2723969 Lance-Corporal Edward Richard Noel KENNY, 3 Irish Guards: 01/10/1944

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    PERSONAL INFORMATION

    Name: KENNY, Edward Richard Noel
    DOB: 1924, 4th Quarter
    Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
    Residence: Belfast
    Trade/Profession at enlistment:
    Parents: Revd. William Edward Kenny, B.A., and of May Kenny, of Clonaslee Rectory, Leix Co., Irish Republic.
    Photo:
    KENNY E R N, 3IG.png


    SERVICE
    Army/Personal Number: 2723969
    Rank: Lance-Corporal
    Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 3rd Battalion
    Enlisted:
    Discharged:
    Promotions:
    Soldier's Will:


    CASUALTY
    CWGC Link: Casualty Details
    CWGC Certificate:
    KENNY_EDWARD_RICHARD_NOEL.jpg
    Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
    Date of Death: 01/10/1944
    Age at Death: 20
    Casualty Type: Killed in Action

    Cemetery / Memorial: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
    Cemetery Plan:
    ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK PLAN.jpg
    Cemetery Photo:
    Grave Reference: 11. A. 14.
    Headstone Photo:
    KENNY E R N.jpg
    Grave Registration:
    KENNY 1 doc4183624.JPG KENNY 2 doc5759951.JPG
    Grave Concentration:
    KENNY 3 doc4185841.JPG KENNY 4 doc4184850.JPG
    Headstone:
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    Reburial Date: 10/09/1945
    Original Burial Place / Map Reference: Nijmegen, Isol. GSGS. 4427, 1/25,OOO, 722698, Sheet 6 SW/E, Orchard 10 yards South of road, 50 yards East of Cottage
    Inscription:
    "For I know
    Whom I have believed
    2 Timothy. I.12"

    Army Casualty List (WO 417):
    2723969 Lance Corporal Kenny E R B 1944 Irish Guards


    MEDALS
    Campaign Medals:


    REFERENCES
    War Diaries:
    Archive Files: WO 417
    Publications:
    Accounts:
    War Memorial: War Memorial Kenny Memorial in Gorey, Christchurch, Wexford
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    Newspaper:
    Websites:
    Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group
    Oosterbeek - Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery - - graf 121394
    Lance Corporal Edward Richard Kenny ( - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial
    ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK war cemetery, holland
     
    Last edited: Oct 17, 2019

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