Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Aymer, George

Driver George Aymer enlisted in July 1915 and served overseas for three years with the Canadian Engineers. He returned to Canada in June 1919. George was the oldest son of Edward Albert Aymer and Caroline Watson of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Edward, a carpenter and joiner, was born in Smiths Falls, Ontario and Caroline in Russell… Read More »

Pearen, William Clarence

William Clarence Pearen was born on 14 August 1895 in Brampton, Ontario. (In early years he went by the name of Clarence while after the war as William.) His parents Joseph William Pearen, a miller, and Annie McCauley married on 21 September 1880 in the Davenport Parsonage in York, Ontario. Children born to the couple… Read More »

Millward, Joseph

The son of George Millward and Margaret Donald, Joseph Millward was born on 28 August 1899 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario, date of birth confirmed by his Ontario birth record. His father George, a cook, was from England while his mother’s Métis roots were in the Red River Settlement in Manitoba. Margaret had… Read More »

Hallett, Clarence Beamish

Although he gave Truro, Nova Scotia as his birth place, Clarence Beamish Hallett was born on 21 June 1886 in a small community just outside of Truro called Brookside. His father William Courtney Hallett was from Sussex, New Brunswick while his mother Florence Emma Cox was from Falmouth, Nova Scotia. The couple married on 5… Read More »

Waugh, George

George Waugh was born on 1 April 1898 in the district of St Peter in the city of Dundee in Forfarshire, Scotland. Forfarshire was renamed as Angus in 1928. Dundee, a maritime city in the east of Scotland, is located on the River Tay as it flows into the North Sea. George’s father was William… Read More »

Nycz, Jan

John (Jan) Nycz was born on 21 March 1893 in Poland. While in Poland he married Anna Juzefczyk. Known children born to the couple were Mary, Helen, Josephina, Jennie, John and Nietek. According to his obituary, John served during WW1. He immigrated to Canada in 1929, settling in Kenora where he found work with the… Read More »

Ans, David Robert

Private David Robert Ans enlisted in April 1916 and served for three years in Canada, Great Britain and France. He returned to Canada in March 1919. David was the son of David Ans Sr. and Harriett Brownrigg of Whitemouth, Manitoba. Harriett was born in Yorkshire, England and came to Canada with her family in the… Read More »

Wilding, Alfred John

Lance Sergeant Alfred John Wilding enlisted in February 1916 and served overseas for three years. He was wounded twice but he survived the war and returned to Canada in June 1919. Alfred was born on 3 February 1890 in Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England. His parents were Harry Wilding, a farm worker, and Jane Elizabeth Hobbs. Harry… Read More »

MacArthur, John Angus

John Angus McArthur was born on 5 March 1893 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. Although his parents and siblings all used McArthur as the spelling of their surname, John consistently used MacArthur. His father Daniel McArthur was from Newcastle, Nova Scotia while his mother Florence/Flora McDougall was from Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The couple… Read More »

McDiarmid, James Willard

Private James Willard McDiarmid enlisted in October 1915 at age 20 and served overseas with a field ambulance unit for almost three years. He returned to Canada in May 1919. His only brother Findlay Howard McDiarmid was killed in November 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele. James was the youngest son of James and Ida… Read More »