Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Robertson, James McLaren

Private James McLaren Robertson enlisted in November 1914 and served overseas with the 16th Battalion. He was missing and presumed killed in October 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. James was the son of William Robertson and Bertha Louisa Thompson of Vancouver, British Columbia. William was born in Cupar, County of Fife, Scotland and… Read More »

Popham, Earle Cameron

Earle Cameron Popham was born on 1 July 1892 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their first born child, he was the son of Dr Edwin and Ella (née Tourje) Popham. Edwin was from the Ottawa area while Ella was from Cobourg, Ontario. It is likely that the couple met while Edwin was attending Victoria College in Cobourg,… Read More »

Chinn, Edward John

Edward John Chinn was born on 21 March 1886 in Cheddar, Somerset in England, birth registered during the second quarter of 1886 in the District of Axbridge. Other sources such as censuses, his obituary, and his service record give varying years of birth, from 1883 to 1888. His father John Chinn, a butcher, was from… Read More »

Matchett, Joseph

Private Joseph Matchett was only 15 years old when he enlisted in August 1915. He served in France and Belgium in the last year of the war, returning home in March 1919. Joseph was born on 11 March 1900 in Cambeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland. His parents were Joseph Matchett and Ann McKendrick. When the 1901 census… Read More »

Sullivan, Dan

In an article published by the Kenora Miner and News on 5 April 1916, the name of Dan Sullivan was reported as going to Winnipeg to join his unit, Strathcona Horse. His identity and service could not be confirmed.  

Neving, Henry James

Private Henry James Neving enlisted in April 1917 at age 44. He served in England for nineteen months with the Canadian Forestry Corps and he was invalided back to Canada due to illness. Henry was born on 20 June 1872 in Owen Sound, Ontario. His parents, Thomas Neving, a shoemaker, and Susan Evans, were both… Read More »

McLeod, John William

John William McLeod (1887-1917) was born in Prince Edward Island and grew up there with his brothers and sisters, Malcolm (Monty) McLeod (1879-1951), Belle Marion McLeod (1881-1982), Cyrus Alexander McLeod (1883-1892) and Sarah (1899). His parents, Angus (Big Angus) (1837-1915) and Catherine (Katie) MacRae McLeod (1851-1926) farmed in  the Queen’s East District of the island… Read More »

Bouchard, Louis

Joseph Louis Bouchard was born on 26 December 1886 near St Adolphe in the RM of Morris in southern Manitoba where his family farmed. His parents, francophones from Quebec, were Damase Bouchard and Elisa Hebert. The couple had married in 1872 in the cotton milling/textile industry town of Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire where Damase was… Read More »

Mann, Edward

Canada sent more than 400,000 troops overseas in the First World War and almost 4,000 of them died of illness and disease, with half of those fatalities due to pneumonia and influenza. Private Edward Mann enlisted in September 1916 and died of broncho-pneumonia in France in January 1919, two months after the Armistice. Edward was… Read More »

Lapierre, Hector

According to his recruitment papers Joseph Hector Lapierre was born on 16 June 1897 in Sault St-Lin, Quebec. The son of Onesime and Virginie (née Martel) Lapierre (Marsan dit Lapierre), Hector was baptized on 20 June in St-Lin, parents listed as farmers from nearby St-Julienne. Onesime and Virginie married on 17 December 1880 in St-Esprit… Read More »