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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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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 »
According to his attestation papers, Frederick Joseph Lalois was born on 29 September 1893 in Keewatin, Ontario, a small town just west of Kenora. His father Louis Lalois was from Montmagny, Quebec, earlier spelling of the surname as Lislois. Louis had been farming in the Keewatin area by the 1881 census but a short time… Read More »
Charles Robert Stanford was born on 12 February 1881 in Hackney, London, England. His father Joseph Stanford, a bootmaker, was from Norwich in Norfolk while his mother Sarah was from Exeter in Devon. Over the years the family lived in a number of London communities, Shoreditch, Bethal Green, Hoxton, Hackney, and Islington. Nine children were… Read More »
Private Fred Gray enlisted with the 101st Battalion in January 1916 and served overseas for three years in England, France and Belgium. He returned to Canada in March 1919. Fred was the son of Fred (Sr.) and Elizabeth Gray of Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England. Peterborough was an industrial city on the main rail line between London… Read More »
Corporal William Herbert Richardson enlisted in July 1915 and served for three and a half years in Canada, Great Britain and France. He was wounded at the Somme and he returned to Canada in October 1918. William was the youngest son of John Richardson and Betsy Ann Stubley. John was a carpenter and millwright and… Read More »
Private Howard Winfred Curtis enlisted in February 1916 and served in France with the 8th Battalion. He was wounded at the Battle of the Somme and died in November 1916. Howard was the youngest son of Susan Tomlin and Charles William Curtis. Charles was born in Manitoba and grew up in Portage la Prairie. When… Read More »
Private John Harrison Hornby served with the 52nd Battalion for two years, from May 1915 to May 1917. After developing tuberculosis he was invalided to Canada for treatment and discharged as medically unfit in June 1918. John was the youngest son of George Stephenson Hornby and Sarah Harrison Goodall. George and Sarah were both born… Read More »
William Smith Fraser was born on 15 April 1896 in Forglen, Banffshire, Scotland. His mother was Isabella Fraser, the daughter of Alexander Fraser and Eliza Anderson, and was born in 1875 in nearby King Edward, Aberdeenshire. At the time of William’s birth Isabella was working as a domestic servant in Forglen. By the time of… Read More »
As published in the 2 April 1919 edition of the Kenora Miner and News, the towns of Kenora and Keewatin held a reception at the Tourist Hotel to welcome back the returning veterans. One name on the list was JW Jackson. His identity and service could not be confirmed. It is possible that he was… Read More »
Although the family lived in Mill Village, Queen’s County, Nova Scotia, John Archibald (Jack) McKenna was born on 1 February 1880 in nearby Charleston. Both of his parents Joseph McKenna and Mary Jane Arthur were from Nova Scotia, marrying in 1869 in Liverpool. Over the years Joseph’s occupation was given as labourer on the censuses,… Read More »
