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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Private Herbert Samuel Davis was called up in November 1917, at age 21. He served in France and Belgium with the 52nd Battalion and returned to Canada in March 1919. Herbert was the son of Lyman Davis and Jessie Clements of Kenora, Ontario. He was born on 10 October 1896 in Portland, Leeds County, Ontario… Read More »
Private Frederick Ellsworth Hinds signed up with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in December 1915, at age 21, and served overseas for more than three years. Ellsworth was the son of Frederick Hinds and Isabel Mathieson of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Frederick was born in Brussels, Ontario and Isabel in Toronto. They were married in 1891 in… Read More »
Soldier, actor, carpenter, town constable, radio repairman, cattle rancher, sewer inspector and those were just a some of the many jobs John Lingwood held over his lifetime. But it was his time as a soldier that most influenced his life. John Lingwood was born March 2, 1883 in Bareilly, India, the first child of British… Read More »
Joseph Rene Boileau was born on 16 March 1894 in Keewatin, Ontario. His parents were Pierre and Alzire (née Lalonde) Boileau. Pierre, born in Quebec, a widower, was listed as a mechanic on their marriage registration in Keewatin on 17 October 1891. Alzire was from Rigaud, Quebec. At the time of Rene’s birth Pierre was… Read More »
James Crebbin Hall was born on 8 January 1877 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. His father James Crebbin Hall Sr was from Coleraine, Ireland while his mother Harriet Purchon was from Leeds, Yorkshire. The couple married on 28 January 1871 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire where they gave birth to their first child, daughter Anne, in 1872. By… Read More »
Allen McRae Waterman was born on 3 April 1900 in Toronto, Ontario. His father William Guy Waterman, a printer/pressman, was from the Pancreas area of London, England. He had immigrated to Canada as a child with his parents, the family settling in Toronto. Allen’s mother Elizabeth Reid Hastie was from the Sullivan Township, Grey, Ontario…. Read More »
Records are sketchy for Philip Twaduklum but here is what we know: – he was born in Bosrab, Russia on 12 December 1886, son of Nikit Twaduklum (Attestation) – he came to Canada in 1908 (1921 Census) – not found in 1911 Canadian Census Philip enlisted with the 227th ‘Men of the North’ Battalion in… Read More »
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 »
Private David Lands (aka David Land) enlisted in 1916 and served overseas in Great Britain and France. He was invalided to Canada due to illness in February 1918. According to his attestation and his service file, David was born between 1880 and 1882 at Lac Seul Reserve, a First Nations community located north of the… Read More »
Private Allan Archbold (aka Allan Clark Archibald) enlisted in April 1917, at age 18, and served in France and Belgium with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. He returned to Canada in March 1919 and died of illness about two years later. Allan was born on 22 April 1898 in Rat Portage, Ontario. His mother, Isabella… Read More »
