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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Charles Kenneth Hinton was born on 27 October 1886 in Bronte, Ontario, a community located on the western end of Lake Ontario between Hamilton and Toronto. His father was Adam Hinton, a sailor born in the area to a father who was a mariner. His mother was Elizabeth Jane Camp, also born in Bronte. Children… Read More »
The son of George Millward and Margaret Donald, Edwin George Millward was born on 18 February 1892 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father George, a cook, was from England while his mother’s Métis roots were in the Red River Settlement in Manitoba. Margaret had previously been married to Charles Linklater, the couple… Read More »
Private John Fomin enlisted in May 1916 and served for three years in Canada, England and France. He was wounded in March 1917 and invalided to Canada in December 1918 due to illness. According to his attestation John was born on 26 September 1878 in Odessa, a large city on the northern tip of the… Read More »
Private Thomas Albert Ward signed up with Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) in February 1917, at age 16. He served with them in France and Belgium and returned to Canada in May 1919. Thomas, sometimes known as Albert, was the oldest son of Thomas and Benjamina Elizabeth Ward of Kenora, Ontario. Thomas Sr. was from… Read More »
Etienne Benoiston (later changed to Benoîton once in Canada) was born on 1 January 1869 in Malville, Savenay, France. His parents were Benoist Benoiston and Francoise Brizay. In 1889 Etienne joined the French Army, his service booklet describing him as having chГўtains (auburn) hair, grey eyes, ordinary forehead, average nose, round jaw, average mouth, and… Read More »
Andrew Hamilton was born on 4 March 1883 in Mulmur, Dufferin, Ontario. His father Henry (Harry) Hamilton was from Ireland while his mother Agnes Smith was from Scotland. The couple married on 20 November 1874 in Avening, a community near Mulmar. Andrew had three older siblings, William, George, and Margaret (Maggie), and four younger siblings,… Read More »
George Hilliard Myles was born on 23 July 1891 in Midland, Ontario. His parents were Leith Myles and Mary Isabelle Jane Rathwell. Siblings included William (1889 – 1956), Mabel (1893 – 1950), Edward (1894 – 1966), Laura (1897 – 1983) and Hugh (1898 – 1904). The family moved to Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario in 1898… Read More »
Frederick Owen Roberts was born on 10 March 1900 in Keewatin, Ontario, a small town just west of present day Kenora. His father Owen Ellis Roberts, born in 1858 in Bala, Merionethshire in Wales, immigrated to Canada in 1882, arriving in Quebec on 26 June on the Circassian. He settled in Winnipeg where he married… Read More »
Reverend John Walter Bowden Page was born in England in 1861 and lived in Canada for more than twenty years. He moved back to the UK before the war and served as a British army chaplain during the war. John was the youngest son of Joseph and Mary Jane Page of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Joseph,… Read More »
