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Cornwell, Horace Clifford

Pilot Cadet Horace Clifford Cornwell joined the Royal Air Force in July 1918, at age 19, and served in Canada for five months. Horace was the youngest son of John Leslie Cornwell and Henrietta Stone of Kenora, Ontario. John and his wife were both born in Ontario, called Canada West at the time, and they… Read More »

Fugere, Joseph Philippe Alexandre

Joseph Philippe Alexandre Fugere was born on 12 March 1887 in Maria, Quebec, a community on the southeast coast of the Gaspé Peninsula about 70 kilometres from the New Brunswick border. His father Boniface Fugere was a farmer and had married Philippe’s mother Elizabeth Glawser on 12 January 1886 in nearby Carlton. Boniface’s first wife… Read More »

Kelley, George

Although he gave his year of birth as 1895 on his attestation papers, George Kelley was born on 22  February 1893 in Keewatin, Ontario. Located in northwestern Ontario, Keewatin was a thriving community of the time, largely due to the Lake of the Woods Milling Company. George’s parents George SR and Elizabeth (Boswell) Kelley, both… Read More »

Weston, William

William Weston was born on 2 March 1886 in Ramsey, Huntingdon, England. His parents George and Harriet (née Rolt) Weston had married during the last quarter of 1862 in Ramsey. The 1871 England census found the Weston family living on Horne Road in Ramsey, household members including parents George and Harriet, and children Ann, age… Read More »

Bateson, George Theodore

Private George Theodore Bateson was the son of John Hope Bateson and Agnes Victoria (nee Bateson) of Ely, St. Louis County, Minnesota. John and Agnes were of Scottish and Irish ancestry and they were both born in Victoria County, Ontario. They were married in 1882 in Somerville Township, Victoria County. George was born on 27… Read More »

Holmstrom, August Michael

August Michael Holmstrom was born on 25 August 1895 in the village of Norman near Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Erik Olaf (Jansson) Holmstrom was from Gräsmark, Varmland in Sweden and had immigrated to Canada with his parents John and Kasja in late October of 1887. The family settled in… Read More »

Reynolds, Arthur

Arthur Reynolds was born on January 1, 1892 in Blackheath, Kent in England. Upon enlistment, he gave his place of birth as Greenwich, England and named his next of kin as his mother Mary, still living in Lee, Kent England as of 1917. He appears to have immigrated to Canada to take advantage of work… Read More »

Kenny, James

James Kenny is the son of James Kenny and Jane Davies. On the 1911 census of Keewatin Ontario, James Kenny is age 22, born Scotland, single, and a lodger. He states he is working on the tugboat Verbena and that he had come to the area in 1906.   James’ brother, John Kenny is also… Read More »

Dunford, George Frederick

George Frederick Dunford was born on 3 November 1878 in Newcastle upon Tyne (aka Newcastle-on-Tyne, Newcastle), Northumberland, England. His father Errington Dunford was from Newcastle while his mother Elizabeth Scott was from Willington Quay, a suburb of Newcastle. The couple married during the third quarter of 1873, marriage registered in the District of Newcastle. Children… Read More »

McRae, Kenneth Norman

Gunner Kenneth Norman McRae, MM, was a law student when he enlisted in the Canadian Field Artillery in November 1915. He was killed by an artillery shell in September 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive. According to his attestation Kenneth was born 23 August 1893 in Bayfield, Wisconsin. In the 1901 census of Canada he’s… Read More »