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VC1240 John Patrick Kenneally
Name John Patrick Kenneally No.
VC Issue No. 1240 Awards VC
Regiment Irish Guards
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lance-Corporal
Rank End Of Career Company Quartermaster-Sergeant
Place Of Birth Alexandra Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Place Of Death At his home, Rochford, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Michaels Churchyard, Rochford, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 6 October 2000
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 17 August 1943
VC Presented 24 May 1944, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St Michaels Churchyard, Rochford, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England
P Kenneally Road, Windsor, Berkshire
By The Way…
Born Leslie Jackson, after being turned down for active service he deserted the Honourable Artillery Company, Royal Artillery, assumed identity of John Patrick Kenneally and joined the Irish Guards
VC Held By
Irish Guards, Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London, England
BORN 15 March 1921
DIED 26 September 2000 AGE 79
VC Won 28 April 1943 AGE 22
Place VC Won The Bou, Dj Arada, Tunisia
War/Campaign Second World War
