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

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Grellier, Raoul Augustine (Roy)

Raoul Augustine (Roy) Grellier was born on 28 June 1898 in Mistassini, Quebec. His parents were Constant Grellier and Eugenie Rossignol who had married on 1 November 1885 in France. They gave birth to their first child, daughter Jeannine, in 1887 in France. Constant was found on the passenger list of the vessel the State… Read More »

Murphy, James Anthony

In October 1917 the Canadian Corps moved to the Ypres Salient in Belgium for the assault on Passchendaele. Artillery shells and heavy rains had turned the battlefield into a wasteland of mud, swamp and water-filled shell holes. The Canadians suffered 15,000 casualties in the operation with over 3,000 men killed and 1,000 missing and presumed… Read More »

Bamford, Norris

According to his attestation papers, Norris Bamford was born on 5 November 1892 in Fort Coulonge, Quebec. Located on the north side of the Ottawa River in Quebec, Fort Coulonge is about 120 kilometres northwest of Ottawa/Hull. Norris’ father was Edward Bamford who had immigrated to Canada from England as a child according to census… Read More »

King, Joseph Harold

Regimental Quarter-Master Sergeant Joseph Harold King, DCM, enlisted in Kenora, Ontario in December 1914 and served with the 52nd Battalion for four years. He stayed in England after the war and died young, at age 36. Joseph was the son of William King and Maria Barfoot of Winshill, Burton-on-Trent, England. William and Maria were married… Read More »

Parker, George James

Private George James Parker was 45 years old, married and a father of four when he enlisted in March 1916. He served in Canada and Great Britain for two years. George was the son of James Parker and Orpah Fawkes of Lambeth, London, England. James was a bootmaker who was born in London and his… Read More »

Vettergreen, Charles William

Charles William Vettergreen was born on 09 October 1880 in Limehouse, London, England. His parents were mariner Charles Alfred Vettergreen and Mary Ann Nicholas. Siblings included his brothers Albert (b. 1884) and Arthur (b. 1887). Charles William was working as a stationary packer in London when he married Selena Caroline Pritchard on Christmas Day 1901…. Read More »

Munro, James Robert

Sergeant James Robert Munro served for 19 years with the British army before immigrating to Canada in 1911. He enlisted again during the First World War and served for almost five years with Canadian cavalry units. James was born on 23 September 1875 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of George Andrew Munro and Elizabeth Allan…. Read More »

Crierie, Ross Fraser

According to his attestation papers, Ross Fraser Crierie was born on 14 July 1896 in Clayton, New York, USA. Although a birth record was not found, it is likely that he was born in 1897 (BC death record). His father was Benjamin Gillespie Fraser Crierie, born around 1854 in Liverpool, England. In 1875 Benjamin had… Read More »

Craig, William George

William George Craig was born on 09 May 1894 in Ottawa, Ontario.  His parents were William John Craig and Charlotte Jane Cowan.  His brother, Gordon Maxwell Craig,   was born in 1897 in Ottawa and shortly after, the family moved to Keewatin, Ontario.  Father, William John was an accountant who became the Town Clerk for Keewatin…. Read More »