These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Stoker Andrew Still was born in Scotland and living in Canada when the war started. He returned to the UK and joined the Royal Naval Reserve in February 1918, serving with them for fifteen months. Andrew was born on 8 June 1887 in the parish of Grange, Banffshire, Scotland. His parents were Robert Still, a… Read More »
Alfred Ferdinand Rousseau was born on 24 April 1900 in Selkirk, Manitoba. His father Alfred (Fred) Rousseau was born in Alpena, Michigan (according to his WW1 attestations) while his mother Sarah Elizabeth Gunn, of Métis descent, was born in the Northwest Territories. Fred and Sarah married on 23 August 1898 in Selkirk, Manitoba. At the… Read More »
Frederick was born on 16 October 1885 in Stuartburn, Manitoba. His parents were William Robert Guernsey and Francis Fuller who had come to Manitoba from England in 1882. William listed ‘tailor’ as his occupation on his arrival. Frederick was one of thirteen children in the family. Four were born in England, five in Manitoba and… Read More »
Isaie Peter Charest was the son of Isaie Charest and Emilie Bedard. He was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec on October 16, 1878. Peter’s mother died in 1886 when he was just 8 years old. Peter’s father, left with several small children, married Marie LaRoche on February 21, 1887 in Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec. At some point, Peter… Read More »
Sapper Jules Peter Comeau enlisted in July 1916 and served in France and Belgium for more than two years. He returned to Canada in March 1919. Jules was born on 6 July 1885 in Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick, a small town on the northeast coast of the province. He was the youngest son of… Read More »
Robert Edward Steele Tomkins was born on 3 October 1897 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father Sidney Steele Tomkins was from England, immigrating as a child with his parents to Winnipeg, while his mother Ada Hanes was from New Brunswick, both families living in Winnipeg by the time of the 1891 census. Sidney and Ada married… Read More »
Private Joseph Villiard enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in May 1916 and served for almost three years in Canada, the UK and France, returning home in February 1919. Joseph was the son of Louis Villiard and Marie Cédélie Couturier dite Labonté of Saint-Michel-d’Yamaska, Quebec, a parish about 15 km east of the town of Sorel. Louis… Read More »
Edward (Ted) Caucutt was born on 22 August 1894 in Rat Portage (now Kenora), Ontario. His parents were Charles J. Caucutt and Ellen Annie Osgood. They were both from England and had married in 1886. Charles worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway – first as a section man, then a trainman and finally a conductor…. Read More »
Private Louis Frederick Sampson arrived in France with the 52nd Battalion in February 1916. Less that four months later he was missing and presumed killed at the Battle of Mount Sorrel. Louis was born on 12 October 1887 in London, England, the son of Louis Sampson Sr. and his wife Eliza. At the time of… Read More »