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

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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 »

King, William Charles

William Charles King was born 11 June 1870 in Hammersmith, England. He was the eldest child of William King and Emma Sarah Tomlin. His siblings were: Ellen Sarah (1872-1934; m. William J. Granville), James Edward (1876-1929), Emma Elizabeth (1880-1938; m. John E. Pike), Edward George (1884-1943), and Mary Annie (1887-1910). The family was living in… Read More »

Degagne, George

George Degagne was born on 08 June 1893 in Rat Portage (later known as Kenora), Ontario. He was the oldest son of Pierre Degagne  and Florida Charron. Siblings included: Emile (1894-1953), Joseph (1896-1966), Leo (b. 1897), Maria (1899-1899), Albert (1901-1901), Ida (1902-1903), Flora (b. 1904) and Clovis (1906-1915). The 1911 census shows the family  living… Read More »

Thompson, George Ross

Sergeant George Ross Thompson, known to his friends and family as Smokey, was an original member of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, enlisting with them in August 1914 when they were first organized. After surviving almost four years of war Sergeant Thompson was killed in action on 28 September 1918, 44 days before the Armistice…. Read More »

Morrow, Robert Clark

Robert Clark Morrow was born on 28 June 1894 in his family home  at 93 Blackburn Street, Govan, Glasgow. His parents Daniel and Mary (née Clark) Morrow had married on 31 December 1891 in Govan. Daniel’s occupation was given as sailmaker and Mary’s as domestic servant. For the 1901 Scotland census the Morrow family was… Read More »

Campbell, William

William Campbell was born on 21 November 1891 in Pattiesmuir on the outskirts of Dunfermline, Fife in Scotland. According to the 1901 Scotland census, his father William Campbell was from Kilberry in Argyll while his mother Isabella Brown was from Dunfermline where the couple had married on 14 January 1891. Over the years William Sr… Read More »

Hendy, John Thomas

John Thomas Hendy (known as Jack Hendy) was born on 30 January 1900 in Grays, Essex, England. His parents were James Hendy and Eliza King.  Siblings included Arthur Franklin (1881-1953), Sissy Eliza (1883-1959), Edith (1887-1901), Kate Isabel (1889-1986), Rose Eleanor (1893-1986), Nellie (1895-1998), William (1898-1899), and Mabel Florence (1901-c.1990). Just after Jack turned 18 he… Read More »

Partington, Charles Thomas

British born Major Charles Thomas Partington was an officer in the militia before he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the fall of 1915. He was sent to England and then to France, where he joined the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion in August 1916. He died eight weeks later at the Battle of the Somme…. Read More »

Brown, Joseph

Throughout the war railways in France and Belgium were essential for transporting men and supplies and skilled employees were needed for their construction, maintenance and operation. Although the units worked behind the front lines they were often within range of enemy artillery fire and they suffered casualties from artillery shells as well as from bombs… Read More »

Stanford, Charles Robert

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 »