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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Private Joseph Matchett was only 15 years old when he enlisted in August 1915. He served in France and Belgium in the last year of the war, returning home in March 1919. Joseph was born on 11 March 1900 in Cambeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland. His parents were Joseph Matchett and Ann McKendrick. When the 1901 census… Read More »
Private Russell Gordon Eady enlisted in October 1917, at age 20, and served with the 21st Battalion in the last months of the war. He returned to Canada in May 1919. Russell was born on 5 July 1897 in Foresters Falls, Ross Township, Renfrew County, Ontario. His mother, Elizabeth Eady, was the oldest daughter in… Read More »
Henry Wilcox was born on 31 July 1898 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He was the youngest son of William and Jane Wilcox. Siblings included Jane, Lizzie, Mercy, Elsie, Dora, John and William. His father was a shoemaker and Henry followed in his footsteps working in the boot and shoe trade. When Henry was… Read More »
According to his attestation papers Francis Oliver (Frank) Barker was born on 13 January 1887 in Foxboro near Belleville, Ontario. A birth record was not found and his BC death record gives his place of birth as Belleville. His father Frederick (Fred) Joseph Barker was from Shoreditch, London, England and had immigrated to Canada in… Read More »
Although his date of birth on his attestation papers was given as 24 August 1893, it is likely that Robert Barker Mableson was born on 21 August 1892 in Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England, the date recorded on his gravemarker, as his birth was registered during the last quarter of 1892. His father Luke Mableson was from… Read More »
Private Herbert Samuel Davis was called up in November 1917, at age 21. He served in France and Belgium with the 52nd Battalion and returned to Canada in March 1919. Herbert was the son of Lyman Davis and Jessie Clements of Kenora, Ontario. He was born on 10 October 1896 in Portland, Leeds County, Ontario… Read More »
Sapper Ernest John Affleck enlisted in June 1918 and served for ten months with the Canadian Railway Troops in Canada, the UK and France. Ernest was the youngest son of Thomas Richard Affleck and Maria Yarroll. Thomas was born on the Isle of Guernsey, in the English Channel, and his wife was from Hastings, East… 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 »
Leonard Edward Smith was one of three of seven sons of Charles Alexander Smith of Keewatin, to enlist during the Great War. Leonard and his older brother John Wesley Smith served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, while Charles Henry Smith served with the U.S. Army Born May 4, 1895 in the Muskoka District of central… Read More »
Clifford Arthur Insley was born on 22 October 1896 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father John Insley was from Brimington, Derbyshire in England, immigrating to Canada in 1882, while his mother Mary Jane Kittle was from Ontario. The couple married on 8 December 1886 in Port Arthur, giving birth to son John… Read More »
