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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Private Duncan McLeod (Sr.) enlisted in January 1916, at age 50, and served in France with the 16th Battalion. He was wounded at the Vimy front in February and April 1917 and invalided back to Canada the following year. All four of his sons also served in the war and two of them died. Duncan… Read More »
Stormont (Monte) Green MacKenzie was one of three sons and two daughters of William and Lizzie MacKenzie of Kenora, Ontario. His parents were born in Scotland and immigrated separately to Canada in the 1880s, meeting and marrying in Brandon, Manitoba in 1889 where William worked as a dry goods store clerk. Monte, born in 1891,… Read More »
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 »
Private Alfred Leon Belanger enlisted in the spring of 1918 and served overseas for eight months. He returned to Canada with his unit, the 52nd Battalion, in March 1919. Alfred was the son of Joseph Belanger and Adelaide Fisher of St. Boniface, Manitoba. Joseph was from Quebec and Adelaide was born and raised in Manitoba…. Read More »
Private David Robert Ans enlisted in April 1916 and served for three years in Canada, Great Britain and France. He returned to Canada in March 1919. David was the son of David Ans Sr. and Harriett Brownrigg of Whitemouth, Manitoba. Harriett was born in Yorkshire, England and came to Canada with her family in the… Read More »
Arthur Robert Parfitt was born on 29 August 1894 in London, England. He was the youngest child of Fred Parfitt and Elizabeth Woodhouse. Siblings included: Frederick John (b. 1882; served with British Army in WW1), Catherine Emma (1884-1972; married Edwin Thomas Barnard); William Joseph (1886 – 1963); Agnes Elizabeth (1887-1935; married Albert Deverell); Minnie Jessie… Read More »
With a family of eight children, five of the Montgomery sons were to enlist during the war. The Montgomery family had its roots in Lanark County in Ontario. Oswald Montgomery Sr, the son of a farmer and local justice of the peace, was born in 1857 in the township of Drummond. On 11 June 1884,… Read More »
Midshipman Thomas Anthony Morgan-Smith was one of four brothers who enlisted during the First World War. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and served until his discharge in April 1919, at age 19. Thomas was the youngest son of Francis Edward Smith and Frances Sarah Morgan. Francis was born in Hull, Yorkshire and his… Read More »
Frederick John Baker was born on 12 April 1891 in Wheston, Derbyshire, England. His parents were Frederick George and Elizabeth Baker. He had at least two sisters – Lizzie born in 1885 and Annie born in 1888. By 1911 the family was living in Ilkeston, Derbyshire where Frederick Sr. was a veterinary surgeon and a… Read More »
According to his attestation papers, Peter Sheppard was born on 22 June 1886 in Glasgow, Scotland. A birth record was not found and given his gray hair he was likely older than stated. When he attested with the 190th Battalion on 21 July 1916 in Winnipeg, Peter had been living in Kenora, Ontario and working… Read More »
