Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Howard, William Thomas

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 »

Elliott, Richard Hingston

Acting Sergeant Richard Hingston Elliott enlisted in February 1915 and served for more than four years in Canada, England and France. He was wounded at the Battle of Mount Sorrel but he survived the war and returned home in September 1919. Richard grew up in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, one of eight children born to Arthur… Read More »

Gagnon, Adelard

Private Adelard Gagnon was one of three brothers from Keewatin, Ontario who enlisted during the war. He served for a year overseas in the UK and France and returned to Canada in May 1919. Adelard was the son of Joseph Gagnon and Victoria Madore of Keewatin, Ontario. Joseph and Victoria were both born in Quebec…. Read More »

Osmond, William

The son of Thomas and Mary Ann (née Selman) Osmond, William Osmond  was born on 28 November 1889  at #3 Ridgeway Road in  Fishponds, Gloucestershire, England, name on birth registration given  as William Osmond Selman*. His mother was born in Tormarton, Gloucestershire while his father was from Claverton, Somerset. They married on 13 July 1891… Read More »

Green, Percy Ernest

Percy Ernest Green was born on 4 September 1897 in Mountain Grove, Ontario.  His parents were David Wesley Green and Seferina Paquet.  Siblings included: James (b. 1894), Harold Earl (b. 1901), Gladys Josephine (1903-1954, married Henry Craig), Thomas Arthur (b. 1905), Milton Lester (1907-1979), Lloyd William (1910-1981), Jane Orvilla (b. 1912), Hazel Claudia (b. 1915),… Read More »

Fullerton, Stewart John

Flight Second Lieutenant Stewart John Fullerton enlisted underage when he was 16 years old. He served for 2-1/2 years in Canada and England with the 94th Battalion and the Canadian Engineers. In June 1918 he was transferred to the Royal Air Force and he trained as a pilot for the next year, returning home in… Read More »

McCall, Wallace Henry

Although he gave his place of birth as Simcoe, Ontario on his attestation papers,  Wallace Henry  (Henry Wallace  on birth registration) McCall was born on  15  October 1877 in nearby Charlotteville, Norfolk. His parents Lewis and Prudence (née Cassills) McCall had married 29 December 1869 in Charlotteville, Lewis’ occupation was given as farmer. Children born… Read More »

Dauphin, Leonard George

Sapper Leonard George Dauphin enlisted in Victoria, British Columbia in November 1915 and served overseas for three years. He survived gas poisoning and influenza and returned home in April 1919. Leonard was the only child of Joseph Dauphin and his wife Annie Belleau. Joseph and Annie were both born in Quebec but by the time… Read More »

McClellan, Thomas

Sergeant Thomas McClellan joined the Canadian Army Service Corps in February 1917 and served in France for more than two years, most of that time with a Mechanical Transport Company. He returned to Canada in October 1919. Thomas was the oldest child and only son of James McClellan and Isabella Shippen of Whitehaven, Cumberland, England…. Read More »

Knipe, William James

Farrier Sergeant William James Knipe enlisted with the Canadian Engineers and served for three years in England, France and Belgium. He returned to Canada in August 1919 with a war bride. William was the only son of James and Elizabeth Knipe of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. James worked as a carpenter and shipwright and he married… Read More »