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

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Rennie, John Ross

Lance Corporal John Ross Rennie was born in 1889 in New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His mother, Mary Rennie, married James Findlay/Finlay the following year and she had at least six children with James: Alexander, Mary, William, Leslie, Jemima and Katherine. Mary and her family immigrated to Canada around 1907 and settled in northwestern Ontario, where… Read More »

Gordon, Hugh Blair

Hugh was born  December 6, 1887 in Maybole, Ayrshire Scotland to Alexander and Mary (McLeod) Gordon.  He was the 11th of 14 children. Some of the family, including Hugh, set sail for Canada on the SS Corinthian, leaving Glasgow on August 18, 1906.   Upon arrival in Montreal, the family arrived in Keewatin, Ontario September… Read More »

Barr, Donald Edward

According to his attestation papers Donald Edward Barr was born on 2 November 1887 in Arnprior, Ontario. Both of his parents James and Agnes (née Dewar) Barr were from the area and had married in Arnprior in 1881. By the 1891 Canada census the family was living in Pine Creek, Alberta where James was listed… Read More »

Cameron, Leslie Fergus

Lieutenant Leslie Fergus Cameron enlisted in December 1914 and went overseas with the 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders). He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in April 1917 and served as a Flight Officer (Observer). Leslie was born on 7 July 1896 in the town of Rat Portage in northwestern Ontario. His birth was registered as… Read More »

Evans, Stanley Ernest Stroud

Stanley Ernest Stroud was born on 29 May 1897 in the Peckham area of London, England. In later life he went by the name of Stanley Ernest Stroud Evans. His mother Mary Elizabeth Stroud was born in 1864 in Margate in Kent, the daughter of William Stroud, a butcher journeyman, and Elizabeth Feakins. At the… Read More »

Peacock, George James

George James Peacock was born on 12 December 1883 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He was the youngest child of John and Elizabeth Peacock. Siblings included sisters Alice, Harriett, Maria and Elizabeth; and brother John William. The 1901 England census records that George was working as a grocer’s apprentice. His father and brother were both… Read More »

Harris, Rollo Harold

Rollo Harold Harris was born on 5 August 1899 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father John Harris was born in Bruce Mines, Ontario while his mother Susan Thomasina Halliday McKay was born in Colvend, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. Susan had immigrated to Canada with her parents and siblings in 1874, arriving in Quebec on… Read More »

McRae, Kenneth Norman

Gunner Kenneth Norman McRae, MM, was a law student when he enlisted in the Canadian Field Artillery in November 1915. He was killed by an artillery shell in September 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive. According to his attestation Kenneth was born 23 August 1893 in Bayfield, Wisconsin. In the 1901 census of Canada he’s… Read More »

Michaud, George Alphonse

George Alphonse Michaud was born on 7 June 1891 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His parents Alphonse Michaud and Julie Morin were from St Andre in Quebec, a community on the St Lawrence River just south of Riviere du Loup. Although Alphonse had moved to Rat Portage, he returned to St Andre to… Read More »

Gamble, Alexander

Alexander Gamble joined the Royal Flying Corps in October 1917, at age 22, and served in Canada for 15 months as an Aircraft Mechanic 3rd Class. Alex was the son of John Henry Gamble and Margaret Jean Campbell of Kenora, Ontario. John was born in Watertown, Wisconsin and came to Canada around 1885. Margaret was… Read More »