Kenora Great War Project

 

You can also view an Alphabetical List

The People

soldier_photobar

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

Search by name, or filter the search results using the list of options below.

Craig, Gordon Maxwell

Gordon Maxwell Craig was born on 17 August 1897 in Ottawa, Ontario. His parents were William John Craig and Charlotte Jane Cowan. Siblings included William George (b. 1894), Mildred (b. 1902), Elnora (b. 1905) and Shirley (b. 1912). Shortly after Gordon’s birth the Craig family moved to Keewatin, Ontario where his father became the town… Read More »

Sutton, Percy Robert

Pierce Robert (Percy) Sutton was born on 9 July 1881 in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland. His parents, Robert Abraham Sutton and Frances Mary Hayes had married in 1868 in Cork. Known children born to the family were Mary Geraldine (1870), Abraham Edward (1872), Frances Mary (1873), Dora (1875), Mabel Agnes (1876), Eveleen Mary (1878),… Read More »

MacPherson, Peter

Peter MacPherson was born on 14 October 1897 in the district of Hutchesontown in Glasgow, Scotland. His father Peter MacPherson, a shoemaker, was born in 1877 in Stair, Ayrshire while his mother Elizabeth McLintock was born in 1862 in Inch, Wigtown. As a child Elizabeth’s family’s surname was McClinton, changed to McLintock when the family… Read More »

Broome, Archibald Theodoric

Pilot Cadet Archibald Theodoric Broome joined the Royal Flying Corps in March 1918 and served in Canada for nine months. After the war he moved to Cuba where he lived for more than thirty years. Archibald was born in Foresters Falls, Ross Township, Renfrew County, Ontario. He was the oldest son of Thomas Broome and… Read More »

McFadden, Daniel Joseph

Daniel Joseph McFadden was born on 1 July 1878 In Kilsyth, Grey, Ontario, a small community on the outskirts of Owen Sound. His father John McFadden, wagon maker, was born in Ireland while his mother Mary Catherine McClarty was from the area. Daniel had two older sisters, Mary Ann and Catherine, and two younger sisters,… Read More »

Viborg, Barney

Barney (Baring) Viborg was born in Reykjavik, Iceland on June 24, 1892. At some point he immigrated to Canada and settled in Keewatin, Ontario. Barney was a cooper (barrel maker) at the Keewatin flour mill in 1914 when war was declared. Among the first group of 45 Kenora volunteers, he was rejected for service at… Read More »

Dennett, Robert William

Robert William Dennett was born on 9 January 1894 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. His father, a solicitor’s clerk, was also named Robert and was born in Camberwell/Pimlico in London. Robert Jr’s mother was Henrietta Baldwin who had been born in Cholsey, Berkshire; the couple had married in Windsor in 1890. Robert had two younger sisters,… Read More »

LaTour, John Joseph

John Joseph LaTour was born on 2 February of 1889 in the village of Norman a few kilometres west of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. His father Joseph LaTour was from Quebec while his mother Catherine (Kate) McIntyre was from Scotland. The couple likely married around 1883-84 in North Dakota, with son Peter Joseph born in… Read More »

Cox, Adam

Private Adam Cox was one of four brothers who served in the First World War. He was born on 10 March 1899 in the District of Muskoka, Ontario, the son of Hugh Cox and Mary Melinda Long. He had at least eight brothers and sisters: Dennis, William John, Charles, Ambrose, Stacey, Hughie, Armintha or “Minnie”… Read More »

Sparks, William Thomas

Corporal William Thomas Sparks enlisted in December 1914 and served in England, France and Belgium. He was wounded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and he spent over a year recovering in hospitals and convalescent centres. William was the son of Thomas George Sparks (Sparkes) and Eliza Mackler of West Ham, London, England…. Read More »