Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Walters, Owen

Sergeant Owen Walters signed up with the third overseas contingent in January 1915 and spent 3-1/2 years in England and France. He was wounded during the advance on Cambrai in the last weeks of the war. Owen was the oldest son of Frederick Walters and Emily Golding of Kenora, Ontario. Fred and Emily were originally… Read More »

McCaffrey, James

James McCaffrey was the 7th child of at least 8 children born to John McCaffrey and Elizabeth Kelly. He was born in Venosta, Quebec. Although his attestation papers stated his birth year as 1888 his baptism record and his tombstone both state 1885. His siblings were Michael, Margaret , Mary, William, Phoebe, John and a… Read More »

Aube, Hermidas

Hermidas Aube was born on 12 May 1866 in St. Jerome, Quebec to Vincent and Margaret Aube.  He came west as a young man and worked as a labourer and a miner. By 1901 he was living in Rat Portage (Kenora) Ontario with a wife and children.  He worked at the Sultana Mine and also… Read More »

Sinclair, Roy Frederick

Kenora’s David George Sinclair and his wife Eliza Ann Bock had four sons that served in WW1 – Leslie Foster John (born 1887), Levi Wilmot (born 1893), Roy Frederick (born 1895) and  Benjamin Elton  (born 1899).  The family arrived in Rat Portage (Kenora) in 1903 and settled north of town in the rural area of… Read More »

Bunting, John Benjamin

Lance Corporal John Benjamin Bunting joined the Royal Engineers in 1917 and served with the Inland Water Transport section. He spent 18 months in Mesopotamia and returned to Canada in August 1919. John was the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Bunting of North Vancouver, British Columbia. His parents were both born in Derbyshire,… Read More »

Goodman, Gudmundur Fridjon

Gudmundur Fridjon Gudmundson was born on 29 August 1892 in Iceland. Along with his parents Thorlakur and Anna Gudmundson and older siblings Helga and David, he immigrated to Canada in1893. The family settled in the South Cypress area of southern Manitoba where they farmed. Along the way the children adopted the surname of Goodman, with… Read More »

Adams, F

The Lake of the Woods Milling Company in Keewatin, Ontario created a roll of honour after the war, commemorating the fallen as well as all that served. One of the fallen was listed as F Adams.    

Lindsay, Herbert Roy

The son of George Lindsay and Caroline Johnson, Herbert Roy Lindsay was born on 3 January 1891 in Napanee, Ontario. His father George was a fisherman in the Belleville/Napanee area although they may also have had a small farm. Herbert had three older siblings, George, Lilly, and Grace. Sadly, it appears that Lilly, struck by… Read More »

Fisher, Robert Armour

Robert Armour Fisher immigrated to Keewatin from Scotland in 1904 and his wife and  one son Robert D (1896-1971)  joined him 3 years later.  While living in Keewatin he worked in the local flour mill as a packer. Three more children were born, William (1908), Elizabeth (1900), and Helen/Nellie (1910).  His wife Mary Jane Davidson… Read More »

Grace, James William

Private James William Grace was living in Kenora, Ontario when he enlisted in the fall of 1915. He was wounded at the Somme in October 1916 and invalided back to Canada the following spring. James was the oldest son of James Henry Grace and Matilda Ducharme of Kenora, Ontario. His parents were both born in… Read More »