Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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McLay, James

James McLay was one of many Scottish immigrants to Canada and the Keewatin/Kenora area in the first decade of the last century. James, a millwright, came to Keewatin, Ontario in June of 1904 when he was 31 and took a job at one of the local sawmills. In September of that year his wife Mary… Read More »

Horne, William Ross

Private William Ross Horne was called up in January 1918 and sent overseas a month later. He served in Great Britain for a year and a half, returning home in August 1919. Ross was the youngest son of William Franklin Horne and Wilhelmena (Minnie) Marion McKay of Keewatin, Ontario. William was a cooper by trade… Read More »

Amos, Harold Gordon

Sergeant Harold Gordon Amos enlisted at Camp Sewell in August 1915 and served for more than two years in France and Belgium. He was wounded at the Somme and returned to Canada in April 1919. Harold was the son of Joseph Amos and Margaret Woodcock of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Harold was born in Liverpool on… Read More »

Johnston, David Daniel

Corporal David Daniel Johnston was married and the father of five children when he enlisted in the spring of 1915. He served overseas for three years and returned home shortly after the Armistice. David was the youngest son of Henry Johnston and Elizabeth McConnell of Whytewold, Manitoba. Henry was a farmer and he and his… Read More »

Cripps, Arthur Charles

Sapper Arthur Charles Cripps enlisted with a railway unit in January 1917 and served in France and Belgium for two years. Arthur was the only son of Arthur Cripps (Sr.) and Maria Moore of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. His father had grown up in Gloucestershire and his mother was from Somerset. They were married in 1889… Read More »

McLintock, Andrew

Andrew Brackenridge McClinton was born on 11 August 1878 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. His father William McClinton, a shoemaker, was from Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire while his mother Agnes Bruce was from Symington, Ayrshire. The couple married on 31 January 1861 in Inch, Wigtown. Their first child, daughter Elizabeth, was born in Inch but after her birth… Read More »

James, Henry Edward

Henry Edward James (known as ‘Harry’) was born on 06 May 1888 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England.  He was the eldest son of blacksmith, Noah James and Augusta ELLEN Elliott.  His siblings included  Nellie ‘Ellen’ (b. 1887), Arthur Frederick (b. 1889),  Ernest Walter (b. 1891) Reginald Wilfred (b. 1896), Margaret May (b. 1897) and Winifred Maud… Read More »

Adams, James Andrew

Lance Sergeant James Andrew Adams served with the 5th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles in France and Belgium. He was wounded three times and he died in November 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. James was the oldest son of Donald Fraser Adams and Isabella Alice Alford of Matapédia, Bonaventure County, Quebec. Donald was a farmer… Read More »

Olson, Knute

Knute (Cnute) Ole Olson was born on 09 January 1891 in Laxviken, Laxsjo, Jamtland, Sweden to Ole Olson and Martha Carlson.  He received his education in Norway. In 1912 he came to Canada settling on a farm in the Pellatt area near Keewatin, Ontario.  On 02 September 1913 Knute married Cassandra Signe Ingrekson in Kenora,… Read More »

McIlwraith, William Shankland

William Shankland McIlwraith was born on 28 October 1887 in Glasgow, Scotland. His parents were David McIlwraith and Agnes Shanklin. According to the 1901 Scotland Census his siblings included: Jeanie (b.1884), Thomas (b. 1886), Maggie (b.1889), Hastings (b. 1893), and Isabella (b. 1896). William immigrated to Canada arriving on 30 June 1912.  His occupation was… Read More »