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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.

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Alcock, William Henry

William Henry (Billy) Alcock was born on 25 October 1898 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His parents were George and Emma (née Barker) Alcock who had married on 1 January 1883 in Faraday, Hastings, Ontario. After the 1891 Canada census the family had moved to Saskatchewan but by the 1901 Canada census they… Read More »

Linklater, William

William Linklater was born on 8 April 1888 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario He was the fifth born child of Charles Patrick Linklater and Margaret Donald who had apparently married on 12 March 1880 in the RM of St Andrews in Manitoba, both having Métis roots in the Red River Settlement…. Read More »

McKee, Robert Elsworth

Private Robert Elsworth McKee was married and the father of a baby daughter when he enlisted in January 1917. He served in England and France with the Canadian Forestry Corps and returned to Canada in November 1918 after suffering an injury. Elsworth was the youngest son of John McKee, a farmer, and Margaret (Maggie) Thompson…. Read More »

Hendrie, Archibald

Archibald Hendrie was born on 6 December 1893 in Barrhead, Neilston Parish in Renfrewshire, Scotland. His father Archibald Hendrie, a calico machine tenter, was from Bonhill, Dunbarton while his mother Jessie Little, a cotton mill worker, was from Neilston. Archibald and Jessie married on 30 December 1892 in Barrhead. Jessie, a widow, had previously married… Read More »

Daly, Milfred Jasper

Gunner Milfred Jasper Daly signed up with the Canadian Field Artillery in April 1916, at age 18. He served for three years in Canada, Great Britain and France. Milfred was the youngest son of George Jasper Daly and Rachel Brook of Winnipeg, Manitoba. George and Rachel were both from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland and they… Read More »

Somers, Allan James

The name of Allan James Somers appeared in an article published by the Kenora Miner and News on 30 August 1916. Listed in the article were recent enlistments with the 141st Battalion, Allan’s name among them. His identity and service could not be confirmed.  

Cassels, George

George Alexander Cassels was among the early volunteers from Keewatin, joining the 98th Regiment in Kenora after the first call to raise group of 40 men for overseas duty was made August 9, 1914. Cassels had been in Keewatin for about five years and was working as a coachman at the Keewatin flour mill when… Read More »

Byers, Henry Joseph (Harry)

Although he gave his date of birth as 12 April 1896 on his attestation papers, Henry Joseph (Harry) Byers was born in 1898 in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. A birth record was not found but elsewhere in his records the year was 1898 and was also given in census records and his obituary. His mother… Read More »

McIntosh, Alexander Arthur

Alexander Arthur McIntosh was born on 23 April 1887 in Hatton on Fintray, a village on the River Don in the parish of Fintray about twenty kilometres northwest of Aberdeen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His Richard McIntosh was from Echt while his mother Isabella Alexander was from Rayne, both in Aberdeenshire. The couple married on 19… Read More »

Dulmage, James Silliam

James Silliman Dulmage was born on 09 December 1872 in Orillia, Ontario.  His parents were Augustus Frederick Dulmage and Elizabeth Ann Oliver.  Siblings included: Rhoda Jane (1869-1959; married John Philbin), Louisa Emma (1871-1909; married David Kay), Flora Maud (1874-1889), George Augustus (1876-1911; married Minnie McCraynor), Glen Oliver (b. 1878), Alexander (1880-1943; married Kate Gardiner), Frederick… Read More »