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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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On 03 August 1888 Wilfred Hales was the 2nd born of 8 children in Peterborough, England to John Hales and Betsy Anne Peacock. ‘Billy’, as he was known to friends, immigrated to Canada in 1911. He joined the group of young men in Kenora that were from his home town in England. They became… Read More »
Thomas Richard Bull was born on 8 February 1888 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. His parents were John Albert and Emma (née Talbot) Bull who had married during the last quarter of 1881 in Aston, Warwickshire. The family was found in the England 1891 census living in the inner-city of Sparkhill, Birmingham, occupation of John given… Read More »
Sapper Bertram Arthur Gloyn enlisted in July 1916 and served in France with the 107th Pioneer Battalion. He returned to Canada in December 1918. Bertram was the youngest of five sons of Robert Elson Gloyn and Emma Jane Nancollis of Wandsworth, London, England. Robert and Emma were both born in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, which is… Read More »
Albert Edmund Markes was born on 23 December 1888 in the registration district of Holborn in London, England. His father Albert Ernest Markes, from the Bloomsbury area of London, was a marine watercolour artist as was his grandfather Richmond Markes. His mother Annie Louisa English was from the Islington area of London, with the couple… Read More »
Francis William (Frank) Reid was born on 12 August 1888 in Saint John, New Brunswick. His parents Charles Francis Reid and Mary Elizabeth Savage were both born in New Brunswick, marrying on 1 November 1887 in Newcastle. At some point after Frank’s birth the family moved to Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario… Read More »
Charles Henry Smith was one of three brothers, the oldest of seven sons of Charles Alexander Smith of Keewatin, Ontario to enlist during the Great War. Charles Henry Smith served with the U.S. Army while his brothers John Wesley Smith and Leonard Edward Smith served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Charles Henry was Charles Smith’s… Read More »
Sapper Leonard George Dauphin enlisted in Victoria, British Columbia in November 1915 and served overseas for three years. He survived gas poisoning and influenza and returned home in April 1919. Leonard was the only child of Joseph Dauphin and his wife Annie Belleau. Joseph and Annie were both born in Quebec but by the time… Read More »
Sergeant Walter Grendys was born in Poland on 31 December 1896. According to his Canadian Legion membership application he enlisted in the cavalry in Rzeszow in 1914 and served with them until 1921. When the First World War started Poland was not an independent state but was partitioned between three empires. Thousands of Polish men… Read More »
Herbert Ringrose was born on 20 December 1896 in Beverley, Yorkshire in England. His father John William Ringrose was from Beverley while his mother Emily Camelia Hickford was from Edmonton in Middlesex, with the couple marrying during the first quarter of 1900 in the registration district of Beverley. John worked as a tanners labourer, likely… Read More »
Norman Lloyd Galloway was born on 26 January 1893 in Arthur, Wellington, Ontario. His parents were Cyrus and Janet Scott (Small) Galloway who had married on 14 December 1881 in Arthur. Norman had 4 older siblings, Cyrus Leslie, Hubert Scott, William Joseph Osgoode, and Cecil Charles, and a younger sister, Janet (Jennie) Florence. For both… Read More »
