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

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McLeod, William

William (Bill) McLeod was born on May 22nd 1898 in Rat Portage (now Kenora), Ontario. He was the 8th in a family line of Bill McLeod’s. His parents were merchant, William Allen McLeod and Mary Wilson. Siblings included Julie (b. 1892) and John (b. 1900). Mary McLeod died in 1904 and William Sr. married Edith… Read More »

Giguere, Alexandre

Birth, Parents and Siblings: According to his Attestation papers, Alexandre Giguere was born December 1, 1888, in the province of Quebec. One of his other military records states his birth was 1884;however, the 1891 Quebec census records him as age 8, thus, born about 1883. A birth registration has been located that confirms an 1883… Read More »

Morrison, Norman

Private Norman Morrison enlisted in November 1914 and served in France with the 16th Battalion. He was seriously wounded in May 1915 at Festubert and invalided back to Canada a year and a half later. Norman was the son of William John Robert Morrison and Sarah Stinson of Edmonton, Alberta. Sarah was born in Toronto… Read More »

Ireland, W J

During the war W. J. Ireland served as a Lieutenant in the 98th Regiment, a militia unit based in Kenora, Ontario. The Regiment was made up of four companies: A (Fort Frances), B (Kenora), C (Emo) and D (Rainy River). The Militia and Defence Forces Lists for Canada tell us he joined B Company of… Read More »

Fuller, Charles Robert

Charles Robert Fuller (known as Robert) was born on 17 November 1870 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.  He was the oldest child and only son of Charles and Mary Ann Fuller. His sisters were: Harriet (b. 1873), Emmeline (b. 1877), Rose (b. 1879), Mary (b. 1882), Beatrice (b. 1885), Lillian (b. 1888), and Esther (b. 1890)…. Read More »

Tidman, John Emanuel

Private John Emanuel Tidman enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in November 1915. He served overseas for two years with the Canadian Forestry Corps and returned to Canada in February 1919. John was the son of Johan Henrik Tidman (Tideman/Tiderman) and Sigrid Kajsa Elfström. His attestation has his birthplace recorded as Stockholm, Sweden but in Swedish records… Read More »

Waterman, Allen McRae

Allen McRae Waterman was born on 3 April 1900 in Toronto, Ontario. His father William Guy Waterman, a printer/pressman, was from the Pancreas area of London, England. He had immigrated to Canada as a child with his parents, the family settling in Toronto. Allen’s mother Elizabeth Reid Hastie was from the Sullivan Township, Grey, Ontario…. Read More »

Jones, William Wyndham

William Jones was among the first Kenora volunteers. His name was published on Aug. 12, 1914 as having enlisted in the 98th Regiment following a call for volunteers on Aug. 9. Born in Wales to Thomas and Hannah Jones, both he and his brother Thomas immigrated to Canada in May 1913 and worked at the… Read More »

Groves, Owen Charles

Owen Charles Groves was born on July 3, 1884 in Goldington, Bedfordshire, England. He was the son of Thomas  and Eliza Groves.  In the 1901 England census Owen was listed as a shoemaker, which was also his father’s occupation. His siblings were  Naomi, William, Annie, Oliver, Rebecca and Effie. Owen tried to join the Royal… Read More »

Lunan, George Ogilvie

Although he gave his year of birth as 1888 on his attestation papers, George Ogilvie Lunan was born on 15 July 1884 in Tealing, Forfarshire in Scotland (confirmed by birth record). Tealing is about 10 kms north of the city of Dundee in what is now the county of Angus. George’s father Thomas Lunan was… Read More »