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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Erik Herbert Bergsten was born on 22 January 1888 in Juni in the parish of Njurunda in the county of Västernorrland, Sweden. Njurunda was located at the mouth of the Ljungan River and later was absorbed by nearby Sundsvall. His father Per Olof Bergsten was from Njurunda while his mother Lovisa Bergström was from Sunne,… Read More »
The Somme Offensive was a series of battles that lasted from July to November 1916 and resulted in enormous losses for both sides. The Canadian Corps moved to the Somme area in late August and their first major engagement was in September. Company Sergeant Major David George Parfitt of Keewatin, Ontario was one of 24,000… Read More »
Private Grant Ogemah enlisted in July 1916 and served in France and Belgium with the 44th and 8th Battalions. He was invalided back to Canada in September 1918 due to illness and he passed away three years later. Grant was Ojibway and a member of Shoal Lake #39 First Nation in northwestern Ontario. He was… Read More »
Acting Lance Corporal Nelson Peter Gilchrist enlisted underage when he was 15 years old. He was wounded at the Somme at age 16 and he served in the UK for the rest of the war. Nelson was the only child of Peter Gilchrist and Lizzie May Markle. His parents were both born in Ontario, Peter… Read More »
Private Fred Gray enlisted with the 101st Battalion in January 1916 and served overseas for three years in England, France and Belgium. He returned to Canada in March 1919. Fred was the son of Fred (Sr.) and Elizabeth Gray of Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England. Peterborough was an industrial city on the main rail line between London… Read More »
Sergeant William Smart was the son of David Smart and Janet Bowie of Keewatin, Ontario. David and Janet were both born in Scotland. They were married there in 1878 and William was born the following year in Kineton, Warwickshire, England. David and his family were living in Old Stratford, Warwickshire when the 1881 census was… Read More »
Thomas Edgar Jones was born 1 March 1889 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales to Thomas and Hannah Jones. When the 1901 census was taken he was 12 years old and living in Swansea with his parents, his sister Elizabeth, 15, and his brother William, 9. His father was working as a woodman on an estate and… Read More »
Trooper Lyman John Link (aka Lyman John Nickle) enlisted in July 1916, at age 15, and served in Canada for a year and a half. He was discharged for medical reasons in December 1917. Lyman was born on 12 February 1901 in Ottawa, Ontario. He was the only son of John James Nickle and his… Read More »
Paulus Leander Söderberg was born on 6 June 1897 in Hotogen, Jämtland in Sweden. His father Anders Petter (PГҐlsson) Söderberg was born in 1857 in Kölsjön, Hassela in Gävleborg while his mother Ingeborg Danielsdotter was born in 1873 in Hotagen. The couple married on 27 July 1891 in Hotagen. Children born in Hotagen were Nester… Read More »
