Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Byers, Henry Joseph (Harry)

Although he gave his date of birth as 12 April 1896 on his attestation papers, Henry Joseph (Harry) Byers was born in 1898 in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario. A birth record was not found but elsewhere in his records the year was 1898 and was also given in census records and his obituary. His mother… Read More »

Clark, Charles Alfred

‘The Peterborough Boys’ was a name given to a group of young men from the Peterborough area of England who made their way to live in Kenora.  Many of them were single, working for the railway and living at the Y.M.C.A. in Kenora. They spent countless hours together in their spare time to socialize and… Read More »

Victory, John William

John Willam Victory signed his first set of attestation papers in Kenora, Ontario on 26 December 1914. His date and place of birth was given as 7 January 1876 in Nelson’s River in Nova Scotia, next of kin as his mother Nesbitt Victory in Nelson’s River, and occupation as labourer. Kenora newspapers of the day… Read More »

Harvey, Robert

Robert Harvey was born in Maybole, Crosshill, Ayrshire Scotland on July 19, 1889. His father was a tailor, but Robert became a baker. He married Rosanna Hunter on Feb. 2, 1910 and they had one daughter, Elizabeth, born that year. In 1910 Robert immigrated to Canada, coming to Keewatin, Ontario. His wife and daughter followed… Read More »

Burton, Edward Cherry

‘The RAF training program in Canada ceased with the armistice and the RAF, Canada was demobilized in late 1918. During the highly successful operation of the program, more that 9000 cadets and nearly 7500 mechanics were enlisted, 3272 aircrew were graduated ‘thousands of Canadians were trained with a long-term impact upon both military and civil… Read More »

Armour, James

Private James Armour served in France with the 43rd Battalion for a year before being wounded at Passchendaele in October 1917. He was invalided back to Canada in the fall of 1918. James was born on 27 January 1890 in Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland. His parents, Thomas Armour and Jane Kennedy, were married in 1886 and… Read More »

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 »

Lundquist, Ture Edvin

Ture Edvin Lundquist was born on 15 June 1867 in EdГҐsa, Skaraborgs in Sweden. His father Gustav Lundquist was from BГµne while his mother Anna Lisa Larsdotter was from EdГҐsa. Ture had two known older sisters, Maria Sophia (1858) and Gustava Josephine (1863), and younger brothers Gustav Walfrid (1872) and Gustav Adolph (1878). After first… Read More »

McCaffrey, James

James McCaffrey was the 7th child of at least 8 children born to John McCaffrey and Elizabeth Kelly. He was born in Venosta, Quebec. Although his attestation papers stated his birth year as 1888 his baptism record and his tombstone both state 1885. His siblings were Michael, Margaret , Mary, William, Phoebe, John and a… Read More »

Fancher, Fred

In the 15 August 1914 edition of the Kenora Miner and News, the name of Fred Fancher appeared on the list of recent volunteers for the 1st Continent for duty overseas. His identity and service could not be found. It is possible that Fred McLellan Fansher (#231519) was this Fred Rancher, later enlisting in April… Read More »