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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Private Melville Bosman enlisted in March 1916 and served in France and Belgium with the 8th Battalion. He was wounded at Passchendaele in November 1917 and spent the rest of the war in the UK. Melville was the youngest son of John Bosman and Laura Sellars of Brandon, Manitoba. John grew up in a large… Read More »
Corporal Harry Herbert Eager enlisted in August 1915 and served for almost three years in Canada, Great Britain, France and Belgium. He was invalided home in May 1918 due to illness. Harry was the son of Harry Headley Eager and Priscilla Emmons of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Harry Sr. was born in Ontario and Priscilla was from… Read More »
Henry Arthur (Harry) Walton was born on 15 February 1891 in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. His parents were Arthur and Fanny (née Parfitt) Walton who had married in the second quarter of 1888 in Avon, Somerset. Arthur was born in Bradford-on-Avon while Fanny was born in Melksham in Wiltshire, a distance of only 6.4 miles between… Read More »
Lieutenant Malcolm Nathaniel McPhail signed up with the 52nd Battalion in May 1915 and served for almost four years in England, France and Belgium. He returned to Canada in August 1919. Malcolm was the oldest son of Lachlan Lamont McPhail (MacPhail) and Mary McIntyre of Kenora, Ontario. Lachlan and Mary were both born in southern… Read More »
William Jones was among the first Kenora volunteers. His name was published on Aug. 12, 1914 as having enlisted in the 98th Regiment following a call for volunteers on Aug. 9. Born in Wales to Thomas and Hannah Jones, both he and his brother Thomas immigrated to Canada in May 1913 and worked at the… Read More »
George William Everard was born Sat. 22 Sept .1894, Bromborough, Cheshire, England. His father George William Everard was born on Fri. 21 July 1871, Stoneton, Cheshire, England. His mother Mary Ellen Dawber was born in 1868, Liverpool, Wigan, England. They were married summer of 1890, Liverpool, Wigon, England. George’s Christening date was on Sun. 9… Read More »
Trooper Stanley Crock enlisted in May 1916, at age 17, and arrived in France that fall. He was killed in March 1918 at the Battle of St. Quentin when a large shell landed in the middle of his cavalry troop. Stanley (Stanislas) was the son of Firmin Cyr Crock and Bélona Caron of St. Boniface,… Read More »
John Joseph Cherry was born on 19 August 1890 in Keewatin, Ontario. His parents were Thomas Joseph Cherry and Caroline Hawkin. Siblings included Cecil, Agnes, Marion and Norah. John’s father was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada 1871. He was a Reeve for Keewatin in 1907 and 1908 becoming Keewatin’s first Mayor in 1909… Read More »
Private William Watson was 44 years old when he enlisted in April 1916. He served for more than two and a half years in Canada and the UK. His oldest son was missing and presumed killed in June 1916 at the Battle of Mount Sorrel. William was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England on 29 February… Read More »
Private Kenneth McAskill was 43 years old and married when he enlisted in Kenora in February 1916. He spent two and a half years overseas, including 13 months in France with the 12th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. Kenneth grew up on a small island in the Outer Hebrides, an island chain off the northwest coast… Read More »
