Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Teasdale, Pearson Liddle

Second Lieutenant Pearson Liddle Teasdale was a law student in Toronto when he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in October 1917. He served overseas with the Royal Air Force for a year and returned to Canada in April 1919. Pearson was born on 26 July 1897 in Massey Station, District of Algoma, Ontario. His… Read More »

Cowie, Allen Houston

Trooper Allen Houston Cowie signed up with the Royal North West Mounted Police Draft in April 1918. He served for almost a year in England and France and returned to Canada in May 1919. Allen was the son of Andrew Grey Cowie Sr. and Annie Gallagher of Carnduff, Saskatchewan. Andrew was born in Ontario and… Read More »

Wilson, Victor Stilwell

Their first born child, Victor Stilwell (also spelled Stillwell, Stewell) Wilson was born on 17 March 1888, birth registered in the Township of Pickering. His father Thomas Fawcett Wilson had been born in Green River, Pickering  while his mother Annie Elizabeth Spence was from nearby Cedar Grove. The couple married on 2 June 1886 in… Read More »

Carmichael, James Andrew

Sapper James Andrew Carmichael joined the Canadian Engineers in September 1915 and served overseas for three and a half years. He returned to Canada in August 1919 with a war bride. James was born in Rat Portage, Ontario on 30 March 1886. His parents, Alexander Frederick Carmichael and Phoebe Alice Wetmore, were both from New… Read More »

Kinney, Joseph Jerry

Joseph Jerry Kinney, son of Joseph Kinney and Lea Villeneuve, was born on 26 April 1889 and baptized the next day at St. Gabriel R.C. Church in Bouchette Quebec. Shortly after Joseph’s birth, the family moved to Keewatin Ontario where his father went to work in the Mather’s lumber mill.     On the 1891… Read More »

Robertson, Stuart

Private Stuart Robertson enlisted underage in September 1914, when he was 17 years old. He survived four years of war and returned to Canada in May 1919. Stuart was the son of William Robertson and Bertha Louisa Thompson of Vancouver, British Columbia. William was born in Cupar, County of Fife, Scotland and Bertha in Lancashire,… Read More »

Mackie, Frederick Thomas

Private Frederick Thomas Mackie was born on 25 August 1875 in the Township of Inverness, Mégantic County, Quebec. His father, Dr. John R. Mackie, a physician, and his mother, Jane Elizabeth Borland, were both born in Quebec. Fred had at least three older siblings: Edith Anna, Arthur Edward and William Burton. Fred was baptized at… Read More »

Richardson, William Herbert

Corporal William Herbert Richardson enlisted in July 1915 and served for three and a half years in Canada, Great Britain and France. He was wounded at the Somme and he returned to Canada in October 1918. William was the youngest son of John Richardson and Betsy Ann Stubley. John was a carpenter and millwright and… Read More »

Horricks, Herbert Ray

Herbert Ray (Raymond) Horricks was born April 7, 1900 in Rat Portage, Ontario, the youngest  child of William Horricks and Jane (Jennie) Walters. His siblings were Eva, Margaret (Maggie), William (Jr), Lottie, Annie, Maud and Pearl. His father was a blacksmith from Drummond Township in Lanark County, Ontario and his mother was born in Holland… Read More »