Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Dentry, William John

Private William John Dentry enlisted early in the war and served overseas for four and a half years. He returned to Canada in May 1919 with a war bride. William was born on 13 April 1894 in Fulham, London, England, the oldest son of Albert Isaac Dentrey (Dentry) and Eliza Moore. Albert was also born… Read More »

Waites, Fred

Fred Waites was born on 11 December 1897 in Chorley, Lancashire in England. His father Samuel Waites was from Chorley while his mother Martha Booth was from nearby Preston. The couple married during the second quarter of 1889 in the registration district of Chorley. Children born to the family were Jane Ellen (1889), Florence (1891),… Read More »

Godin, Phillipe

Background: Keewatin, Ontario, added one more person to its small population with the birth of Phillipe Godin on November 21, 1888, son of Joseph [Norbert] Godin, who was employed as a Timekeeper, and his wife, Mary Morrison. Phillipe was baptized January 8, 1888 by Father J. Baudin, OBI. In some family records, Phillipe is referred… Read More »

Chaloner, Arthur Reginald

Arthur Chaloner was born on October 8 1893 in Lauder, a town located on the CP Railroad southwest of Brandon Manitoba. His parents John Henry Chaloner and Mary Gertrude (Heatley) Chaloner were one of the first resident families to arrive there. They landed in Lauder in 1891 with three children: Louise, who was born in… Read More »

Doran, Leo Getty

Sergeant Leo Getty Doran joined the 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion in April 1915 and went overseas that fall. He served for more than three years with the military police in France, Belgium and the UK, returning to Canada in July 1919. Leo was the son of John Doran and Mary Kelly of Millerton, Northumberland County,… Read More »

Austin, Alfred Philip

Alfred Philip Austin was born on 1 September 1897 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His parents Philip Austin and Marie Cecelia Helena Rochon were both from Ontario, marrying in Fort William, Ontario on 7 November 1894. At the time of the marriage Philip was living in Rat Portage and Cecelia in Fort William…. Read More »

Macaulay, Frank Gordon

Lance Sergeant Frank Gordon Macaulay joined the 16th Battalion in France in June 1915 and a year later he was killed during the Battle of Mount Sorrel. The Germans used massive amounts of artillery and blew up underground mines in their attempt to capture and hold Mount Sorrel and the surrounding area. The two-week battle… Read More »

Meikle, Ivie

Ivie Meikle was born on 31 October 1885 in Catrine, Ayrshire, Scotland. A village on the River Ayr, Catrine was constructed around one of the first cotton mills (1787)  in Scotland that was enlarged in 1823 by adding a bleaching works. Ivie was the son of Thomas Meikle and Elizabeth Garvan who had married on… Read More »

Saunders, Thomas

Lance Sergeant Thomas Saunders, MM, enlisted in December 1915 and served for three and a half years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. He was awarded the Military Medal in January 1918. Thomas was the fifth of six sons of William Saunders and Fanny Huggins of Mervin, Saskatchewan. William was a farmer and he… Read More »

Farnsworth, Emerson

Emerson Farnsworth was born on 28 December 1896 in the Township of Brunel, Muskoka, Ontario. Brunel has since amalgamated with Huntsville. His father Henry Farnsworth was from the West Zorra area of Oxford, Ontario while his mother Ellen Young was baptized in the Hounslow district of London, England. Henry and Ellen married on 27 September… Read More »