Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Saddington, William

Birth and early life: According to his Attestation Papers from the First World War, William was born October 31, 1888, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; however, his actual birth date was October 31, 1885. He was the son of William Saddington and Bertha Ann Wright who were married in 1863 in the parish of St. Andrew,… Read More »

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 »

Stokes, Frederick Samuel

Frederick Samuel Stokes joined the British army at age 18 and had eight years of regular service followed by four years in the reserves. He was discharged in January 1914 and seven months later the First World War started. He enlisted again, this time with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and he served for another 3-1/2… Read More »

Bullen, Mary Elizabeth

Nurse Mary Elizabeth Bullen was the oldest daughter of John Bullen and Marian Crellin of New Brighton, Cheshire, England. Her parents were both born in Liverpool and they were married there in 1889. Mary was born in Kirkdale, Liverpool on 31 August 1890. Her sister Grace Emily was born in Liverpool in 1893 and their… Read More »

Jeffrey, Jesse Richard

Private Jesse Richard Jeffrey enlisted in Kenora, Ontario and served in France and Belgium with the 52nd Battalion. He returned to Canada in April 1919 with a war bride and a baby son. Jesse was the son of Edwin John Jeffrey and Hannah Jane Alcock (Allcock) of Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario. He was born… Read More »

Green, Axel Alfred

Axel Alfred Green was  born November 4, 1892 in Tännäs, Sweden. His parents were John  Green and  Gertrude (Olson) Green. John and Gertrude emigrated from Sweden with their children in 1905/1906 and started farming in the Ostersund area of the Pellatt township near Keewatin/Kenora, Ontario. Axel was their second son with Olaf (Ole)  as the… Read More »

Hughes, Hugh Gladstone

Corporal Hugh Gladstone Hughes was the oldest son of Hugh Hughes and Sarah Thompson. His father was born in Liverpool, England and his mother was from Wales. Hugh Gladstone was born on 9 March 1883 in Winnipeg and he was followed by a sister, Winnifred Jane, and a brother, John Llewellyn (Jack). Shortly after Jack… Read More »

Montgomery, William Earl

With a family of eight children, five of the Montgomery sons were to enlist during the war. The Montgomery family had its roots in Lanark County in Ontario. Oswald Montgomery Sr, the son of a farmer and local justice of the peace, was born in 1857 in the township of Drummond. On 11 June 1884,… Read More »

Mulholland, William Robert

William Robert Mulholland was born on 11 May 1897 in the RM of South Norfolk, Manitoba where the family farmed. His father George Wallace Mulholland was from the Branchton, Ontario area while his mother Isabella Moore Wilson was from Nottingham, England. The couple had married in Winnipeg in 1884 where they later gave birth to… Read More »

Watson, Francis (Frank) Edwards

Trooper Francis (Frank) Edwards Watson enlisted in a cavalry unit in May 1916 and served in Canada and Great Britain for two years. He was discharged for medical reasons in May 1918. Frank was the oldest son of George Thompson Watson and Eleanor Lavinia Thompson of Winnipeg, Manitoba. George was born in New Brunswick and… Read More »