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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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George Edgar Saunders was born on 3 August 1879 in Selkirk in the Township of Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario. His parents William Saunders, a carriage maker, and Martha Graham were both from Ontario, marrying on 16 September 1874 in Selkirk. George had two older brothers, Albert Edwin (1875) and Harvey (1877), and a younger brother William… Read More »
Private Romuald (Ronald) Mathieu was born in 1892 in St. Antoine Abbé, Huntingdon County, Quebec. According to his baptism record he was born on 2 November but most other records have his birth date as 31 October. His parents were Noë Mathieu, a farmer, and Marie Paméla Pied. Noë and Paméla were both born in… Read More »
Private Hector Stuart Williamson enlisted in the 94th Battalion in September 1915 and served overseas for almost two years. He was wounded twice, at the Vimy front in October 1916 and at Ypres a year later. Hector was the oldest son of Paul Williamson and Margaret Finlayson of Kenora, Ontario. Paul was born in Selkirk,… Read More »
Flight Second Lieutenant Stewart John Fullerton enlisted underage when he was 16 years old. He served for 2-1/2 years in Canada and England with the 94th Battalion and the Canadian Engineers. In June 1918 he was transferred to the Royal Air Force and he trained as a pilot for the next year, returning home in… Read More »
Robert John Young was the son of Isaac Young and Jane Johnston of Kenora, Ontario. Isaac was born in England and Jane in Huron County, Ontario. They were married in 1889 in Wingham, Huron County, where Isaac was a farmer. A daughter Mary Jane was born the following year and she was followed by Robert… Read More »
Private James William Grace was living in Kenora, Ontario when he enlisted in the fall of 1915. He was wounded at the Somme in October 1916 and invalided back to Canada the following spring. James was the oldest son of James Henry Grace and Matilda Ducharme of Kenora, Ontario. His parents were both born in… Read More »
Private Sanford Clarence Lee was the son of Delmer Lee and Kizzie Bryant of Vici, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Delmer was a farmer and he and his wife were both born in Illinois. They were married in December 1879 in Marion County, Illinois and Sanford was born on 2 January 1881, mostly likely in Odin Township, Marion… Read More »
Private Francis Russell signed up with a field ambulance unit in July 1915 and served overseas for almost a year. He was invalided back to Canada in February 1917 due to illness. Francis was the son of Alban and Elizabeth Russell of Fulham, London, England. He was one of nine children and he was born… Read More »
Raoul Augustine (Roy) Grellier was born on 28 June 1898 in Mistassini, Quebec. His parents were Constant Grellier and Eugenie Rossignol who had married on 1 November 1885 in France. They gave birth to their first child, daughter Jeannine, in 1887 in France. Constant was found on the passenger list of the vessel the State… Read More »
Corporal John Donald Aird enlisted in Winnipeg in 1914, at age 19, and served in France and Belgium with the Canadian Mounted Rifles. He died of wounds in October 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. John was the oldest son of Hector Robert Aird and Jessie Stewart Fraser of Transcona, Manitoba. Hector was born in… Read More »
