Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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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 »

King, Alfred Ernest

Private Alfred Ernest King was called up for service in December 1917, at age 21. He was sent to Siberia a year later and he returned to Canada in May 1919. He served again in the Second World War. Alfred was the oldest son of Henry Charles King and Elizabeth Mary Haberfield of Kenora, Ontario…. Read More »

Jorgenson, Martin

Private Martin Jorgenson was one of five brothers who enlisted for service in the First World War. The five boys – Jacob, Martin, John,  Gustave and Thomas – came from a large family in Whitemouth, Manitoba. Martin was killed in France in June 1917 but his four brothers survived and returned home after the war…. Read More »

Cornwell, Horace Clifford

Pilot Cadet Horace Clifford Cornwell joined the Royal Air Force in July 1918, at age 19, and served in Canada for five months. Horace was the youngest son of John Leslie Cornwell and Henrietta Stone of Kenora, Ontario. John and his wife were both born in Ontario, called Canada West at the time, and they… Read More »

Walker, Hugh Charles

Hugh Charles Walker was born on 27 September 1897 in Carman, Manitoba. His parents were William Walker and Charlotte Brown, both from Ontario. By the time of the birth of their first son William John in 1883, they were living in Carman where William Sr worked as a carpenter. Other children born in Carman were… Read More »

Smith, David William

Smith brothers Frank (seated) and David (standing), 1918 David William Smith (aka Bill, Billy) was born on 7 September 1892, birth registered in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. Both from Quebec, his parents were Jacob Smith, a baker, and Catherine Coile, the couple marrying in 1876 in Montreal. (Unmarried at the time… Read More »

McIntosh, Alexander Arthur

Alexander Arthur McIntosh was born on 23 April 1887 in Hatton on Fintray, a village on the River Don in the parish of Fintray about twenty kilometres northwest of Aberdeen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His Richard McIntosh was from Echt while his mother Isabella Alexander was from Rayne, both in Aberdeenshire. The couple married on 19… Read More »

Cameron, Leslie Fergus

Lieutenant Leslie Fergus Cameron enlisted in December 1914 and went overseas with the 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders). He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in April 1917 and served as a Flight Officer (Observer). Leslie was born on 7 July 1896 in the town of Rat Portage in northwestern Ontario. His birth was registered as… Read More »

Spaight, W

The name of W Spaight appeared in the 4 March 1916 edition of the Kenora Miner and News for enlisting with the 2nd Field Company, Canadian Engineers. His identity and service could not be confirmed.  

English, Roy Wilfred

Roy Wilfred English was born on 15 May 1893 in Minnesota, United States of America. His father Robert Rose English was from Ireland, marrying Ann McNabb in 1871 in Chatsworth, Holland Township in Grey County, Ontario. The couple gave birth to son Richard John in 1874 but sadly Ann passed away in 1876, with Richard… Read More »