Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Gourevitch, Simon

Private Simon Gourevitch enlisted in August 1914 and served with the 8th Battalion (Royal Winnipeg Rifles). He survived four years of war and returned to Canada in the spring of 1919. According to his attestation Simon was born on 16 May 1885 in Smolensk, Russia, a city in the western part of the country near… Read More »

Hughes, D

Starting back in August of 1914, the Kenora Miner and News published a number of articles listing the names of volunteers for the 1st Contingent that were on their way to Valcartier in Quebec to enlist. On the list was a fellow by the name of D. Hughes. His identity could not be confirmed.  

Reid, Alexander McCready

Alexander McCready Reid was born on 21 August 1884 in the community of Pollokshaws in Glasgow, Scotland. His father James Reid, a joiner, was from Ayr, Ayrshire while his mother Margaret (Maggie) McConnachie Hendrie was from Bonhill in Dunbartonshire. The couple married on 2 June 1876 in Pollokshaws. Alexander had an older brother James and… Read More »

Richardson, William Herbert

Corporal William Herbert Richardson enlisted in July 1915 and served for three and a half years in Canada, Great Britain and France. He was wounded at the Somme and he returned to Canada in October 1918. William was the youngest son of John Richardson and Betsy Ann Stubley. John was a carpenter and millwright and… Read More »

Sauerbrei, Mark

Mark Sauerbrei was born on 25 April 1896 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. His father John Sauerbrei was born in Bavaria, Germany (according to the 1901 England census record) and from an early age was involved in the hotel management business, starting his career in Belgium. Over the course of his life he managed… Read More »

Embery, Leslie

Leslie Embery was born on 8 August 1893 in Wells, Somerset, England. He was the first born child of Richard Embery and Mary Ellis who had married during the last quarter of 1892 in Wells. Leslie had three younger siblings, Lucy Cora (1895), Alec Victor (1896), and Eric (1905), all born in Wells. The family… Read More »

Jones, William Wyndham

William Jones was among the first Kenora volunteers. His name was published on Aug. 12, 1914 as having enlisted in the 98th Regiment following a call for volunteers on Aug. 9. Born in Wales to Thomas and Hannah Jones, both he and his brother Thomas immigrated to Canada in May 1913 and worked at the… Read More »

George, Ernest Frederick

During the First World War between 3,000 and 4,000 Canadian soldiers became German prisoners of war. Lance Corporal Ernest Frederick George from Kenora, Ontario enlisted with the 8th Battalion in September 1914 and he died as a prisoner of war in Belgium seven months later. Ernest was born in September 1889 in the town of… 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 »