Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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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.  

Scotland, Alexander Munro

Alexander Munro (Sandy) Scotland was among the first Kenora volunteers recruited through the 98th Regiment for service overseas, going with a group of 45 men to Valcartier, Quebec on Aug. 23, 1914. Born in Dundee Scotland, he came from a large family. The 1891 Scottish census listed the family as James McDuff Scotland (age 39),… Read More »

Morrow, Robert Clark

Robert Clark Morrow was born on 28 June 1894 in his family home  at 93 Blackburn Street, Govan, Glasgow. His parents Daniel and Mary (née Clark) Morrow had married on 31 December 1891 in Govan. Daniel’s occupation was given as sailmaker and Mary’s as domestic servant. For the 1901 Scotland census the Morrow family was… Read More »

Kennedy, George Brown

George Brown Kennedy was born on 30 May 1886 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. His parents were Alex Kennedy and Maggie Brown. Siblings included: Annie (1879-1883), Elizabeth (b. 1883), Alexander (b. 1888), Quintin (1890-1955), Janet (b. 1892), Margaret (1895-1982), and Isabella (b. 1899). Alex Sr. was a shoe maker and at least two of his children,… Read More »

Coppard, Richard

Private Richard Coppard enlisted in February 1915 and arrived in France a year later. He suffered gas poisoning in March 1918 and died in a hospital in England. Richard was the oldest son of Henry Coppard and Maria McPherson of Kenora, Ontario. Henry, also known as Harry, was from Rye, Sussex, England and his wife… Read More »

Waterman, Allen McRae

Allen McRae Waterman was born on 3 April 1900 in Toronto, Ontario. His father William Guy Waterman, a printer/pressman, was from the Pancreas area of London, England. He had immigrated to Canada as a child with his parents, the family settling in Toronto. Allen’s mother Elizabeth Reid Hastie was from the Sullivan Township, Grey, Ontario…. Read More »

Mathewson, Alexander Charles

Alexander Charles Mathewson was born 18 March 1897 in Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was the son of farm servant William and Isabella (née Paterson) Mathewson who had married on 29 December 1888 in the Chapel of Garrioch. He had four older siblings Jennie (Jane), William (both born prior to the marriage), Martha, and James and… Read More »

King, James Charles

Gunner James Charles King joined the Canadian Field Artillery in July 1916 and served in France and Belgium for almost two years. He was wounded in the last months of the war but he survived and returned to Canada in January 1919. James was the son of James (Sr.) and Mary King of Greenwich, London,… Read More »

Joe, Thomas

Private Thomas Joe enlisted in Kenora, Ontario on 30 May 1916, signing up with the 141st (Bull Moose) Battalion. The battalion had been organized in December 1915 and it was being recruited in the District of Rainy River. Thomas was from Rat Portage Reserve, on the outskirts of Kenora, and a number of other First… Read More »

Fisher, Robert Armour

Robert Armour Fisher immigrated to Keewatin from Scotland in 1904 and his wife and  one son Robert D (1896-1971)  joined him 3 years later.  While living in Keewatin he worked in the local flour mill as a packer. Three more children were born, William (1908), Elizabeth (1900), and Helen/Nellie (1910).  His wife Mary Jane Davidson… Read More »