William David Kenny

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Infobox military person 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.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref><ref>Template:Lives of WWI</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant a year later.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>

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):<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum in Chelsea.

Memorials: India Gate, Delhi, India,<ref>Casualty Details: Kenny, William David at Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Retrieved 2008-03-11</ref> Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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

• VC medal auction details