Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Kyle, Roy Stuart

Private Roy Stuart Kyle was called up in Vancouver in the spring of 1918. He served in Canada with a garrison regiment for seven months. Roy was the middle of five sons of Morison Kyle and Jessie Bell Stuart. Morison was born in Glasgow, Scotland and immigrated to Canada around 1880. Jessie was born in… Read More »

Fisher, William

Sapper William Fisher was one of three brothers from Keewatin, Ontario who served in the First World War. He spent more than three years overseas and returned to Canada in March 1919. William was born on 25 January 1882 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. His parents, William Fisher Sr. and Elizabeth Armour, were married in Maybole… Read More »

Rance, Thomas Francis

Acting Sergeant Thomas Francis Rance was the oldest son of Charles Carmichael Rance and Jennet Fair Jackson of Clinton, Huron County, Ontario. Charles was a merchant tailor and he and his wife were both born in Huron County, They were married in Clinton in 1887 and Thomas was born there on 18 September 1888. He… Read More »

Skeet, Maguire

According to his attestation papers, Maguire Skeet was born on 10 July 1889 at Bear Point on Lake of the Woods, Kenora. He was the son of George and Mawkos Skeet who were both living at the time of attestation. With occupation given as trapper and his father George at Bear Point as next of… Read More »

Marr, William Noble

Private William Marr joined the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles in the field in June 1917 and only ten days later he sustained a severe wound to the face, ending in his early return to Canada. The son of Jane Ann Noble, William Noble was born on 6 October 1886 in Swalwell, Durham in England. Although… Read More »

Olson, John Peter

Per Johan Olsson was born on 11 January 1893 in Malung, Dalarna, Sweden. Once in Canada his name was anglicized to John Peter (Jack) Olson. Jack’s parents were Olla Johan Olsson and Karin Persdotter who had married on 30 December 1884 in Malung. He had three older brothers, Emil (1885), Karl (1887) and Lars (Louis)… Read More »

English, Clarence Robert

Clarence Robert Marian English was born on 08 July 1894 in Somerset, England. His father, Theodore Hewitt English worked as florist, nurseryman, horticultural commission agent and horticultural auctioneer. Theodore had married in 1884. His wife’s name was Pattie (1891 census) or Martha (probate records). Other children of this couple included: Ellen Vera (b. 1887), Theodore… Read More »

Millership, George John

George John Millership was born on 21 May 1890 in Causeway Green, Worcestershire, England. His parents George and Selina (née Brown) Millership had married during the third quarter of 1887 in King’s Norton, Worcestershire. By the 1891 census the family was living in nearby Cakemore, Worcestershire where father George was working as an engineer. Household… Read More »

Cromwell, Frank Wellington

Gunner Frank Wellington Cromwell enlisted in March 1917 and served for more than two years in England, France, Belgium and North Russia. He survived the war and returned home to Canada in July 1919. Frank was the son of William Wellington Cromwell and Annie Ellena Hopf of Keewatin, Ontario. William was a cooper like his… Read More »

Webb, William George

William George Webb was born 25 September 1877 in Old Ford, London, Middlesex, England.  He was the third of seven children born to Edwin Webb and Eliza Sayer.  He received his education in England and became a plasterer by trade.  He married Jane Phillips Nixon in West Ham, Essex in 1899 and their daughter Jane… Read More »