Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Lutz, George Barrett

George Barrett Lutz was born on 15 October 1895 in Vermilion Bay, Ontario, a village located about 100 kilometres east of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. His father Samuel Busby Lutz was from the Moncton area of New Brunswick where the family farmed. His mother Lilly Ann Killam was also from New Brunswick, her family living… Read More »

Parsons, Henry William

Private Henry William Parsons enlisted in Winnipeg in October 1914, just a few months after the start of the war. He served overseas for three years, returning to Canada in the spring of 1918. Henry was born in Exeter, a river port city in the county of Devon in southwest England. His parents, William Thomas… 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 »

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 »

Woodhouse, William

William Woodhouse was born 13 August 1867, Bermondsey, Borough of Southwark, London, England.  1,2,3    Baptism records show he was baptized, age of 13, at Parish of St. Mary, Southwark, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Woodhouse. 2    His siblings (known to date)  are  Jessie Ellen Woodhouse: b. 1853, Lewisham, (Bermondsey), Surrey, England / died… Read More »

Linklater, Charles

Charles Linklater was born on 26 August 1890 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Jacob Linklater had been born in the Northwest Territories and had entered service with the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1868. Jacob served in the Norway House District as runner, midman, and fisherman until 1878 and then renewed his… Read More »

Bann, Edward Hugh

Sergeant Edward “Hugh” Bann, aka Edward Edwin Bann, enlisted with the 44th Battalion in December 1914 and served with them for four and a half years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. Hugh was born on 18 or 19 February 1892 in Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario. His father, John Charles Bann, was a saloon… Read More »

Smith, George

George Smith was born on 9 June 1881 in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England. His parents were Alfred, born in Haddenham, and Annie, born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Found in the 1881 England census for Haddenham, Alfred was listed as an agricultural labourer. George had an older sister Florrie who was born in 1879 in Haddenham. During the… Read More »

Britten, Herbert Thomas

According to his attestation papers Herbert Thomas Britten was born on 29 August 1886 in Bletchley, Buckingham, England. Elsewhere in his service record his birth place was given as Fenny Stratford, a small community on the outskirts of Bletchley. His father Edward Britten was from Lechampstead in Buckingham, while his mother Ada Maria Herbert was… Read More »