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

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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 »

Colpman, Frank Joseph

Corporal Frank Joseph Colpman enlisted with an artillery unit in October 1915 and served overseas for more than three years. He returned to Canada in May 1919 with a war bride. Frank was the oldest son of Arthur White Colpman and Mabel Mary Pollard. Arthur was born in 1859 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England and he… 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 »

Sundblad, Harry

Bror Henning Sundblad was born on 21 November 1886 in Torp, Västernorrland in Sweden. His father Johan Sundblad was from Sunne in Värmland while his mother Märta Julia MГҐrtensdotter was from Bergsjö in Gävleborg. The couple married on 23 October 1879 in the parish of Boda in Torp. Over the years while in Sweden Johan’s… Read More »

McLeod, James Norman

James Norman McLeod was born on 5 September 1892 in Toronto, Ontario. His parents Samuel James and Winnifred Victoria (née Jones) McLeod had married in Toronto in 1885. Samuel’s occupation over the years was listed as bookkeeper. Children born to the family in Toronto were Dorothy Marie (1885-1958), John Keith (1889), Norman, Janet Blanche (1894-1895),… Read More »

Bradley, Walter

Born in Peterborough, England, Walter  was the son of  Frederick James Bradley and Elizabeth Ireland (maiden name of mother).  Walter’s  siblings were  2  older brothers Ernest and  John (known as Jerry) and 1 younger brother Frank.  His parents remained in England while both Walter and Ernest immigrated to Canada.  The brothers were among a few other… Read More »

Sansom, Stanley Bertram

Stanley Bertram Sansom was born on 23 February 1895 in Zephyr, Ontario. His father Alfred was from London, England while his mother Elizabeth Ann Foote was from Scott Township in the County of Ontario. Alfred, previously married to Sarah Ann Sutton who died in 1887, had two children from this marriage, Ethel Beatrice (1885-1965) and… Read More »

Parfitt, William Joseph

William Joseph Parfitt was born on 29 March 1886 in St. George’s, London, England. His parents were Fred Parfitt and Elizabeth Woodhouse. Siblings included: Frederick John (b. 1882), Catherine Emma (1884-1972; married Edwin Thomas Barnard), Agnes Elizabeth (1887-1935; married Albert Deverell), Minnie Jessie (1890-1980; married Alfred Balchin), and David George (1891-1916). In 1901 at age… Read More »

Ovens, Thomas Earl

Private Thomas Earl Ovens was the son of Isaac Ovens and Katherine (Kate) Winner of East Selkirk, Manitoba. Isaac was born in Ontario to Irish parents and Kate was American and of German ancestry. Their three oldest children were born in Colorado: Hilyard Verl (1891), Thomas Earl and Ruby Lenore. Thomas was born on 1… Read More »

Wilson, Harry

Private Harry Wilson served overseas for two years, most of that time in France and Belgium with the 8th Battalion. He was wounded twice, at the Battle of Passchendaele and at Amiens, but he survived the war and returned to Canada in May 1919. Harry was the oldest son of Henry Wilson and Edith Alma… Read More »