Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Houghton, Fred

Ordinary Seaman Fred Houghton joined the Naval Service in October 1917 and served in Canada for four months. He survived the horrific explosion in Halifax harbour on 6 December and he was discharged in February 1918. George Wilfred Houghton, known as Fred, was the son of John Houghton and Sarah Elizabeth Guest. John and Sarah… Read More »

Tellingham, William

In an article published in the Kenora Miner and News on 19 December 1914, the name of William Tellingham appeared on the list of recent recruits for the third contingent. His identity nor service could be confirmed.  

Crierie, Athol Fraser

Although he gave his birth date as 27 September 1897 and 1898 in Kenora, Ontario on two sets of attestation papers, it is likely that Athol Fraser Crierie was born in 1899 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) as confirmed on his BC death record and entry on findagrave.com. His father was Benjamin Gillespie Fraser… Read More »

Hansen, Henry John

According to his attestation papers, Henry John Hansen was born on 01 May 1892 in Keewatin, Ontario. (His baptism, obituary, and grave marker supports the date of birth as 01 May 1893). His parents were Johan (John) Haakon Hansen and Ida Malis Olson. Siblings included: Karine Hulda (b. 1895), Myrtle (b. 1896), Arthur (b. 1898)… Read More »

McDonald, Walter John

According to his baptism record, Walter John (Jack) McDonald was born on 19 November 1896 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Duncan Alexander McDonald was from Ontario while his mother Mary Elizabeth Kerr was from Scotland, the couple marrying on 21 October 1886 in East Selkirk, Manitoba. By the time of the… Read More »

Richardson, Samuel Frank

Sapper Samuel Frank Richardson came to Canada as a Home Child in April 1906, at age 13. He enlisted with the Canadian Engineers in 1916 and served for three years in Canada, the UK and France. Frank was born on 5 February 1893 in the parish of Govan, Scotland. Govan is on the south side… Read More »

Clutterbuck, Lawrence

Private Lawrence Clutterbuck enlisted in Calgary in February 1915, at age 17, and served in France and Belgium with the 18th Battalion and the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He suffered shell shock and shell gas poisoning but he recovered and returned home in June 1919. Lawrence was the son of Austin Clutterbuck and Ruth Land… Read More »

Collier, Edward Carlos

According to his service record, Edward Carlos Collier was born on 10 May 1894 in Geneva, Switzerland. Living in Kenora, Ontario and working as a bank clerk, he signed his attestation papers in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 7 April 1916 with the 203rd Battalion. He gave his uncle Albert Brondell in Plum Coulee, Manitoba as next… Read More »

Hallett, Clarence Beamish

Although he gave Truro, Nova Scotia as his birth place, Clarence Beamish Hallett was born on 21 June 1886 in a small community just outside of Truro called Brookside. His father William Courtney Hallett was from Sussex, New Brunswick while his mother Florence Emma Cox was from Falmouth, Nova Scotia. The couple married on 5… Read More »