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

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Amos, Harold Gordon

Sergeant Harold Gordon Amos enlisted at Camp Sewell in August 1915 and served for more than two years in France and Belgium. He was wounded at the Somme and returned to Canada in April 1919. Harold was the son of Joseph Amos and Margaret Woodcock of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Harold was born in Liverpool on… Read More »

McLean, Hugh Donald

Hugh Donald McLean was born 28 October 1891 at the family home on Beaton’s Island in Keewatin, Ontario. When Hugh was born his middle name was registered as ‘Daniel’  which may have been a mistake when recorded.  His parents, Donald (known as ‘Dan’) and his mother Catherine  emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland arriving in Quebec in… Read More »

Dunn, St. Clair

Captain St. Clair Dunn was a practising physician when he was commissioned as an officer in the spring of 1916. He went overseas that fall and arrived in France a year later. St. Clair was killed in action near the Vimy front in March 1918. St. Clair was the son of Robert Dunn and Charlotte… Read More »

Anderson, Charles

Private Charles Anderson signed up with the 94th Battalion in Kenora, Ontario in February 1916. He served for two years in Canada and the UK and returned home in March 1918. Charles, or Charley, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and immigrated to Canada as a young man. By the time he enlisted, on 22 February… Read More »

Stanford, Charles Robert

Charles Robert Stanford was born on 12 February 1881 in Hackney, London, England. His father Joseph Stanford, a bootmaker, was from Norwich in Norfolk while his mother Sarah was from Exeter in Devon. Over the years the family lived in a number of London communities, Shoreditch, Bethal Green, Hoxton, Hackney, and Islington. Nine children were… Read More »

Lambley, Leonard Herbert

Found on the passenger list for the Athenia, 17 year old Leonard Herbert Lambley arrived in Canada on 20 August 1906. Occupation given as farm labourer, according  to the record he had been sent to Canada by his father.  He was next found in Tacoma,  Washington signing a Declaration of Intention on 25 November 1910… Read More »

Hamilton, Andrew

Andrew Hamilton was born on 4 March 1883 in Mulmur, Dufferin, Ontario. His father Henry (Harry) Hamilton was from Ireland while his mother Agnes Smith was from Scotland. The couple married on 20 November 1874 in Avening, a community near Mulmar. Andrew had three older siblings, William, George, and Margaret (Maggie), and four younger siblings,… 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 »

O’Sullivan, Joseph John

Joseph John O’Sullivan was born on 24 August 1887 in Deptford, London, England. His father Thomas William O’Sullivan was from Foots Cray in Kent while his mother Annie Darby was from Kensington in London where the couple married during second quarter of 1877. Thomas first worked as a news agent but then for many years… Read More »

Olafson, Johannes Erlindson

Johannes (John) Erlindson Olafson was born on 2 August 1887 in Pembina, North Dakota.   His parents were Icelandic immigrants,   Erlendur Olafson and Iwa Magnusson.   Younger siblings included: Ingiborg (born 1889), Sigrun (born 1890), Olie Valdemar (born 1892) and Dora Margaret (born 1898). At some point, Johannes moved north and found work on… Read More »