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

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Marchant, Albert Edward

John Marchant and his sons Albert (front) and Wilfred Albert Edward Marchant was born on 24 March 1897 in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario.  He was the oldest child of John and Alice Marchant. Siblings included: Wilfred (1898-1967), Jack (b. 1899), Alice (1901-1961), Arthur (b. 1902) and Gordon (b. 1904). Albert was educated in Kenora and… Read More »

Mason, Harry

Henry McBain (Harry) Mason was born on 30 November 1892 in the city of Dundee, Forfarshire (now Angus) in Scotland. His father David Mason was from nearby Brechin while his mother Mary Ann, maiden name also Mason, was from Montrose. The couple had married in Dundee in 1874. Harry had at least four older siblings,… Read More »

Webb, George Edward

George Edward Webb was born on 15 July 1897 in Ipswich, Suffolk in England. His mother Jane Clarinda Webb, a domestic servant, was born in 1869 in the village of Lawshall, Suffolk, about 50 kilometres southeast of Ipswich. She was the daughter of Harry and Mary Ann (née Reynolds) Webb who had married in 1863… Read More »

Creighton, George Gillespie

Lieutenant George Gillespie Creighton arrived in France in February 1916 and four months later he was seriously injured in an accident. He was invalided to Canada in December and he died in a drowning accident in July 1917. George was the son of William Travers Creighton and Jean Menzies Gillespie of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Jean was… Read More »

Redsky, Edward

Private Edward Redsky enlisted in July 1916 and served for three years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. He was wounded at the Battle of Hill 70 but he survived the war and returned home in August 1919. Edward was the son of Chief Redsky (Miskokesik) and Endopeek of Shoal Lake First Nation in… Read More »

Erzinger, Charles Salisbury

Charles Salisbury Erzinger was born on 30 December 1896 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father John Erzinger was born in 1855 in Schaffausen, Switzerland and had immigrated to the United States at age 16 according to his obituary. After spending a couple of years in St Louis, Missouri and a short time in Chicago, he moved… Read More »

Waugh, George

George Waugh was born on 1 April 1898 in the district of St Peter in the city of Dundee in Forfarshire, Scotland. Forfarshire was renamed as Angus in 1928. Dundee, a maritime city in the east of Scotland, is located on the River Tay as it flows into the North Sea. George’s father was William… Read More »

Redsky, James

Private James Redsky enlisted in June 1916 and served with the 52nd Battalion in France and Belgium. He returned to Canada in January 1919. James (Esquakesik) was the son of Chief Redsky (Miskokesik) and Endopeek of Shoal Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario. Chief Redsky and his wife had at least seven sons and five… Read More »

Greenwood, Frank

Private Frank Greenwood was the son of William and Eleanor Ann Greenwood of Kenora, Ontario. William was born in Saltford, Somerset, England and Eleanor (née Shattell) was from Rotherhithe, London. They were married in 1877 and their first nine children were born in the London area: William, Alfred, Arthur, Eleanor, Anne, Jessie, Gertrude, Harold and… Read More »