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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Nursing Sister Edith Alberta Gallagher enlisted in December 1915 and went overseas the following spring. She served for three years at six different hospitals in England and France. Edith was the daughter of Joshua Adam Gallagher and Margaret Linton of Fallbrook, Lanark County, Ontario. Her father was a farmer and her parents were both born… Read More »
Richard Oats Raine was born on 23 December 1900 in South Shields, Northumberland, England. His father, Joseph Garrett Raine, was born in County Durham and his mother, Mary Ann Oats, in Northumberland. Joseph was a butcher by trade. He and Mary Ann were married in 1896 and they had at least seven children: Margaret Mary,… Read More »
Frederick William Jackson was born on 7 April 1880 in South Hackney, London, England. He was the first born child of William Walter Jackson who was from St George in the East, London and Matilda Taylor who was from South Hackney. The couple married on 31 May 1879 in Clerkenwell, Islington in London. At the… Read More »
Private William Curle Conn was called up in December 1917 and served for a short time in the Royal Air Force. He was discharged for medical reasons in July 1918. William was born on 10 March 1890 in the village of Douglas, Manitoba. His parents, Robert Conn and Mary Ellen Curle, were both born in… Read More »
Private Duncan Rupert MacPherson enlisted in August 1915 and served with the 52nd Battalion in Belgium and France. He suffered shell shock at the Somme in September 1916 and he spent the rest of the war in Great Britain. The war started in August 1914 and by December a third Canadian overseas contingent was being… Read More »
Maud and Stanley According to his attestation papers Stanley Gordon Fogg was born on 13 August 1890 in Kenora (named Rat Portage at the time), Ontario. A birth record was not found and his grave marker gives the year of birth as 1891. His parents were Samuel George Fogg and Eliza Jane Curless who had… Read More »
When Aubrey Wainewright signed his attestation papers in Brandon, Manitoba on 13 November 1915, he gave his date of birth as 5 April 1883, his place of birth as Athlone, Ireland, and his middle name as Patrick. He also gave his father AW Wainewright of Iken Rectory, Tunstall, Suffolk as next of kin. As confirmed… Read More »
Private Harry Rupert Warner joined the 52nd Battalion in December 1914 and served overseas for a year and a half. For most of that time he suffered ill health and he was invalided back to Canada in May 1917 to continue his medical treatment. Harry Rupert was born on 27 May 1888 in Thornton Heath,… Read More »
Frederick Samuel Stokes joined the British army at age 18 and had eight years of regular service followed by four years in the reserves. He was discharged in January 1914 and seven months later the First World War started. He enlisted again, this time with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and he served for another 3-1/2… Read More »
Private William Thomas Howard enlisted at age 18 and served overseas for three years. He spent a year in France and Belgium with the 28th Battalion and several months with a trench mortar battery. William was the oldest son of William Henry Thomas and Gertrude Wilson of Kenora, Ontario. William Henry was born in England… Read More »
