Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Grant, Thomas

Born on January 10, 1885 in Ardelach, Nairn in Scotland, Thomas Grant, the son of Charles Grant and Annie Roberts, immigrated from Scotland in 1907 to Kenora, Ontario, Canada. He met Catherine (Kate) Duncan and they were married by license in the town of Kenora on April 11, 1911. Thomas was a flour packer at… Read More »

Bruel, Adrien

Private Adrien Bruel was born around 1877 in Colombiès, Aveyron, France. France had universal conscription at the time and Adrien would have served for three years in the Active Army before being transferred to the Territorial Army and the reserves. His wife Amantie was also born in Colombiès and she was about four years younger… Read More »

Vipond, Howard Cameron

Howard Cameron Vipond was born on September 7, 1888 to Joseph and Janet (Cameron), in Summerstown, Glengarry, Ontario.   By 1910 he was in the Northwest, and married to Laura M. Eastman (1904). When he enlisted, he was working in Dryden as a telegraph operator. He was assigned to the 52nd Battalion. They were sent… Read More »

Walters, Henry

Private Henry Walters enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in November 1915, at age 17, and served for three years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. Henry was born on 9 September 1898 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. His parents, Frederick Walters and Emily Golding, were married in Birmingham in 1895 and their first six children were… Read More »

Beaton, Cyril Dougal

On March 19, 1893 Cyril Dougal Beaton was born in Keewatin, Ontario. His parents were Dougald Beaton (Scottish ancestry) and Annie Carmody (Irish ancestry) who lived on Ottawa Street in Keewatin. The family had made their home in Keewatin since 1879. Mrs. Annie Beaton was born at Plantagenet, Prescott County in the eastern part of… Read More »

Hullin, Oswald Seton

Oswald was the 8th child out of 9 and the second of two sons born to Edwin and Mary Elizabeth Hullin of Glamorgan, Wales. Edwin was born in London, England but his wife and all their children (William, Annie, Eliza, Blanche, Ida, Kathleen, Beatrice, Oswald and Evelyn) were born in Wales. In 1881 Edwin was… Read More »

Thompson, William Stanley

Sapper William Stanley Thompson was living in the state of Washington when the war started. He enlisted at a British recruiting centre in 1917 and served with the Royal Engineers in the UK, Salonica and Russia, returning home in October 1919. William was the youngest son of Benjamin Franklin ‘Frank’ Thompson and Augusta Bohn. He… Read More »

Carrie, Douglas

Douglas Carrie was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England on 18 April 1892.   He was baptized on 15 May 1892.   His parents were John Sobeski Stuart  Carrie and Eliza Ann Mann.   In 1901 the family was still in Bolton and three siblings are shown for Douglas – John age 21, Thomas age 18… Read More »

Muggaberg, George Allen

Corporal George Allen Muggaberg enlisted in the U.S. army in June 1917, at age 22. He served in France for almost a year and returned to the U.S. in November 1918. George was the middle of three sons of William Muggaberg and Louise Tellefson (Telefson) of Dunseith, Rolette County, North Dakota. Dunseith is in the… Read More »

Noble, Brook

Sapper Brook Noble enlisted in February 1916 at age 41 and served for three years in Canada, England and France. Brook was the son of George and Harriett Noble of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. He was born in Lindley, Huddersfield on 21 August 1874 and he had at least two sisters and four brothers: John,… Read More »