Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Morton, Louis Milton

Corporal Louis Milton Morton, MM, enlisted in September 1915 and arrived in France the following summer. He survived two years of war before being killed in September 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive. Louis was the son of Arthur Wellesley Morton and his first wife Mary Abigail La Chapelle. Arthur and Mary grew up in… Read More »

Metail, Auguste Dieudonnais

Auguste Dieudonnais Metail was born on 24 September 1894 in Saint-Jeures, Haute-Loire, France. His father Joseph Metail was also from Saint-Jeures while his mother Anne Charlotte Crepet was from nearby Chambon-Feugerolles, Loire where the couple married on 30 October 1893. The young family immigrated to Canada in 1895, arriving in New York aboard the Maasdam… Read More »

Leullier, Emile Arsene

Aircraft Mechanic Emile Arsene Leullier joined the Royal Flying Corps in April 1917 and served in Canada for almost two years. Emile was the son of Arsene Leullier and Adelaide Gasse of St. Boniface, Manitoba. Arsene and Adelaide were both born in France and they came to Canada around 1881. They settled in the town… Read More »

Burchall, Douglas

Douglas Burchall was born on 7 October  1891 in Bredbury, Cheshire, England. His parents were William James and Margaret (née Ballantyne) Burchall who had married during the last quarter of 1873 in Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. By the 1901 England census the family was living in Bredbury, Cheshire, occupation of William listed as a teacher… Read More »

Lohman, John Burgess

Private John Burgess Lohman was from the U.S. but living in Saskatchewan when he enlisted in February 1916. He was wounded in August 1917 at the Battle of Hill 70 and invalided back to Canada six months later. John was the older of two sons of John Benjamin Lohman and Susan Burgess. He was born… Read More »

Mellish, Charles Alfred

Private Charles Alfred Mellish enlisted underage when he was just 14 years old and he served in garrison regiments in Canada for ten months. Charles was the son of Alfred Mellish and Rosa Derry of Vancouver, BC. Alfred was born and raised in Galt, Waterloo County, Ontario and he was a tinsmith and metalworker. Rosa… Read More »

Hamilton, Alexander

Alexander Hamilton was born on 26 September 1893 in the parish of Cambusnethan in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Both of his parents, Alexander Hamilton and Mary Lindsay, were from the area, marrying on 24 June 1892 in Cambusnethan. At the time of the marriage Alexander Sr’s occupation was given as sawmill engine keeper. Other children born… Read More »

Markham, Frederick

Private Frederick Markham enlisted in February 1915, at age 19, and served with the 15th Battalion in France and Belgium. He was killed at the Battle of Mount Sorrel in June 1916. Frederick was the youngest son of Philip George Markham and Jane Dowse. Philip and Jane were married in Yorkshire, England in 1875 and… Read More »

Dyer, Francis (Frank) John

Francis (Frank) John Dyer was born on 21 December 1900 in Kilburn, Middlesex, England. He was the eldest child of merchant seaman Francis Joseph Dyer  and Gertrude Shapcott. Siblings included sisters, Gertrude Louisa (b. 1901), Lilian Maud (b. 1904), Beatrice Nellie (b. 1905) and Nora Helena (b. 1907). His father enlisted with the Royal Garrison… Read More »

Lapworth, F

As reported in the 2 April 1919 edition of the Kenora Miner and News, the towns of Kenora and Keewatin held a large reception for returning veterans at the Tourist Hotel. On the list of veterans was F Lapworth, his identity not confirmed. However it was probably returning veteran George Thomas Lapworth that attended the… Read More »