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

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Winberg, Klaus Anton

Klaus Anton Winberg was born on 26 April 1883 in Tidavad, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden.  His parents were Pat Winberg and Johanna Pettersdotter. He became a merchant marine and served in WW1 with the number 436041 and the rank of Able Bodied Seaman. He was awarded the Mercantile Marine Medal with ribbon and the British Medal… Read More »

Murphy, Frank

Private Frank Murphy enlisted in May 1916 and served for three years with the Fort Garry Horse. He became ill with influenza in 1918 but he survived the war and returned to Canada in May 1919. Frank (Francis) Murphy was born on 5 March 1884 in Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, Ireland. He had at least one… Read More »

Richardson, Claude Harry

Sapper Claude Harry Richardson was married and the father of a young son when he signed up with a railway unit in February 1917. He served in France and Belgium for a year and returned to Canada in December 1918. Claude was the only son of William Henry Richardson and Sarah Ann (Sadie) Law. William… Read More »

Charboneau, Vincent Victor

Private Vincent Charboneau enlisted during the early days in the war and after suffering an injury to his leg in a fall in the trenches, he was to spend the rest of the war in England where he met his bride to be. Unlike the many war brides that made their way to Canada, Vincent… Read More »

Gibben, Paul Burman

Paul Burman Gibben was born on 22 July 1898 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father William Gibben was from Barnaby Moor while his mother Sarah Eleanor Burman was from Middlesborough, both in Yorkshire, England. The couple married during the last quarter of 1890 in the registration district of Middlesborough. At the time of the 1891 England… Read More »

Murray, James Hugh

Lance Corporal James Hugh Murray joined the British army early in the war and served with the 6th Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) until July 1916, when he suffered a serious leg wound. He was discharged in December 1917. James was born in 1893 in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of Alexander and Margaret Murray. Alexander,… Read More »

Hallam, William

Acting Sergeant William Hallam enlisted in February 1917, at age 28, and served with the Canadian Forestry Corps in Great Britain. William was the son of William Hallam Sr. and Cecillia McNabb of Armstrong, British Columbia. William Sr. was born in England and immigrated to Canada in the late 1880s. Cecillia was born in Ontario… Read More »

Biers, William James

Private William James Biers was called up in January 1918 and sent overseas seven months later. He served in Great Britain for a year, returning to Canada in August 1919. Willilam James, usually known as James, was the son of William Biers and Maria Hughes of Dunfermline, Saskatchewan. William and Maria were both born in… Read More »

Solleroz, Paul Joseph

Private Paul Joseph Solleroz enlisted in April 1916, at age 19, and served in France with the 5th Battalion. He was killed in action in April 1917 at the Battle of Arleux. Paul was the oldest son of Jean Casimir Solleroz and Marie Alexandrine Pilloud of Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Casimir and Alexandrine were both born in… Read More »

Ward, Lloyd Wilson

Lloyd Wilson Ward was born on 10 March 1898 in Stanley, York, New Brunswick. His parents James Ward and Margaret Ellen (Nellie) Clarkson married on 13 March 1901 in the Registration District of York, likely in Williamsburg. The family farmed in the Stanley area known as the Ward Settlement. Another child, daughter Sarah, was born… Read More »