William David Kenny
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other William David Kenny VC (1 February 1899 – 2 January 1920) was a British Indian Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Early life
Kenny was born in Saintfield, County Down on 1 February 1899.
Military career
Kenny was commissioned in to the Indian Army as a second lieutenant on 31 August 1918.[1][2] He was promoted to lieutenant a year later.[3]
He was 20 years old, and a lieutenant in the 4/39th Garhwal Rifles during the Waziristan Campaign when the deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. The citation was published in a supplement to The London Gazette of 7 September 1920 (dated 9 September 1920):[4]
The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum in Chelsea.
Memorials: India Gate, Delhi, India,[5] Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland,[6] Dundalk Grammar School, Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland.
References
Bibliography
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
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- Ireland's VCs Template:ISBN (Dept of Economic Development, 1995)
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
External links
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- ↑ Casualty Details: Kenny, William David at Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Retrieved 2008-03-11
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- British military personnel of the Waziristan Campaign
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- British Indian Army personnel killed in action
- Military personnel from County Down
- Indian Army personnel of World War I