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VC1155    William David Kenny

Name   William David Kenny   No.     POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1155   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Indian Army, 4th Battery, 39th Garhwal Rifles

Later   

Now   The Garhwal Rifles.  Indian army.

Rank VC Won    Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Lieutenant

Place Of Birth   Saintfield, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Place Of Death   Kot Kai, North West Frontier, India (now Pakistan)

Buried/Location Ashes   Jandola Cemetery, North West Frontier, Pakistan

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   Grave 5

Gazetted    9 September 1920

VC Presented   2 November 1920, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England, to his father John Joseph

Memorials

Headstone, Jandola Cemetery, North West Frontier, Pakistan

P  Named on Family Headstone, Donaghadee Prestbytarian Churchyard, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

P  Memorial Stone, Seafront behind War Memorial, Donaghadee, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Named on War Memorial, Donaghadee, Co Down, Northern Ireland

P  War Memorial , Donaghadee Church of Ireland, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Named on the Delhi Memorial, Rajpath, Delhi, NCT, India

Memorial Plaque,  Mount Temple School, Dublin, Ireland

P  Brass Plaque, Donaghadee Church of Ireland, Co Down, Northern Ireland

By The Way…

VC Held By

Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.

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BORN    1 February 1899

DIED   2 January 1920   AGE   20

VC Won   2 January 1920    AGE    20

Place VC Won   Kot Kai, North West Frontier, India (now Pakistan)

War/Campaign   Waziristan Campaign, India