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

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Bock, George Stanley

Private George Stanley Bock was the only child of William Bock and Sarah Jane Dowsett of Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. His parents were both born in Ontario, William in Waterloo County and Sarah in Leeds County. They were married in June 1895 and Stanley was born in Spring Bay on 24 October 1896. William… Read More »

Dyer, Francis (Frank) John

Francis (Frank) John Dyer was born on 21 December 1900 in Kilburn, Middlesex, England. He was the eldest child of merchant seaman Francis Joseph Dyer  and Gertrude Shapcott. Siblings included sisters, Gertrude Louisa (b. 1901), Lilian Maud (b. 1904), Beatrice Nellie (b. 1905) and Nora Helena (b. 1907). His father enlisted with the Royal Garrison… 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 »

Reid, Charles

Charles Reid was born on 22 September 1893 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), in northwestern Ontario. His parents Charles Francis Reid and Mary Elizabeth Savage were both born in New Brunswick, marrying on 1 November 1887 in Newcastle. Son Francis William (Frank) was born in 1888 in New Brunswick before the family moved to… Read More »

Carmichael, George Raymond

When the First World War started aircraft technology was still quite new and airplanes were used mainly for observation. Major advancements were made over the next four years and both sides developed fighters and bombers. Flight Lieutenant George Raymond Carmichael served as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps for over two years and he… Read More »

Guernsey, Frederick Fuller

Frederick was born on 16 October 1885 in Stuartburn, Manitoba. His parents were William Robert Guernsey and Francis Fuller who had come to Manitoba from England in 1882. William listed ‘tailor’ as his occupation on his arrival. Frederick was one of thirteen children in the family. Four were born in England, five in Manitoba and… Read More »

Lapierre, Peter

According to his attestation papers, Peter Lapierre was born on 10 May 1884 in Montreal, Quebec. However by all accounts it is more than likely that he was Joseph Delphis Lapierre who was born on 7 August 1876 in Joliette, Quebec. His parents Benjamin Lapierre and Marguerite Marineau (Austin dit Marineau) married on 28 August… Read More »

Hughes, Arthur John

Arthur John Hughes was an alias used by Fenton John Hughes to reenlist for service in WW1 after previously deserting following surgery to remove his appendix. Fenton John Hughes was born on 6 January 1894 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario, date and name confirmed by his Ontario birth record. Both of his parents… Read More »

Gustafson, Albert

Private Albert Gustafson was the son of Gustaf Jonsson and Anna Casja Andersdotter of Skaraborg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. He was born on 11 July 1862, with his birth registered in Luttra Parish, Falkoping, Skaraborg. When a clerical survey was taken in 1880 Albert was living at home in Gokhem, Skaraborg with his parents, six brothers… Read More »

Duncan, William McKechnie

William McKechnie Duncan was born on 19 December 1897 in West Carron, Larbert, Stirlingshire in Scotland. His father David Duncan, an iron moulder, was from Falkirk while his mother Annie McKechnie was from Edinburgh where the couple married on 10 July 1877. Their first child, daughter Mary, was born in Edinburgh but by the time… Read More »