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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Corporal Hugh Gladstone Hughes was the oldest son of Hugh Hughes and Sarah Thompson. His father was born in Liverpool, England and his mother was from Wales. Hugh Gladstone was born on 9 March 1883 in Winnipeg and he was followed by a sister, Winnifred Jane, and a brother, John Llewellyn (Jack). Shortly after Jack… Read More »
When Britain declared war on 4 August 1914 there were about 5,000 British army reservists in Canada and six days later they were officially called home for service. One of the soldiers was Lance Corporal William Nowlan of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. William returned to the UK in early September and he was killed in action… Read More »
Flight Second Lieutenant Wilbur Albert Cory enlisted in April 1916 and served with infantry units for two years before transferring to the Royal Air Force. He trained as a marine fleet observer and returned to Canada in the spring of 1919. Wilbur was the youngest son of Thomas Augustine Cory and Rachel Maude Dunphy of… Read More »
Nursing Sister Edith Alberta Gallagher enlisted in December 1915 and went overseas the following spring. She served for three years at six different hospitals in England and France. Edith was the daughter of Joshua Adam Gallagher and Margaret Linton of Fallbrook, Lanark County, Ontario. Her father was a farmer and her parents were both born… Read More »
Charles was one of those recruits who faked his birth date when he enlisted for the Canadian army but unlike most recruits who fibbed about their ages, he took three years off his life instead of adding them on. He was 37 at the time. The army’s age limits were 18 years to 45 years… Read More »
Sergeant Edward “Hugh” Bann, aka Edward Edwin Bann, enlisted with the 44th Battalion in December 1914 and served with them for four and a half years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. Hugh was born on 18 or 19 February 1892 in Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario. His father, John Charles Bann, was a saloon… Read More »
Gunner James Leonard McPherson was called up in March 1918 and served with the Canadian Field Artillery for nine months in Canada. James was the son of John McPherson and Margaret Carnegie of Keewatin, Ontario. John, a carpenter and millwright, was from London, England. He had at least four children with his first wife, Margaret… Read More »
Andrew Brackenridge McClinton was born on 11 August 1878 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. His father William McClinton, a shoemaker, was from Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire while his mother Agnes Bruce was from Symington, Ayrshire. The couple married on 31 January 1861 in Inch, Wigtown. Their first child, daughter Elizabeth, was born in Inch but after her birth… Read More »
John Larson’s name appeared in the 10 June 1916 edition of the Kenora Miner and News for enlisting with the 197th Battalion. His identity and service could not be confirmed.
Horatio Nelson Duncan was listed as a teamster in the Kenora area when he enlisted signing his attestation papers in Fort Frances, Ontario on 28 July 1915. His previous employment was as a delivery/salesman for R. W. Ferrier’s grocery business. His parents Robert Ainsley Duncan and Elizabeth A. McFee moved west to the rural district… Read More »
