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

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Walker, David Merrill

Born in Dominion City, Manitoba on November 21, 1898, David Merrill Walker was the 2nd born  child of Samuel and Albertia (Philips) Walker. By 1911 the family was living on Ottawa Street in the town of Keewatin, Ontario.   His siblings were an older brother William, and younger brothers Clarence and  Russell, then sister  Dorothy…. Read More »

Wynne, Harold Everett

Lance Corporal Harold Everett Wynne enlisted in Winnipeg in March 1916, at age 18. He suffered a bayonet wound in September 1917 while training in France and he was invalided back to Canada about four months later. Harold was the only son of John Everett Wynne and Eliza Fowler. John and his wife were both… Read More »

Sawkins, Ernest Harold

Ernest Harold Sawkins, more commonly known as Harold,  was born on 18 January 1894 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England. His father William Henry Sawkins was born in St George, London while his mother Amelia Mary Clarke was from Upton, Worcestershire. The couple married during the last quarter of 1882 in the Registration District of King’s Norton,… Read More »

Edwards, William

According to his attestation papers, William Edwards was born on 29 May 1897 at Eagle River, Ontario and his father was Frank Edwards. There is an Ontario birth record for a William Edwards of Algoma that lists 13 May 1898 as his birth date. Parents on this record are Frank Edwards and Bella Perriot. The… Read More »

Murdoch, William Miller

William, known by his middle name of ‘Miller’, was born in Keewatin, the  son of John Murdoch and Catherine (Kate) Lithgow.    Their father, John, was a tinsmith in Keewatin.  Miller’s older, siblings were Annie,  Norman  and  Howard.   After William came Donald Herbert who also joined up with the army serving in WW1.  … 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 »

Sewell, Claude

Claude Sewell was born on 21 March 1896 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. Both of his parents John Sewell and Louisa Sarah Parr were from England, immigrating to Canada around 1891 according to later census records. Their first child, daughter Gladys, was born in 1893 in Rat Portage where John was working as… Read More »

Clouatre, Stanislas Aurele

Stanislas Aurele Clouatre was born on 27 September 1894 in Val-Racine, Quebec. His parents Emilien Clouatre and Marie Grenier had married on 5 June 1892 in nearby Notre-Dame-des-Bois. The couple farmed in the Val-Racine area for a number of years, giving birth to children Ozilda (1893-1965), Stanislas, Rose Delima ((1895-1978), Thomas (1897-1965), Aldea (1899-1916), Wilfred… Read More »

Cassels, John Stewart

Born on 31 July 1886 in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland, John Stewart Cassels was the son of George and Jemina (née Milton) Cassels. His parents had married in 1883 in Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire. For the 1891 Scotland census the family was living in Minklets West, Banchory Ternan, occupation of his father given as farm servant. Children… Read More »