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BORN 26 December 1886
DIED 29 June 1915 AGE 29
VC Won 25 April 1915 AGE 29
Place VC Won W Beach, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name William Keneally No. 1809 POSTHUMOUS ELECTED BY REGIMENT
VC Issue No. 594 Awards VC
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, C Company
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth 38 Parnell Street, Wexford, Co. Wexford, Ireland
Place Of Death Field hospital near Gully Ravine, Gallipoli, Turkey
Buried/Location Ashes Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Row C, Grave 104
Gazetted 24 August 1915
VC Presented 29 November 1916, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
P Named on Ashton-in-Makerfield War Memorial at St Thomas's Church, Lancashire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, The Library, Ashton, Lancashire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Cross of Sacrifice, Glasneven Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
By The Way…
His headstone shows name as W.S. Kenealy and shows rank as Lance-Sergeant, there is no record of this promotion
Was born William Stephen Kenealy
VC Held By
Lancashire Fusiliers Museum, Wellington Barracks, Bury, Lancashire, England
Thank you to John and Judy Bartley, for photos from Gallipoli
