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

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Winberg, Klaus Anton

Klaus Anton Winberg was born on 26 April 1883 in Tidavad, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden.  His parents were Pat Winberg and Johanna Pettersdotter. He became a merchant marine and served in WW1 with the number 436041 and the rank of Able Bodied Seaman. He was awarded the Mercantile Marine Medal with ribbon and the British Medal… Read More »

Burchall, Douglas

Douglas Burchall was born on 7 October  1891 in Bredbury, Cheshire, England. His parents were William James and Margaret (née Ballantyne) Burchall who had married during the last quarter of 1873 in Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. By the 1901 England census the family was living in Bredbury, Cheshire, occupation of William listed as a teacher… Read More »

Martin, Angus

According to his attestation papers Angus Martin was born on 22 August 1979 in the Eldon/Belfast area of Prince Edward Island. With two years previous experience with the 17th Field Battery, at the time of his signing of his attestation papers on 24 May 1916 in Kenora, Ontario he had been working as a ‘Gasoline… Read More »

Allan, Ebenezer Smith

Ebenezer Smith Allan, forename shortened to Eben, was born on 1 November 1895 in Pleasance, Falkland in Fife, Scotland. His parents William Allan, a mason, and Elizabeth (Betsy) Smith were both from the area but married in St Ninians in the city of Stirling on 27July 1887. Living in Falkland, children born to the family… Read More »

Allen, Martin Forbes

Martin Forbes Allen was born on 28 October 1889 in the village of Farewell, Township of Arthur in Wellington North, Ontario. His parents were William and Marjory (née McIntosh) Allen. Over the years William worked as a shopkeeper, farmer, and carpenter/builder. Children born to the family were Ellen Jane (1879-1879), Lodvick Richard (1881-1925), Rachel William… Read More »

Lewis, William

Shortly after Britain declared war in August 1914 the Canadian government proposed raising an Expeditionary Force to send overseas. By late September a contingent of 32,000 volunteers had been assembled at the new military camp in Valcartier, Quebec. Two thirds of the men in this 1st Canadian Contingent were born in the British Isles including… Read More »

Galloway, Cecil Charles

Cecil Charles Galloway was born  on 27 August 1889 in Arthur, Wellington, Ontario. His parents were Cyrus and Janet Scott (Small) Galloway who had married on 14 December 1881 in Arthur.  Cecil had four brothers, Cyrus Leslie, Hubert Scott, William Osgoode, and Norman Lloyd, and a younger sister, Janet (Jennie) Florence. For both the 1881 and… Read More »

Watts, Ernest

According to his attestation papers, Ernest Watts was born on 1 March 1888 in Portsmouth in England. His marriage record along with census records suggested that he was likely born in 1886 or 1887 while his obituary gave the year as 1877, the year also inscribed on his grave marker. Details of Ernest’s early life… Read More »

Meek, Thomas McDougall

Thomas McDougall Meek was born on 16 June 1895 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland.   His parents were Matthew Meek and Martha McDougall. He married Margaret Melvin on 15 January 1915 in Glasgow, Scotland and listed his occupation as ‘rivetter’. On 09 June 1916, Thomas enlisted with the 5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles (regimental # 1123). He… Read More »

Bellefeuille, Arthur Joseph Williard

Arthur Joseph Williard Bellefeuille was born on 25 January 1896 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Ebenezer Bellefeuille (aka Albini, Edward) was from the Pembroke area in Ontario. According to his later obituary Ebenezer relocated to the Rat Portage area in 1884, his parents and some of his siblings later… Read More »