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VC1051    William Hew Clark-Kennedy

Name   William Hew Clark-Kennedy   No.      

VC Issue No.   1051   Awards   VC  CMG  DSO & Bar  ED   

Regiment   Canadian Expeditionary Force commanding 24th (Victoria Rifles) Battalion, Quebec Regiment

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Lieutenant-Colonel

Rank End Of Career   Lieutenant-Colonel

Place Of Birth   Dunskey House, Portpatrick, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

Place Of Death   Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Buried/Location Ashes   Cimitiere Mont-Royal (Mount Royal Cemetery), 1297 Chemin de la Foret, Outremont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   28 October 1961

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   Pine Hill Section, Reford family plot, Lot 258

Gazetted   14 December 1918

VC Presented   1 March 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Cimitiere Mont-Royal (Mount Royal Cemetery), 1297 Chemin de la Foret, Outremont, Montreal, Canada

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

P  Named on Wife's Headstone, Cimitiere Mont-Royal (Mount Royal Cemetery), 1297 Chemin de la Foret, Outremont, Montreal, Canada

Named on Family Headsone, Private Cemetery, Knockgary Estate, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

P  Victoria Cross Paving Stone, War Memorial, Carsphairn, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

P  Named on Masonic VC Memorial, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London

P  Path at Field of Honour Cemetery, 703 Donegani, Pointe-Claire, Montreal, Canada      

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

P  Named at the Victoria Cross Grove, Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, Barrie Military Heritage Park, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada

P  Named on Memorial Plaque, Cherisy, Nord Pas De Calais, France

By The Way…

After serving in the 2nd Boer War,he emigrated to Canada in 1902, were he continued working for Standard Life Assurance Company. Which he retired from in 1945, giving 50 years service

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BORN   3 March 1879

DIED   25 October 1961  AGE   82

VC Won   27-28 August 1918   AGE  39

Place VC Won  Wancourt, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918