Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Taylor, William

Private William Taylor was born in 1888 in Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was living in northwestern Ontario when he was conscripted in the fall of 1917. He had his army medical on 12 November in Kenora, giving his address as the neighbouring town of Keewatin. His occupation was labourer, he was single and next of… Read More »

Scott, George Richard

Private George Richard Scott joined the 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion in October 1914 and served in the UK, Belgium and France. He became ill in the summer of 1916 and he was invalided back to Canada the following spring. George was born on 10 July 1894 in the town of Rat Portage in northwestern… Read More »

Muggaberg, Walter George

Private Walter George Muggaberg was the son of Julius Muggaberg Jr. and Margaret Ann Park. Julius was likely born in the Northwest Territories or in the Red River Settlement, which became part of Manitoba. His father was from Norway and his mother was Scottish Métis. By 1881 his family had moved to Rat Portage, Ontario…. Read More »

Mizen, Wilfred James

Driver Wilfred James Mizen enlisted in August 1915 and served overseas with the Canadian Field Artillery. He spent more than two years in France and Belgium and returned to Canada in March 1919. Wilfred was born on 13 September 1893 in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England. He had an older brother, Cecil Edward, and three… Read More »

Hagen, Harold Linton

Harold Linton Hagen was born on 3 March 1896 in Thessalon, Ontario. His father George Sanderson Hagen was from Ashfield Township and had married his first wife Mary Jane Fitzgerald in Thessalon in 1888. George and Mary Jane gave birth to three children, Pearl (1890), Elizabeth Frances (1891-1891), and Raymond (1893). Mary Jane died in… Read More »

Carey, Cecil

Private Cecil Carey was born on 11 January 1888 in West Flamborough Township, Wentworth County, Ontario. His birth was registered as Irwin Cecil Carey but he was usually known as Cecil or Cecil Irwin. His parents, William Gray Carey and Mary Ann Langton, were both born in Millgrove, West Flamborough. They were married in 1877… Read More »

McCutchan, Edward Head

Edward Head McCutchan was among the early volunteers for the 52nd Battalion, the first infantry battalion to be raised in Northwestern Ontario during the war with volunteers from Kenora, Fort Frances, Dryden, Port Arthur and Fort William. Recruiting had begun in the fall of 1914 and Edward McCutcheon enlisted as a private on Dec 18,… Read More »

Reed, Charles

Sergeant Charles Reed was born in England and served in the British army during the war. He immigrated to Canada in 1924 and spent some time living and working in the Kenora area. Charles was the son of Richard Reed and Clara Ellen English. Richard was born in Cambridgeshire, England and Clara in Norfolk. They… Read More »

Regan, Richard

Private Richard Regan enlisted in November 1915 and served in France with the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles). He was killed in action in August 1917 at the Battle of Hill 70. According to his attestation paper and service file, Richard was born on 28 May 1888 in Kenora, Ontario. However, no other record of… Read More »

Beaudin, Stanislas

Wenceslas Baudin was born on 28 September 1863 in Grand Rivière, Gaspé, Quebec. Over the years he went by both Wenceslas and Stanislas and the surname was spelled as Baudin and Beaudin, the latter in later years. His parents were Fidele Baudin and Elizabeth Bisson who had married on 3 December 1857 in Grand Rivière…. Read More »