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Military service
Service number:
418239
Age:
35
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
March 12, 1882
Dumphries, Scotland
Enlistment:
March 4, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
November 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXII. DD. 12A.
Additional information
Son of George W. and Mary Ann Kennedy, of Auchenskeoch, Dalbeattie, Scotland.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal, Mentioned in Despatches
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major George William Kennedy
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Family Memorial
Kennedy Family Headstone,At Dalbeattie Cemetery,Kirkcudbrightshire,Scotland. In Loving Memory of George W Kennedy,My Husband who died at Dalbeattie 4th October 1921,aged 68 years. Sergt Major George W Kennedy, Our son D.C.M. M.M. 42nd Canadian Regiment, who was Killed In Action Passchendale 16th November 1917 Aged 35 years. Mary Ann Clarke Wife of George W Kennedy, Died at Dumfries,2nd August 1938 Aged 74 years. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Photo of George William Kennedy
depicted in the Brentford Football Club Handbook, from season 1911/1912. -
Photo of GEORGE WILLIAM KENNEDY
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major George William Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major George William Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major George William Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major George William Kennedy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 267 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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