Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Lindsay, Ernest

The son of George Lindsay and Caroline Johnson, Ernest Lindsay was born on 17 May 1893 in Napanee, Ontario. His father George was a fisherman in the Belleville/Napanee area although they may also have had a small farm. Ernest had four older siblings, George, Lilly, Grace, and Herbert. Sadly, it appears that Lilly, struck by… Read More »

Kyle, Roy Stuart

Private Roy Stuart Kyle was called up in Vancouver in the spring of 1918. He served in Canada with a garrison regiment for seven months. Roy was the middle of five sons of Morison Kyle and Jessie Bell Stuart. Morison was born in Glasgow, Scotland and immigrated to Canada around 1880. Jessie was born in… Read More »

Walters, Henry

Private Henry Walters enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in November 1915, at age 17, and served for three years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. Henry was born on 9 September 1898 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. His parents, Frederick Walters and Emily Golding, were married in Birmingham in 1895 and their first six children were… Read More »

O’Sullivan, Joseph John

Joseph John O’Sullivan was born on 24 August 1887 in Deptford, London, England. His father Thomas William O’Sullivan was from Foots Cray in Kent while his mother Annie Darby was from Kensington in London where the couple married during second quarter of 1877. Thomas first worked as a news agent but then for many years… Read More »

Bunn, Victor William

Victor William Bunn was born on 24 May 1890 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.   His parents were John Robert Bunn and Vashti Elizabeth Gunne.   Siblings included Charles (born 1886), Thomas (born 1892), Marguerite (born 1893) and John (born 1895). Victor’s father, John, had just rejoined the Hudson Bay Company and was serving as a clerk… Read More »

Murray, John Lyon Pither

John Lyon Pither Murray was born on 25 December 1896 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father George White Murray was from Scotland, immigrating to Canada in 1881, while his mother Flora Rachel Barr Lyon was from the Milton, Ontario area. The couple married in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario on 5 February 1889. At the… Read More »

Hill, John Harrison

John Harrison Hill was one many British Isle immigrants who came to Canada in the early 1900s to take advantage of land grants for would be farmers in Saskatchewan. For a $10 payment settlers were given provisional title to 160 acres of farmland, and if they could farm the land for five years and erect… Read More »

Hudson, Cecil Thomas

Cecil Thomas Hudson was born on 23 February 1899 in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario. His parents were George Hudson, a carpenter, and Georgina Clarke. He had two younger siblings – Lottie and Harold. Cecil enlisted with the Kenora detachment of the 94th Battalion on 17 March 1916 claiming that he was 18 years of age…. Read More »

Bernard, Pierre Noel

Pierre Noel Bernard enlisted with the 94th Battalion for overseas service during WW1 on 17 February 1916 in Kenora, Ontario.  He stated that he was born on 25 December 1877 in St. Ann, Quebec. Birth records (Drouin Collection) show that he was actually born in 1868, so he was 48 years old when he signed… Read More »

McLean, Allan

Allan McLean was born on 24 March 1898 in Selkirk, Manitoba on the outskirts of Winnipeg. His parents were Findley McLean and Sarah Ann Donald, both having Métis roots in the Red River Settlement. The couple married on 8 February 1883 in St Andrews, Manitoba and over the years gave birth to children Charlotte (abt… Read More »