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VC493 Charles Thomas Kennedy
BORN 6 January 1876
DIED 24 April 1907 AGE 31
VC Won 22 November 1900 AGE 24
Place VC Won Dewetsdorp
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Charles Thomas Kennedy No.
VC Issue No. 493 Awards VC
Regiment Highland Light Infantry
Later Royal Highland Fusiliers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Westport, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Place Of Death Edinburgh, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes North Merchiston Cemetery, Slateford Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 28 April 1907
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Private Ground, Compartment P, Grave 187
Gazetted 18 October 1901
VC Presented 16 December 1901 by King Edward VII at St James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, North Merchiston Cemetery, Slateford Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
P Wooden bench and plaque at Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland
By The Way…
He died while trying to stop a runaway horse and cart from hitting a group of children
Headstone erected 28 April 2001 by the Royal Highland Fusiliers
VC Held By
Museum of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 518 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Thank you to Neil Eggleton for photos of memorial bench, Edinburgh
