his retirement, he served in the Polish Army from 1917 to 1925. On 24 October 1920, in the Ukraine, he married Tetana. In 1927 Joseph immigrated… Read More »
Private Philip Bircham was married and the father of three young children when he enlisted in December 1914. He was wounded and captured while serving in Belgium and was a German prisoner of war from June 1916 to January 1919. Philip was born on 30 May 1883 in Marylebone, London, England, the son of Philip… Read More »
Charles Houlton Davis was born on 29 April 1888 in Gloucester, England. His father, Charles Davis was a clerk in holy orders and his mother’s name was Eleanor. Siblings included Amy (born 1878), Edgar (1881), Harold (born 1886), Ethel (born 1893) and Dora (born 1899). Charles immigrated to Canada arriving in Quebec aboard the Ionian… Read More »
According to his attestation papers, Moses Land was born on 15 April 1896 in White Dog, Ontario. Presently called Wabaseemong, White Dog is/was an Ojibwa reserve located 120 km northwest of Kenora, Ontario. His parents were Andrew and Nancy Land. The 1891 Canada census found the family listed in the district of Algoma, Keewatin North…. Read More »
