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Kenny, Henry Edward
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
Kenny, Henry Edward
Date Of Birth
27 Jul 1888
Age
27
Birth Place
Hackney, London
Nationality
British
Resided Place
Woolwich, London; Chertsey, Surrey, England
Date
25 Sep 1915
Date Of Death
6 May 1979
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Later Sergeant.
Rank Name
Private
Service Number
8655
Gazette Info
VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29527/supplement/3410. No. 8655 Private Henry Edward Kenny, 1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. On 25th September 1915 near Loos, France, Private Kenny went out on six different occasions under very heavy shell, rifle and machine-gun fire. Each time he carried in to a place of safety a wounded man who had been lying in the open. He was himself wounded as he handed the last wounded soldier over the parapet.
Gazette Date
1916
Gazette Page
3410 (V.C.); Issue 29527 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Near Loos, France; France and Flanders
Service
British Army
Regiment
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Battalion
1st Battalion
Commemorated
St John's Cemetery, Woking, Surrey
Place of Death
Chertsey, Surrey
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Victory Medal
award
British War Medals WW1
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
regiment
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
29 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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