Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Huggins, Cyril Clifford

Cyril Clifford Huggins was born on 25 December 1893 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. Both of his parents, William Caro Huggins and Eliza Harriet Betsworth, were born in England. William immigrated to Canada as a young child with his parents and siblings and along with his brother James first came to the Lake… Read More »

Bateson, George Theodore

Private George Theodore Bateson was the son of John Hope Bateson and Agnes Victoria (nee Bateson) of Ely, St. Louis County, Minnesota. John and Agnes were of Scottish and Irish ancestry and they were both born in Victoria County, Ontario. They were married in 1882 in Somerville Township, Victoria County. George was born on 27… Read More »

Goulet, Albert Jules

Private Albert Jules Goulet enlisted at age 15 and spent a few months in France with the 8th Battalion. He was sent back to Canada due to being a minor and he served for another four months on guard duty. Jules was the grandson of Elzéar Goulet and Hélène Jerome of the Red River Settlement… Read More »

Hives, Harry

Private Harry Hives enlisted in the spring of 1916 and served for three years, with two of those years spent as a German prisoner of war. He survived the war and returned to Canada in April 1919. Harry (Henry) was the son of Hans Edgar Hives and Sarah Harper of Kensington, London, England. Hans and… Read More »

Mellish, George Robert

Gunner George Robert Mellish enlisted in Vancouver in the spring of 1916. He served with artillery units for three years in Canada, Great Britain and France and returned to Canada in June 1919. George was the oldest son of Alfred Mellish and Rosa Derry of Vancouver, British Columbia. Alfred was born and raised in Galt,… Read More »

Thompson, William Stanley

Sapper William Stanley Thompson was living in the state of Washington when the war started. He enlisted at a British recruiting centre in 1917 and served with the Royal Engineers in the UK, Salonica and Russia, returning home in October 1919. William was the youngest son of Benjamin Franklin ‘Frank’ Thompson and Augusta Bohn. He… Read More »

Garrood, Percy William

Percy William Garrood was born on 26 January 1876 in Croydon, Surrey, England. His parents were George Garrood and Elizabeth Jeale. Siblings included: George A. (b. 1870), Charles J. (b. 1872), Sydney G. (b. 1874), Lillian A. (b. 1880), Harold (b. 1883), Arthur (b. 1887) and Ethel Caroline (b. 1888). Percy’s mother died in 1888… Read More »

McKee, Albert William

Corporal Albert William McKee, a locomotive engineer from Kenora, Ontario, enlisted with a railway unit in January 1917 and served in France and Belgium for two years. Albert was born on 10 September 1885 in the village of Shelburne in Dufferin County, Ontario. His parents, William Alexander McKee and Eliza Ellen Mallett, were both born… Read More »

Finlayson, George Walter Stewart

Private George Walter Stewart Finlayson enlisted in January 1916 and served overseas for three years. He was wounded in February 1917 but he survived the war and returned to Canada in May 1919. George was the son of Nichol and Elizabeth Finlayson of Kenora, Ontario. His grandfather Hector Finlayson had been one of the early… Read More »

Windsor, Walter Pat

Walter Cecil Windsor was born on 29 December 1900 in Rat Portage (now Kenora) Ontario. His mother was 16 year old Mary Jane Windsor of Pendleton, Ontario. She gave him the nickname ‘Paddy’ because of the sound his feet made as he ‘padded’ down the hall to see her as she lay ill in bed…. Read More »