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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Corporal Gordon Charles Cole enlisted in November 1914 and arrived in France ten months later. He was serving with a tunnelling company when he was killed in action in November 1916. Gordon was the elder of two sons of Robert James Cole and Catherine (Kate) McLeod of Powell River, British Columbia. Robert was born in… Read More »
Private Robert Ernest Neale joined the 52nd Battalion in April 1915 and served for four years in Canada, the UK, France and Belgium. He returned home in March 1919 with a war bride. Robert was the son of William Neale and Emily Fry of Tatsfield, Surrey, England. His parents were both born in Tetbury, Gloucestershire… Read More »
Private Reginald George Faulkner and his brother Vincent enlisted together in July 1915 and for both of them the war ended the following year. Reginald was severely wounded and no longer fit for service and his brother was killed in action in France. Reginald was born 15 December 1894 in Rat Portage, Ontario, the son… Read More »
Although the birth date of 18 June 1887 was given on James’ attestation papers, it was likely that he was born on 21 September 1878 in Bucharest, Romania as given in his obituary. Little is known about James’ early life other than that he came to the United States in 1901 and then on to… Read More »
Corporal Percy Samuel Foster enlisted in November 1915 and served with the 16th battalion in France, Belgium and Germany. He returned to Canada in May 1919. Percy was the son of Edward John Foster and Annie Hayward of Kenora, Ontario. Edward and Annie were both born in Ontario and they were married in Simcoe County… Read More »
Private Jabez Roy Dobson enlisted in Edmonton in July 1915 and served in France and Belgium with the 49th Battalion. He was wounded at the Somme in September 1916 and invalided back to Canada five months later to continue his medical treatment. Jabez was the oldest son of Luke John Dobson and Mary Irwin of… Read More »
Private Milford William Switzer enlisted in September 1915 and served for 18 months in Canada, England and France. For much of that time he suffered from ill health and he died of pneumonia in March 1917. Milford was the oldest son of John Thomas Switzer and Elizabeth Kingsborough of Paisley, Ontario. Thomas and Elizabeth were… Read More »
Reverend Dr. George Albert Little was born in Princeton, Ontario on 2 April 1883. His father, James Little, was born in Ontario and his mother, Elizabeth Cowan, was from Ireland. James was a Presbyterian minister and he and his wife had at least eight children: Hanna, Elizabeth, Mary, John, James, Nora, William and George. The… Read More »
Ebenezer Smith Allan, forename shortened to Eben, was born on 1 November 1895 in Pleasance, Falkland in Fife, Scotland. His parents William Allan, a mason, and Elizabeth (Betsy) Smith were both from the area but married in St Ninians in the city of Stirling on 27July 1887. Living in Falkland, children born to the family… Read More »
Driver Herbert Laurence Morton enlisted with the Canadian Engineers in September 1915, at age 18. He went overseas a few months later and served in France and Belgium for two and a half years. In 1998, at age 101, he was awarded the Legion of Honour (Chevalier) at a ceremony in Vimy, France. Laurence was… Read More »
