Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Mason, Harry

Henry McBain (Harry) Mason was born on 30 November 1892 in the city of Dundee, Forfarshire (now Angus) in Scotland. His father David Mason was from nearby Brechin while his mother Mary Ann, maiden name also Mason, was from Montrose. The couple had married in Dundee in 1874. Harry had at least four older siblings,… Read More »

Anderson, Charles McLaren

Sapper Charles McLaren Anderson joined the Canadian Engineers in February 1916 and served overseas for three years. He returned to Canada in June 1919 and died in a railway accident a year later, at age 27. Charles was the son of George and Annie Lyon Anderson of Stracathro, Forfarshire, Scotland. His parents were both originally… Read More »

Hulmes, Edward

  The Hulmes family was from Manchester, Lancashire in England where parents Thomas and Martha (Pennington) had married on 24 March 1883. Thomas was listed as a coal wharfinger (takes custody of and is responsible for goods delivered to the wharf) in the 1891 census and as a coal dealer in later censuses. Children born… 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 »

Humphreys, Hugh Gordon Albert

Signaller Hugh Gordon Albert Stuart Humphreys enlisted in 1917 at age 18 and served for two years in Canada and England. He enlisted again in the Second World War then continued to have a career in the armed forces until 1958, attaining the rank of Captain. Hugh Gordon Albert Stuart, sometimes known as Bert, was… Read More »

Collier, Edward Carlos

According to his service record, Edward Carlos Collier was born on 10 May 1894 in Geneva, Switzerland. Living in Kenora, Ontario and working as a bank clerk, he signed his attestation papers in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 7 April 1916 with the 203rd Battalion. He gave his uncle Albert Brondell in Plum Coulee, Manitoba as next… Read More »

Peterman, William Albert

Private William Albert Peterman was married and the father of four daughters when he enlisted in January 1915. He served overseas for three years, most of that time with the 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion. William was the oldest son of William and Mary Peterman of East Gwillimbury, North York, Ontario. He was born on… Read More »

Killough, Alexander

Alexander Killough was born on 15 February 1898  in Glasgow, Scotland. His father William Killough was originally from Ireland and had married Mary Brownlie (née Cowie), a young widow with a small daughter Isabella Brownlie, on 29 July 1894 in the District of Milton, Glasgow. Living a few houses apart on Hopehill Road at the… Read More »

Bernicot, Yves Marie

Yves Marie Bernicot was born on 2 February 1883 in Villaric, Plabennec, Finistère, in northwestern France. His parents were Louis Bernicot who was from Plabennec and Marie Anne Kerbrat who was from Guisseny, also in Finistère. The couple married on 30 January 1864 in Plabennec. Yves’ known siblings were Marie Francoise (1867-1869), Jean (1869), Jean… Read More »

Thomas, William

Private William Thomas (aka William Britton) enlisted early in the war and spent four and a half years overseas. After he returned home he re-enlisted and served in Canada with the military police until January 1920. William was originally from London, England but he was living in Montreal when the war started. He had immigrated… Read More »