Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Montgomery, William Earl

With a family of eight children, five of the Montgomery sons were to enlist during the war. The Montgomery family had its roots in Lanark County in Ontario. Oswald Montgomery Sr, the son of a farmer and local justice of the peace, was born in 1857 in the township of Drummond. On 11 June 1884,… Read More »

Cox, Charles Edward

Private Charles Edward Cox was called up in January 1918 and sent to France to serve with the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers). He was injured in a motor lorry accident in October 1918 and he spent almost a year recovering at hospitals in England and Canada. Charles Edward (or Edwin) was born on 18 February… Read More »

McPherson, George

Captain George McPherson enlisted in November 1915 at age 41 and served for three years in Canada, England, France and Belgium. He was invalided home due to illness in October 1918. George was born on 25 April 1874 in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of John McPherson and his first wife Margaret Finn. John was from… Read More »

MacKenzie, Duncan Bruce

According to his Alberta death record, Duncan Bruce MacKenzie was born on 5 July 1890 in Dinorwic, Ontario. A birth record was not found. His father John Duncan MacKenzie, a long time Hudson Bay Company employee in northwestern Ontario, was from the Fort Frances area, John’s father James also employed by the HBC. Duncan’s mother… Read More »

Redsky, W

As reported in the Kenora Miner and News on 2 April 1919, the towns of Kenora and Keewatin held a large reception in the Tourist Hotel for returning veterans. On the list was W Redsky. His identity could not be confirmed but it is possible that it was either James or   Edward Redsky  

Finlayson, Nichol

Private Nichol Finlayson was sent to France to join the 43rd Battalion in August 1916 and six weeks later he became a prisoner of war. He spent two years in POW camps in France and Germany but he survived and returned to Canada in February 1919. Nichol was the son of Nichol (Sr.) and Elizabeth… Read More »

Popham, Earle Cameron

Earle Cameron Popham was born on 1 July 1892 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their first born child, he was the son of Dr Edwin and Ella (née Tourje) Popham. Edwin was from the Ottawa area while Ella was from Cobourg, Ontario. It is likely that the couple met while Edwin was attending Victoria College in Cobourg,… Read More »

Sweet, Francis Lloyd

Frank Lloyd Sweet was born 01 January 1895 in Keewatin, Ontario.   His parents were Samuel Charles Sweet and Margaret Anne Christie.   His siblings included Margaret (1890-1890), Sarah Jane (1901-1901), Alexander Charles, Samuel Rayburn, Mary Beatrice, Helen, Marjorie Elizabeth, Robert, Fred, Thomas Edwin and James Christie. Frank received his education in Keewatin schools and… Read More »

Kendall, Ivan Lucas

Ivan Lucas Kendall was born on 9 May 1890 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), in northwestern Ontario. His father William Glanfield Kendall was from Rettendon, Essex, England. At age twenty-three William had immigrated to Canada, first living in Stratford, Ontario where he worked for the Grand Trunk Railway before moving to Winnipeg in 1882… Read More »