Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Snider, James Cecil

Sergeant James Cecil Snider enlisted in January 1916 and served in France and Belgium with the 44th Battalion. He earned the Military Medal at the Battle of Passchendaele and returned to Canada in August 1919. Cecil was the oldest son of James Henry Snider and Eulalia Pearl Taft. James Henry was a baker and he… Read More »

Dawson, Evans William

Sapper Evans William Dawson was called up for service in March 1918, at age 27. He served in France with the Canadian Engineers in the last months of the war, returning to Canada in May 1919. Evans was the son of Albert Dawson and Sedith Morningstar of Dawn Township, Lambton County, Ontario. His parents were… Read More »

Sutton, Percy Robert

Pierce Robert (Percy) Sutton was born on 9 July 1881 in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland. His parents, Robert Abraham Sutton and Frances Mary Hayes had married in 1868 in Cork. Known children born to the family were Mary Geraldine (1870), Abraham Edward (1872), Frances Mary (1873), Dora (1875), Mabel Agnes (1876), Eveleen Mary (1878),… Read More »

Apjohn, Frank James

According to his Ontario birth record Frank James ApJohn was born on 1 July 1887 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. As written in the Men of Canada article found in Encyclopedic Canada/Progress of a Nation, his father Francis (Frank) Joseph ApJohn had studied law in Montreal, first attending St Laurent College, then Jesu… Read More »

Turner, Lewis Thomas

Corporal Lewis Thomas Turner was 41 years old, married and the father of three children when he enlisted in December 1915. He served overseas in England and France for almost three years, returning to Canada in May 1919. Lewis was the son of John William and Annie Turner of the Isle of Man, a self-governing… Read More »

Ackabee, Joseph

Joseph Ackabee was an Ojibway and belonged to the Fort William & Eagle Lake Bands in Ontario. He was born on 01 July 1895 at Eagle Lake, Ontario. His parents were Andrew Ackabee and Mary Gilbert (Clear Sky Skaychommskook). He had at least four siblings – Elizabeth, William, Nancy and Michael. Joseph was educated in… Read More »

Coppard, William

Private William Coppard was one of three brothers who served in the First World War. He was wounded twice but he survived the war and returned to Canada in January 1919. William was born on 9 September 1897 in Rat Portage (later called Kenora) in northwestern Ontario, the youngest son of Henry Coppard and Maria… Read More »

LaRocque, Hillary Ulric

Hillary Ulric LaRocque was born on 30 January 1894 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His parents Augustin LaRocque and Henriette Boivin had married on 14 April 1873 in Ottawa. Augustin had previously married Marie Clare Rochon in St Eustache in 1866 but sadly she died in 1872 in Ottawa, the couple… Read More »

Lindberg, George

George Lindberg was born on 29 November 1891 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father August Lindberg was from Sweden while his mother Christina Annie Martensen (Mortensen) was from Denmark. The couple had married on 20 December 1886 and gave birth to their daughter Annie Christina the following year in Denmark. By 1889… Read More »

Rideout, Joseph Harding

Private Joseph Harding Rideout enlisted in September 1915 and served overseas for three years, about half that time with the Royal Canadian Regiment. He was wounded at the Somme but he survived the war and returned home in March 1919. Joseph was the only son of Harding Rideout and his first wife Lydia Dolen. Harding… Read More »