Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Lohman, Stewart Henry

Lance Corporal Stewart Henry Lohman enlisted in December 1914 and served with the 52nd Battalion in France and Belgium. He was wounded at the Somme in October 1916 and invalided to Canada the following spring. Stewart was born on 10 May 1892 in San Francisco, California. His parents were John Benjamin Lohman and Susan Burgess… Read More »

Faulkner, Vincent Harold

During the First World War runners carried messages between the front lines and unit headquarters, often over open ground where they were exposed to enemy artillery and rifle fire. Private Vincent Faulkner was awarded the Military Medal in November 1916 for his bravery as a runner. A month later he was killed in action in… Read More »

Turner, Sidney Charles

Corporal Sidney Charles Turner enlisted in the British army in August 1914, just a few weeks after the war started. He served for four and a half years and was wounded twice, in 1915 and 1916. After the war he immigrated to Canada and settled in northwestern Ontario. Sidney was the son of George Edmund… Read More »

Winchester, Albert

Albert Winchester was born on 3 August 1883 in Brightling, Sussex, England. His father David Winchester was from Brightling while his mother Ellen Prevett was from Worth in Sussex. The couple had married in early 1878 in Brightling. David was a carpenter by trade and in latter years was listed as an estate carpenter on… Read More »

Chaloner, Robert Edward

Robert Chaloner (or Bert as he was known) was born on November 21, 1895 in Lauder Manitoba. His parents, John Henry Chaloner and Mary Gertrude( Heatley) Chaloner, arrived in Lauder in 1891 with three children: Louise, who was born in Quebec City in 1882; Adelaide, born in Rat Portage, Ontario in 1884; and Charles, born… Read More »

Brown, Maurice

Although he gave his place of birth as Peterborough on his attestation papers, Maurice Brown was born on 13 June 1894 in the hamlet of Newark on the outskirts of Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England. His father Frederick Brown was from Peterborough while his mother Elizabeth Doe was from Stoke by Clare, Sussex. The couple married during… Read More »

Barnes, George McMurray

Birth and Location: George McMurray Barnes was born in Rat Portage (Kenora), District of Rainy River, Ontario, September 21, 1898, the son of George Barnes and his second wife, Sara (McMurray) Barnes. Sara was the younger sister of George’s first wife, Fanny (McMurray) Barnes. Different records have different spellings for his middle name: McMurray, MacMurray,… Read More »

Forbes, Adam Archibald

Acting Sergeant Adam Archibald Forbes enlisted with a railway unit in January 1917 and served overseas for two years. In the last months of the war he trained as a potential Cadet Pilot with the Royal Air Force. Adam was the son of Thomas Chisholm Forbes and Christina Kincaid of Rathwell, Manitoba. Thomas and Christina… Read More »

Proudlock, Thomas Hamilton

Thomas Hamilton Proudlock was likely born on 9 April 1897 in Buckingham, Quebec. His father Harral Hamilton (Harry) Proudlock was born in 1863 in the Township of Litchfield, Pontiac, Quebec, now known as Campbell’s Bay. A family tree suggests Harry married Sarah (Sadie) Bigelow on 18 January 1887 in Buckingham, Quebec. Born on 14 March… Read More »

Hansen, Allan Nelson

Gunner Allan Nelson Hansen enlisted in 1916 and spent two years overseas with the Canadian Field Artillery. Three of his brothers also served in the war. Allan was the son of Nils (Nels) Julius Hansen and his wife Ellen Nilson. Nils and Ellen both immigrated to Canada in the 1880s, Nils from Norway and Ellen… Read More »