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BORN 27 July 1888
DIED 6 May 1979 AGE 90
VC Won 25 September 1915 AGE
Place VC Won Near Hulluch, Loos, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Henry Edward Kenny No. 8655
VC Issue No. 653 Awards VC
Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later Queens Lancashire Regiment
Now Duke of Lancaster Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Hackney, London, England
Place Of Death St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Mark's Churchyard, Whiteley Village, Hersham, Surrey, England
Cremated Woking Crematorium, Hermitage Road, St John's, Woking, Surrey, England
Date Buried/Cremated 15 May 1979
Headstone Unmarked internment Plot/Grave no. Plot 109
Gazetted 30 March 1916
VC Presented 20 May 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Display recording his VC action at Whiteley Village Club, Hersham, Surrey
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Maryon Park, Charlton, Greenwich, South East London
By The Way…
He was cremated under name of Harry Kenny
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
