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

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Meek, Thomas McDougall

Thomas McDougall Meek was born on 16 June 1895 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland.   His parents were Matthew Meek and Martha McDougall. He married Margaret Melvin on 15 January 1915 in Glasgow, Scotland and listed his occupation as ‘rivetter’. On 09 June 1916, Thomas enlisted with the 5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles (regimental # 1123). He… Read More »

Wood, Sydney Ernest

Sapper Sydney Ernest Wood was married and the father of a young son when he enlisted with a railway unit in February 1917. Five months later he was severely wounded in Belgium and he was invalided home to Canada in December 1917. Sydney was born on 2 February 1885 in Deptford, London, England. His parents,… Read More »

Cox, William John

Private William John Cox was one of four brothers who served in the First World War. He was called up in 1918 and he spent a year with the Canadian Garrison Regiment in Halifax. William John, usually known as John, was born on 15 June 1895 in Gravenhurst, District of Muskoka, Ontario. He was the… Read More »

LaRiviere, Gedeon Joseph

Gedeon Joseph LaRiviere was born on 10 July 1887 in Saint Marcel, L’Islet, Quebec. His parents were Gedeon and Marie Louise (née Messier) LaRiviere who had married in 1884 in Saint Marcel where their families farmed. Three children were born to the couple in Quebec, Joseph Antoine (1885-1885), Marie Louise (1886-1969), and Joseph. By the… Read More »

Hendrie, Archibald

Archibald Hendrie was born on 6 December 1893 in Barrhead, Neilston Parish in Renfrewshire, Scotland. His father Archibald Hendrie, a calico machine tenter, was from Bonhill, Dunbarton while his mother Jessie Little, a cotton mill worker, was from Neilston. Archibald and Jessie married on 30 December 1892 in Barrhead. Jessie, a widow, had previously married… Read More »

Horswill, Alfred Stanley

Acting Sergeant Alfred Stanley Horswill enlisted early in the war and served overseas for four years. He was in Great Britain studying for a commission when the Armistice was signed. Alfred was the son of Algernon Sidney Horswill and Amy Partington of Nelson, British Columbia. Algernon was born in Warwickshire, England and came to Canada… Read More »

Anderson, David

David Anderson was born on 19 February 1890 in Colmonell, Ayrshire, Scotland.  His parents were William Anderson and Mary Colvin. Siblings included Catherine (b. 1882) and William (b. 1885).  By the 1901 Scottish census, father William was not with the family.  In June 1910 David immigrated to Canada.  The passenger list showed him going to… Read More »

Brownlee, William Ferguson

Lieutenant William Ferguson Brownlee enlisted in the fall of 1915 and served in France with the Canadian Engineers. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in November 1918 and returned to Canada in August 1919. William was the son of James Brownlee and Margaret Hutton Rutherford. James was born in Hamilton, Ontario and started working for… Read More »

Essery, William Harold

Private William Harold Essery enlisted in April 1916, at age 17, and served in France with the 5th Battalion. He was wounded in September 1918 and spent the next year recovering in hospitals in England and Canada. William Harold, usually known as Harold, was born in Centralia, Stephen Township, South Huron, Ontario. He was the… Read More »

Raine, Richard Oats

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 »