Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Southworth, William Esta

Private William Esta Southworth enlisted in 1915 and served in France and Belgium with the 16th Battalion. He was wounded twice, in May 1916 and April 1917, but he survived the war and returned to Canada in February 1919. William was the son of Charles William Southworth and Fanny May Stowe of Revelstoke, British Columbia…. Read More »

MacKay, Thomas Stewart

Private Thomas Stewart MacKay enlisted in May 1915 and served for almost four years in Canada, England, France and Belgium. He returned to Canada with his unit, the 52nd Battalion, in March 1919. Thomas was the oldest son of Thomas Stewart MacKay and Matilda Henderson of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. His parents were married in Glasgow… Read More »

McMullan, Frank

According to his attestation papers, Francis McMullan was born in Dublin Ireland on June 16, 1883. In 1903 he married Annie Johnson, daughter of William Johnson and Marion Rennie, in London, England. Daughter Marion Annie was born in December 1904 and son Herbert in March 1907. The family immigrated to Canada on the Empress of… Read More »

Dempster, William McLay

William McLay Dempster was one of two sons of William and Margaret Dempster of Stirling, Scotland to enlist from Keewatin during the war. William and his brother Robert had come to Canada in 1912, settling Keewatin where their uncle James and his wife Ann lived. All the men worked for the Lake of the Woods… Read More »

Cornwell, Arthur Lloyd

Lance Corporal Arthur Lloyd Cornwell enlisted in the spring of 1917 and served with the Canadian Forestry Corps for two years. He died on illness in England in February 1919, most likely a casualty of the influenza pandemic. Arthur was the oldest son of John Leslie Cornwell and Henrietta Stone of Kenora, Ontario. John and… Read More »

Macintosh, Donald Alexander

Donald Alexander Macintosh was born on 27 April 1895 in Toronto, Ontario. His father John Alexander Macintosh, a lawyer, was from Vankleek Hill, Ontario. He was called to the bar in 1884 and in Cornwall became a partner in the firm of MacDonald and Macintosh founded by Ontario’s first premier John Sandfield MacDonald. The firm… Read More »

Forrest, Edgar Birdell

As given on his delayed birth registration, Edgar Birdell Forrest was born on 31 March 1897 in Baie Verte, New Brunswick. Signed in 1940 by his mother the former Jessie Sophia Rozander, Walter Richard Forrest, a boilermaker, was given as his father. However at the time of the 1901 census for New Brunswick, Jessie was… Read More »

Marshall, Henry

Henry (Harry) Marshall was born on 24 May 1879 in Butlers Marston, Warwickshire, England.  His parents were John Marshall and Julia Wilcox. Henry was educated in England and the 1891 Census shows he had three sisters – Florence, Amy and Emma. His father, who worked as a labourer, died in 1896. The 1901 Census shows… Read More »

Carrie, Thomas

Sapper Thomas Carrie joined the Canadian Engineers in September 1915 and served overseas for three and a half years. While he was away his wife and young son moved to the UK and lived there for two years. Thomas was born on 29 March 1883 in Little Bolton, Lancashire, England. His parents were John Sobieski… Read More »