Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Shaw, Wallis

Private Wallis Shaw joined the militia when the war started then enlisted with an overseas battalion in 1916 at age 17. He served in France and Belgium with the 102nd Battalion. After suffering gas poisoning at the Battle of Passchendaele he was invalided to Canada in 1918. Wallis was the youngest son of William Mulligan… Read More »

Morrison, William Alexander

William Alexander Morrison was born on 15 February 1899 in the Rat Portage area (later named Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Angus John Morrison was from Orillia, Ontario while his mother Elizabeth (Lizzie) Paterson was from Dundee, Scotland. Marrying on 4 December 1889 in Rat Portage, both were living in Norman, a small community… Read More »

Winters, Earl Hersel

Private Earl Hersel Winters joined the 141st Battalion in May 1916 and went overseas in April 1917. He served in England and France for almost two years and returned home with a war bride. Earl was the only son of William Thomas Winter/Winters and Alice Marian Brydges of Kenora, Ontario. Thomas and Alice were both… Read More »

Wickham, Joseph

Joseph Wickham was born on 28 June 1891 in Newthorpe in the registration district of Tadcaster in Yorkshire West, England. His father Samuel Wickham was from Gravesend in Kent while his mother Sarah Barrow was from Crewe in Cheshire. The couple’s marriage was registered during the second quarter of 1888 in the district of Nantwich,… Read More »

Morrow, Robert Clark

Robert Clark Morrow was born on 28 June 1894 in his family home  at 93 Blackburn Street, Govan, Glasgow. His parents Daniel and Mary (née Clark) Morrow had married on 31 December 1891 in Govan. Daniel’s occupation was given as sailmaker and Mary’s as domestic servant. For the 1901 Scotland census the Morrow family was… Read More »

Saunders, Austin Lyman

Captain Austin Lyman Saunders of Winnipeg arrived in France in February 1916 with the 52nd Battalion. He was killed five months later when a large artillery shell landed on his dugout. Austin was the son of Edward Saunders and Agnes Jane Hay Porteous of Toronto, Ontario. Edward and Agnes were both born in Ontario, called… Read More »

Campbell, Angus Oscar

Angus Oscar Campbell was born on 15 June 1890 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario, date confirmed by his Ontario birth record. According to the 1891 census his father John Bow Campbell, a house painter, was from Scotland while his mother Mary Buckley was born in Ontario. Angus had three older siblings, all born… Read More »

Scotland, Alexander Munro

Alexander Munro (Sandy) Scotland was among the first Kenora volunteers recruited through the 98th Regiment for service overseas, going with a group of 45 men to Valcartier, Quebec on Aug. 23, 1914. Born in Dundee Scotland, he came from a large family. The 1891 Scottish census listed the family as James McDuff Scotland (age 39),… Read More »

Goulet, Raymond

Gunner Raymond Goulet enlisted in March 1918 and served for a year with the Canadian Field Artillery, most of that time in England. He returned to Canada in April 1919. Raymond was the son of Albert and Marie Louise Goulet and the grandson of Elzéar Goulet. During the 1860s Elzéar was the mail carrier between… Read More »