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

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Wilcox, Sydney Charles

Sydney Charles Wilcox was born on 26 July 1883 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia. His father Charles Smith Wilcox was from Windsor while his mother Emma Gertrude Thom was from Quebec City where the couple married in 1880. Returning to Windsor, Charles and his brother George were both hardware merchants. Children born to the family… Read More »

Bunting, Mary Elizabeth

Nursing Sister Mary Elizabeth Bunting enlisted in February 1916 at age 22. She served for three years at hospitals in England and France and returned to Canada in April 1919. Mary was the oldest daughter of Thomas Henry Bunting and Elizabeth McDonald of Indian Head, Saskatchewan. Thomas came from a large Irish family in Middlesex… Read More »

Crierie, Ross Fraser

According to his attestation papers, Ross Fraser Crierie was born on 14 July 1896 in Clayton, New York, USA. Although a birth record was not found, it is likely that he was born in 1897 (BC death record). His father was Benjamin Gillespie Fraser Crierie, born around 1854 in Liverpool, England. In 1875 Benjamin had… Read More »

Armour, Robert

Private Robert Armour was married and the father of two young children when he enlisted in Winnipeg in January 1916. He was wounded in the last weeks of the war but he survived and returned home in March 1919. Robert was the oldest son of Thomas and Jane Armour of Keewatin, Ontario. He was born… Read More »

Turner, Thomas

Acting Corporal Thomas Turner was 35 years old, married and the father of three children when he enlisted in March 1917. He served overseas with the Canadian Forestry Corps for two years, returning home in April 1919. Thomas was the son of Jonah and Caroline Turner of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. He was born in Wolverhampton… Read More »

Knight, John Morris

John Morris Knight was born on 26 February 1884 in Landport, Portsea Island, Hampshire England. Landport is a district located near the centre of Portsea Island and is part of the city of Portsmouth. His mother Mary Jane Lonnon, also from Landport, had married Alfred William Knight in 1867, marriage registered in the district of… Read More »

Mellish, George Robert

Gunner George Robert Mellish enlisted in Vancouver in the spring of 1916. He served with artillery units for three years in Canada, Great Britain and France and returned to Canada in June 1919. George was the oldest son of Alfred Mellish and Rosa Derry of Vancouver, British Columbia. Alfred was born and raised in Galt,… Read More »

Hartley, Frederick Raymond

Frederick Raymond Hartley signed two sets of attestation papers, the first with the 9th Canadian Mounted Rifles in April of 1915 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. He gave his date and place of birth as 7 April 1894 in Midland, Ontario and his father John Hartley in Richard, Saskatchewan as next of kin. On 29 October… Read More »

Baker, Claude Cleveland

Claude Cleveland Baker was born on 29 June 1881 in Athol, Cumberland in Nova Scotia. His parents Hance Wilson Baker and Angelina Harriet Cleveland had married in 1860 and farmed in the Maccan district in Cumberland. Known children born to the couple were Frank Benton (abt 1862), Florence May (1864), Emma (abt 1865), Harry Wilson… Read More »

Coles, Edward Claud

Edward Claud Coles was born on 14 August 1892 in Beith, Ayrshire in Scotland. His father Francis (Frank) Coles was from Croydon, England while his mother Ellen Dumbrill was from Brighton, England. Both living in Newbridge, County Kildare in Ireland at the time, the couple married on 4 May 1880 in nearby Morristown Biller. Frank… Read More »