Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Brown, John Miller

Born on 28 September 1888, John Miller (Jack) Brown grew up on a large farm called Monmouth House in the area of Long Sutton-Lutton in Lincolnshire, England. It appears that his father Thomas Miller Brown took over the management of the farm from his father John Brown in the mid to late 1880’s. During the… Read More »

Rochester, Ernest Marshall

The Germans used massive amounts of artillery in the First World War and more than half of Allied casualties were the result of artillery fire. Gun batteries were a frequent target, to put them out of action, and both sides developed methods to locate and destroy batteries. Sergeant Ernest Marshall Rochester served with the 30th… Read More »

Youngman, Ralph

Private Ralph Youngman enlisted in January 1917 and served with the 52nd Battalion in France and Belgium. He was wounded at the Battle of Amiens and he suffered from trench fever and influenza, but he survived the war and returned to Canada in May 1919. Ralph was born on 7 November 1897 in Ava, Kinkaid… Read More »

Freeman, John Buckland

Private John Buckland Freeman was born into a large family in Maidstone, Kent, England on 27 September 1885. His father, Edmund Freeman, was born in Maidstone and he worked as a labourer in stone quarries. John’s mother, Emily Buckland, was born in Maidstone or the nearby village of Ditton and she worked in local paper… Read More »

Maki, Alexander

Alexander Maki was living in Kenora, Ontario when he enlisted on 17 July 1916. According to his attestation paper he was single, born on 25 February 1880 in Wasa, Finland and he had served with the Finnish armed forces for three and a half years before immigrating to Canada. He was employed as a railroad… Read More »

Hemmings, Fred

Frederick Henams was baptized on 21 December 1862 in Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets in London, England. He was the son of Frederick Henams (1831-1936), woodcutter and firewood dealer, and Emma Ann Impey (1839-1920), both born in Bethnal Green. Frederick Sr and Emma married on 12 August 1855 in Bethnal Green. Known children born to the… Read More »

Hansen, Carl Andrew

Bombardier Carl Andrew Hansen was one of four brothers from Keewatin, Ontario who served in the First World War. Carl was the son of Nils (Nels) Julius Hansen and his wife Ellen Nilson. Nils and Ellen both immigrated to Canada in the 1880s, Nils from Norway and Ellen from Sweden. They were married in December… Read More »

Hodgins, Stanley Morrison

Private Stanley Morrison Hodgins (aka Stanley Morris Hodgins) was 17 years old when he enlisted in January 1916. He served France and Belgium with the 43rd Battalion and was wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele. Stanley was the oldest son of William Walter Lynn Hodgins and Alice Sarah Glenn. Walter and Alice were married in… Read More »

Neilson, Clive Proudfoot

Corporal Clive Proudfoot Neilson was the only son of James Little Neilson and Rebecca (Rhea) Forgan of Winnipeg, Manitoba. James was born in Waterloo County, Ontario to Scottish immigrant parents. Rhea was most likely born in Russia and came to Canada around 1891, when she was about 13 years old. By 1900 James and Rhea… Read More »