Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Sampson, Louis Frederick

Private Louis Frederick Sampson arrived in France with the 52nd Battalion in February 1916. Less that four months later he was missing and presumed killed at the Battle of Mount Sorrel. Louis was born on 12 October 1887 in London, England, the son of Louis Sampson Sr. and his wife Eliza. At the time of… Read More »

Fullerton, Stewart John

Flight Second Lieutenant Stewart John Fullerton enlisted underage when he was 16 years old. He served for 2-1/2 years in Canada and England with the 94th Battalion and the Canadian Engineers. In June 1918 he was transferred to the Royal Air Force and he trained as a pilot for the next year, returning home in… Read More »

Dougherty, John Joseph

Private John Joseph Dougherty enlisted in July 1916 and arrived in France a year later. He was killed in September 1918 by a large bomb dropped from a German airplane. According to his service record John was born on 16 May 1887 in Bradford, Ontario, a small village about 50 km north of Toronto. When… Read More »

Hogg, James William

Sergeant James William Hogg served in the British army both before and during the First World War. He was discharged from service in 1917 and two years later he immigrated to Canada. James was the son of William Hogg and Margaret Robson Laidlaw of Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. William and Margaret were married in Hawick on… Read More »

Percy, James Howard

During the First World War about 3,800 Canadian soldiers became German prisoners of war. Lance Corporal James Howard Percy was sent to France in May 1916 and he was taken as a prisoner of war on 3 May 1917. He died a few days later in a German hospital. Howard was the oldest son of… Read More »

Waugh, George

George Waugh was born on 1 April 1898 in the district of St Peter in the city of Dundee in Forfarshire, Scotland. Forfarshire was renamed as Angus in 1928. Dundee, a maritime city in the east of Scotland, is located on the River Tay as it flows into the North Sea. George’s father was William… Read More »

Boyd, Robert Hugh

According to his attestation papers, Robert Hugh Boyd was born on 9 April 1894 in Gilbertstown, Dunkineely, Donegal, Ireland while his obituary gives the date as 6 July 1894. Farmers, his parents were John and Eliza(beth) (née Shaw) Boyd. As found in the 1901 Ireland census household members were John and Eliza, John’s brother Andrew,… Read More »

Brownlee, William Ferguson

Lieutenant William Ferguson Brownlee enlisted in the fall of 1915 and served in France with the Canadian Engineers. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in November 1918 and returned to Canada in August 1919. William was the son of James Brownlee and Margaret Hutton Rutherford. James was born in Hamilton, Ontario and started working for… Read More »

Browne, Stanley Cresswell

Private Stanley Cresswell Browne was called up in March 1918 and served for ten months in Canada and Great Britain. He was discharged for medical reasons in January 1919. Stanley was the only child of Harry Clive Browne and Sarah Emily Cresswell. Harry was born in Highgate, London, England and Sarah in Kelvedon Hatch, Essex…. Read More »

Swanson, Carl Johan

Private Carl Johan Swanson was married and a father of nine when he enlisted in 1916 at age 46. He served in England and France with the Canadian Forestry Corps and returned to Canada in May 1919. Carl was the son of Sven Olsson and Kristina Jönasdotter of Torsas, Kalmar lan (Kalmar county), Sweden. Sven… Read More »