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

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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 »

Broley, Robert Wilson

Although he gave his place of birth as Barrie, Ontario on his attestation papers, it is likely that Robert Wilson Broley was born in nearby Innisfall. He was the son of Samuel and Rebecca (Gilpin) Broley, both born in Canada to Irish immigrants. The family farmed in the Essa and Tossorontio areas of Simcoe and… Read More »

Tellingham, William

In an article published in the Kenora Miner and News on 19 December 1914, the name of William Tellingham appeared on the list of recent recruits for the third contingent. His identity nor service could be confirmed.  

Villeneuve, Augustin

Augustin was born on June 28, 1872 in Bouchette Quebec to Maxime Villeneuve and Marie Cyr. He was one of many children in this family. In 1881, Augustin is shown age 9 in Bouchette with his parents and 8 brothers and sisters plus another sister, her husband and child. In the 1880s, several mills were… Read More »

Frood, Andrew

Andrew William Frood was the eighth of eleven children born to Andrew Forrest Frood and Isabella Forrest on the 12th of July 1973 in Renfrew, Renfrew County Ontario. In 1891 (age 18) he was still living in Renfrew with his brother Samuel.   His occupation was listed as blacksmith. In 1900 (age 27) Andrew was… Read More »

Speight, Horace Haslam

Private Horace Haslam Speight was only 14 years old when the war started. Between 1917 and 1919 he enlisted three times, and he served for almost two years in Canada. Horace was born and raised in Brookville Station, a small community on the outskirts of Saint John, New Brunswick. His father John Speight was born… Read More »

Dion, Edward

Edward Dion was born on 01 September 1892 in Rat Portage (now Kenora), Ontario. His parents were Elziard Dion and Clara Bissette who had married in Rat Portage in 1891. Siblings included Arthur, William, Rose Delima, Irene, and Phillip. The family was living in Keewatin at the time of the 1901 census and in Redditt… Read More »

Paterson, Norman William

Along with his twin sister Euphemia, Norman William Paterson was born on 11 October 1891 in the village of Norman, later absorbed by Kenora, in northwestern Ontario. His parents John Alexander Paterson and Helen (Nellie) Clark were both from Dundee, Scotland where the couple had married in 1881. After the birth of their first two… Read More »

Linklater, Hugh

According to his attestation papers Hugh Linklater was born on 22 May 1881 in Berens River, Manitoba. His father Jacob Linklater had been born in the Northwest Territories and had entered service with the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1868. Jacob served in the Norway House District as runner, midman, and fisherman until 1878 and then… Read More »

Dodds, Francis Wilfred Ferguson

Sergeant Francis Wilfred Ferguson Dodds enlisted with the 12th Field Ambulance in March 1916 and served overseas for three years. He returned to Canada in June 1919 and was awarded the Military Medal. Wilfred was the oldest son of James Dodds and Margaret Jane Ferguson of Winnipeg, Manitoba. James was born in the Oshawa area… Read More »