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

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Bull, John Arthur

John Arthur Bull  was  born on 6 September 1886  in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. His parents were John Albert and Emma (née Talbot) Bull who had married during the last quarter of 1881 in Aston, Warwickshire. The family was found in the England 1891 census living in the inner-city of Sparkhill, Birmingham, occupation of John given… Read More »

Fortier, Joseph Charles Ferdinand

According to his attestation papers, Joseph Charles Ferdinand Fortier was born on 2 December 1896 in Rat Portage (later named Kenora), Ontario. His parents were Joseph and Exilda (née Leblanc) Fortier who had married in St Boniface, Manitoba on 4 July 1891. Joseph was originally from Quebec while Exilda had moved to Manitoba with her… Read More »

Peever, Moses Harvey

According to his attestation paper “Mose” Peever was born on 2 April 1881 in North Bay, Ontario. However, family and medical information in his service file confirm that he was Moses Harvey Peever, born in 1889, the son of John Peever and Jane Frost. John Peever was of Irish ancestry and born in Ontario while… Read More »

Bacon, William James

Although a birth record was not found, according to his later attestation and death record William James Bacon was born on 29 January 1882 in London, England. On various England censuses his father was given as Henry John Bacon and his mother as Elizabeth James, the couple marrying on 16 September 1883 in Marylebone, London…. Read More »

Presley, John Arthur

Private John Arthur Presley was born in Clarence Creek, Russell County, Ontario. His parents were Joseph Presley, a farmer, and Jane Conn. Joseph and Jane were both Irish and born in the Clarence Creek area. John grew up there and he was one of at least ten children. At some point he moved west and… Read More »

Petty, Thomas

Private Thomas Petty enlisted in December 1915 and served overseas for more than three years. After the war he lived in England for a year before returning to Canada. Thomas was the son of Thomas Harker Petty and Sarah Pybus of Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire, England. Thomas Harker and Sarah were both born in Yorkshire. They were… Read More »

Walker, William John

William John Walker  was born on 30 June 1886, the son of Joseph and Mary Walker of Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, Ireland. He had a younger brother Edward, born about 1890. William’s father was listed as a gardner in the 1901 Ireland census, the family living in Corcreedy, Fivemiletown. Before immigration William had been working as… Read More »

Charboneau, Vincent Victor

Private Vincent Charboneau enlisted during the early days in the war and after suffering an injury to his leg in a fall in the trenches, he was to spend the rest of the war in England where he met his bride to be. Unlike the many war brides that made their way to Canada, Vincent… Read More »

Solleroz, Paul Joseph

Private Paul Joseph Solleroz enlisted in April 1916, at age 19, and served in France with the 5th Battalion. He was killed in action in April 1917 at the Battle of Arleux. Paul was the oldest son of Jean Casimir Solleroz and Marie Alexandrine Pilloud of Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Casimir and Alexandrine were both born in… Read More »