Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Cornell, Frederick Charles

Staff Sergeant Frederick Charles Cornell enlisted twice, the first time in January 1915 at age 17. He served in England for a year and he was invalided back to Canada in 1917 due to illness. Frederick was the only son of Joseph and Elizabeth Cornell of Brandon, Manitoba. He and his twin sister Helen Elizabeth… Read More »

Edgar, Charles

According to his attestation papers, Charles Edgar was born on 20 February 1875 in Glasgow, Scotland. With occupation given as telegraph linesman and a sister-in-law back in Scotland as next of kin, Charles signed his attestation papers in Kenora, Ontario on 3 June 1915. He listed 9 years previous military experience with the 1st Royal… Read More »

Gray, Colin Campbell

Sapper Colin Campbell Gray enlisted in March 1917 and served with the Canadian Railway Troops in the UK, France and Belgium. He returned to Canada in May 1919. Colin was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 4 June 1887. His parents were Captain John Gray, a mariner, and Mary Campbell. Six of his brothers and sisters… Read More »

Cherry, Thomas Cecil

Thomas Cecil Cherry was born on 21 December 1895 in Keewatin, Ontario.  His parents were Thomas Joseph Cherry and Caroline Hawkin. Siblings included John Joseph Roland, Agnes, Marion and Norah. Cecil’s father was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada 1871. He was a Reeve for Keewatin in 1907 and 1908 becoming Keewatin’s first Mayor… Read More »

Lacasse, Charles Eusebe

Charles was a younger son of Anselme (more commonly known as Samuel) and Wilhemina Melina (née Desmarais) Lacasse, parents being French Canadian, originally from the Ottawa/Gatineau area. Samuel and Melina married on 27 April 1885 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Melina’s family having moved to the area to open a saw mill. At some… Read More »

Carlson, Ture Amandas

Ture Amandas Carlson was born on 15 September 1897 in Limsta in the parish of GudmundrГҐ in the county of Västernorrland, Sweden. His father Carl Carlson was from NordingrГҐ in Västernorrland while his mother Sofia Amanda Westmark was from Pitea in Norbotton. The couple had married in Brunno in GudmundrГҐ in 1888. Over the years… Read More »

Ringrose, Herbert

Herbert Ringrose was born on 20 December 1896 in Beverley, Yorkshire in England. His father John William Ringrose was from Beverley while his mother Emily Camelia Hickford was from Edmonton in Middlesex, with the couple marrying during the first quarter of 1900 in the registration district of Beverley. John worked as a tanners labourer, likely… Read More »

Aymer, Robert Leslie

Private Robert Leslie Aymer enlisted in December 1915 and served in France and Belgium with the 10th Battalion. He was wounded twice, at Passchendaele and Amiens, and he returned to Canada in January 1919. Robert was the son of Edward Albert Aymer and Caroline Watson of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Edward was a carpenter and joiner… Read More »

Haglund, Otto

Otto Hägglund (anglicized to Haglund once in Canada) was born on 10 August 1886 in Г„skja, UllГҐnger in Västernorrland, Sweden. His parents were Johan Häglund and Elizabet (Lisa) Dahlström who had married on 5 November 1865 in the parish of Г„skja. Otto had a number of older siblings, Johan (1866), Katarina (1968), Petrus (1870-1880), Margaretha… Read More »

Coles, Alfred Henry

Acting Sergeant Alfred Henry Coles enlisted in January 1916 and served in France and Belgium for two years with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. He transferred to the Royal Air Force in September 1918 and returned to Canada the following summer. Alfred was the youngest son of Henry and Jane Ann Coles of Brantford, Ontario…. Read More »