Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Brydon, John Campton Kerr

Private John Campton Kerr Brydon enlisted in March 1916 and served for a year and a half in Canada, England and France. He was discharged on compassionate grounds in November 1917. John was the oldest son of John Kerr Brydon and Mary Charlotte Campton of Kenora, Ontario. His father had emigrated from Scotland around 1875,… Read More »

Belbeck, Orville Leslie

Private Orville Leslie Belbeck enlisted with a field ambulance unit in the spring of 1915 and went overseas that summer. He served in Great Britain for four years, most of that time with the Canadian Army Service Corps. Orville was the only son of Albert Alexander Belbeck and Rebecca Theresa Wilson of Victoria, British Columbia…. Read More »

O’Connor, John

Private John O’Connor joined the 108th Battalion in January 1916 and arrived in France a year later. He was killed in action in August 1917 at the Battle of Hill 70. John was the oldest son of Patrick O’Connor and Sarah Jane McPherson of Rainy River, Ontario. Sarah grew up at Sabaskosing on Lake of… Read More »

Cameron, Leslie Fergus

Lieutenant Leslie Fergus Cameron enlisted in December 1914 and went overseas with the 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders). He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in April 1917 and served as a Flight Officer (Observer). Leslie was born on 7 July 1896 in the town of Rat Portage in northwestern Ontario. His birth was registered as… Read More »

Martin, Adam

Adam Martin was born on 4 August 1886 in Partick, Lanarkshire in Scotland. His father Adam Martin, an engine turner journeyman, was from Govan while his mother Catherine Boyd was from Greenock, both in Scotland. The couple had married on 31 December 1882 in the Plantation District of Govan. Adam Sr had previously been involved… Read More »

Belanger, Alfred Leon

Private Alfred Leon Belanger enlisted in the spring of 1918 and served overseas for eight months. He returned to Canada with his unit, the 52nd Battalion, in March 1919. Alfred was the son of Joseph Belanger and Adelaide Fisher of St. Boniface, Manitoba. Joseph was from Quebec and Adelaide was born and raised in Manitoba…. Read More »

Walker, Samuel

Private Samuel Walker was the son of William Walker and Mary Ogston Christie of Keewatin, Ontario. William was born in Derbyshire, England and Mary in Aberdeen, Scotland. They both came to Canada in the mid-1880s and they were married in Keewatin in 1887. They had at least five children: Alexander Christie (1889), Samuel (5 April… Read More »

Goodman, Earl Stanley

Sergeant Earl Stanley Goodman enlisted in Cochrane, Ontario in May 1916, at age 25. He served in France and Belgium with the Canadian Railway Troops for more than two years and returned to Canada in March 1919. Earl was the youngest son of Frederick St. Clair Goodman and Maria Smith of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Frederick (aka… Read More »

Hilliard, Harold Howell

Harold Howell Hilliard was born on 26 November 1889 in Rat Portage, Ontario. His father was Louis Hilliard, a Norwegian who had immigrated to Canada in 1870 (date found in 1901 Canada census) and his mother was Ann McGinnis, origins given as Irish. The couple was found in the 1881 Canada census in what at… Read More »

Simister, Richard

Birth date and location: According to Richard’s Attestation Paper, he was born December 31, 1972 in Liverpool, England. His actual birth date, however, was December 31, 1865. His parents were John Simister and Sarah Edge. Richard was baptized at St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool on February 11, 1866. His father, John, was a Rope Maker and… Read More »