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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Private Robert Earl Brash enlisted in Winnipeg in April 1915 and arrived in France three months later. He served for almost a year with the scout section of the 8th Battalion (Winnipeg Rifles). After being wounded at Mount Sorrel he was invalided to Canada in 1917. Robert was born on 12 October 1881 in Wyebridge,… Read More »
Yves Marie Bernicot was born on 2 February 1883 in Villaric, Plabennec, Finistère, in northwestern France. His parents were Louis Bernicot who was from Plabennec and Marie Anne Kerbrat who was from Guisseny, also in Finistère. The couple married on 30 January 1864 in Plabennec. Yves’ known siblings were Marie Francoise (1867-1869), Jean (1869), Jean… Read More »
John Lyon Pither Murray was born on 25 December 1896 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father George White Murray was from Scotland, immigrating to Canada in 1881, while his mother Flora Rachel Barr Lyon was from the Milton, Ontario area. The couple married in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario on 5 February 1889. At the… Read More »
Good friends: sitting Harry Betton, and Albert Bull Born on 4 April 1896 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Henry (Harry) Betton was the first born child of John Richard and Lavinia (née Scarisbrick) Betton. John was the son of Philip, occupation engine fitter, and Johanna (Biggins) Betton and Lavinia was the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Stoley)… 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 »
Flight Second Lieutenant George Graham Ross joined the Royal Flying Corps in November 1917 and served in Canada and the UK for 16 months, returning home in March 1919. George was the oldest son of Walter Inkermann Ross and Grace Graham. Walter was born in Quebec and moved to Michigan with his family as a… Read More »
Private Benjamin Connolly joined the 251st ‘Goodfellows’ Battalion in February 1917 and went overseas later that year. He served for a year and a half in England, France, Belgium and Germany, returning to Canada in May 1919. Benjamin was born in Camden, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, the youngest son in a family of twelve children…. Read More »
William Harvey Woods was born on 7 March 1885 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Arthur Woods, son of Irish immigrant Russel Woods and Quebec born Eliza Huston, grew up on a farm in the Kildare/Joliette, Quebec region. His mother Harriet Ross, daughter of William and Margaret (Caswell) Ross was from the… Read More »
Gordon Maxwell Craig was born on 17 August 1897 in Ottawa, Ontario. His parents were William John Craig and Charlotte Jane Cowan. Siblings included William George (b. 1894), Mildred (b. 1902), Elnora (b. 1905) and Shirley (b. 1912). Shortly after Gordon’s birth the Craig family moved to Keewatin, Ontario where his father became the town… Read More »
George William Everard was born Sat. 22 Sept .1894, Bromborough, Cheshire, England. His father George William Everard was born on Fri. 21 July 1871, Stoneton, Cheshire, England. His mother Mary Ellen Dawber was born in 1868, Liverpool, Wigan, England. They were married summer of 1890, Liverpool, Wigon, England. George’s Christening date was on Sun. 9… Read More »
