Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Woodley, Charles James

Gunner Charles James Woodley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and living in California when the war started. He returned to Canada in 1918 and served for 14 months with the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery. Charles was the oldest son of Henry Richard and Matilda Woodley of Victoria, British Columbia. He was born in Winnipeg on… Read More »

Vereker, Jeffrey

Jeffrey Vereker was among the first group of Kenora volunteers to enlist following the declaration of war in August 1914. Born Jan. 5, 1896, Jeffrey was the son of the Hon. JEP Vereker, youngest son of the 4th Viscount of Gort. JEP (Jeffrey Edward Prendergast) Vereker had served for 20 years with the Royal Field… Read More »

MacGillivray, Edmund Farquhar

Corporal Edmund Farquhar MacGillivray was the son of Farquhar MacGillivray and Jane Mary MacFarlane of Ottawa, Ontario. Farquhar was from Williamstown in Upper Canada and his wife was born in Montreal. Edmund was born in Ottawa on 1 March 1876. He had two older brothers, John and Archibald, and a younger brother, Grant. Their father… Read More »

Daubney, William Smith

Private William Smith Daubney was called up for service in February 1918, at age 25. He served in France in the last months of the war with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. William was the only son of Smith Daubney and Sarah Bland of Kenora, Ontario. Smith and Sarah were both born in England, Smith… Read More »

Mongrain, Frederick Alfred

Frederick Alfred (Fred) Mongrain was born on 3 October 1895 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Captain Alfred Mongrain was from Trois Rivieres, Quebec and had come to the area around 1877. His mother Marie Perrault was born in St Anne, Manitoba  and had moved to Rat Portage in the mid 1880’s…. Read More »

Richardson, Ford McQuinn

Ford McQuinn Richardson was born on 5 November 1897 in Alexander, a small community in southwestern Manitoba. His father Joseph Milo Richardson was from Fredericksburg, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario while his mother Annie Eliza Sager was from nearby Tyendinaga, Prince Edward County. Both were residing in Sophiasburg, a community about 35 kilometres south of… Read More »

Lozinski, Joseph

Joseph Lozinski was born on 4 October 1899 in Bosyry, Ukraine. He was the son of Joannis (Jan) Lozinski and Anna Gurin (Hurin). According to a later article about his retirement, he served in the Polish Army from 1917 to 1925. On 24 October 1920, in the Ukraine, he married Tetana. In 1927 Joseph immigrated… Read More »

Menear, Samuel

Private Samuel Menear was over 50 years old and a father of nine when he enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in May 1915. He served for a year in Canada and England and was discharged as medically unfit due to an injury he suffered while training. Samuel was the son of John Menear (Meneer/Manneer) and Margaret… Read More »

Fraser, Gordon David

Gordon David Fraser was born on 15 May 1881 in Paris, Ontario. His father William Fraser was born in Caledonia in the state of New York while his mother Margaret Emeline Colman was born in Ireland. For most of his adult life William worked as a plasterer although in latter years he was an assessor… Read More »

Saunders, Thomas

Lance Sergeant Thomas Saunders, MM, enlisted in December 1915 and served for three and a half years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. He was awarded the Military Medal in January 1918. Thomas was the fifth of six sons of William Saunders and Fanny Huggins of Mervin, Saskatchewan. William was a farmer and he… Read More »