Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Lacombe, Lucien

Lucien (known as Luke) was the 1st born child of Adelard A. Lacombe and Leonie Thomas.   Born  in Montebello, Quebec, when he  was still  an infant the family moved to Norman, Ontario.    His siblings were all born in  Norman and Kenora, Ontario.   The children were, oldest to youngest:   Lucien/Luke, Emile, Arcidas/Phil,… Read More »

Palmer, Peter

Sapper Peter Palmer was living in or near Keewatin, Ontario when he was called up under the Military Service Act on 11 November 1917. He had failed to register as required and he was classed as a Defaulter. He was probably working for the Keewatin Lumber Company as that was the address he gave after… Read More »

Johnson, Gustave Adolph

Private Gustave Adolph Johnson was called up under the Military Service Act in May 1918 and served overseas for a year. He returned to Canada in July 1919. Gustave was the oldest son of Andrew Gustave and Alena/Alina Johnson of the township of Pellatt in northwestern Ontario. Andrew was born in Sweden, possibly in Stockham,… Read More »

Weston, Sidney

Sidney Weston was born on 7 May 1882 in Newington, London, England. He was the son of George and Emma (née Tucker) Weston who had married on 26 May 1867 in Newington.  For the 1891 census the family was living in Newington, London, Sidney’s father’s occupation listed as greengrocer. Children living in the household were… Read More »

Jorgenson, Jacob

Private Jacob Jorgenson was the oldest of five brothers who enlisted for service in the First World War. The five boys – Jacob, Martin, John,  Gustave and Thomas – came from a large family in Whitemouth, Manitoba. Martin was killed in France in June 1917 but the other four brothers survived and returned home after… Read More »

Gibson, James

James Gibson III was born on 2 March 1896 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father James Gibson II was born in Bruce Mines, Ontario, the son of Irish immigrants James Gibson I (ore dresser) and Jane Cox. James I’s family later moved to Barrie and then on to Innisfil in southern Ontario… Read More »

MacLeod, William George

Private William George MacLeod was born in Canada and living in Scotland when the war started. He served in the British Army with the Seaforth Highlanders and died of wounds in June 1917. His father and all three of his brother also served in the war. William was the son of Duncan McLeod and Mary… Read More »

Scott, John Thomas

Sergeant John Thomas Scott served with the Fort Garry Horse and spent more than three years in France and Belgium. He returned to Canada in July 1919. John was the oldest son of James Scott and Margaret Downs of Chamberlain, Saskatchewan. James was from Forfarshire, Scotland and Margaret was born in Whitechurch, Ontario. They were… Read More »

Lowe, Thomas (1881-1966)

Born in Liverpool, England, Thomas Lowe was living in Keewatin when the war broke out. On his attestation papers Lowe noted service the 4th Liverpool Regiment before coming to Canada in 1910. In 1911 he was living with his sister, Maggie Boswell and her family and working at the Lake of the Woods Milling Company…. Read More »

Killough, George

George Killough was born on 28 March 1896 in Glasgow, Scotland. His father William Killough was originally from Ireland and had married Mary Brownlie (née Cowie), a young widow with a small daughter Isabella Brownlie, on 29 July 1894 in the District of Milton, Glasgow. Living a few houses apart on Hopehill Road at the… Read More »