Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29074/supplements/1699. No. 6535 Drummer William Kenny, 2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders. On 23rd October 1914 near Ypres, Belgium, Drummer Kenny rescued wounded men on five occasions under very heavy fire. Twice previously he had saved machine-guns by carrying them out of action, and on numerous occasions he conveyed urgent messages under very dangerous circumstances over fire-swept ground. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29072/supplements/1668. GAZETTE ISSUE 29072, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The Following Despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field. I have the honour to bring to notice names of those whom I recommend for gallant and distinguished service in the Field. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29890/supplements/238. GAZETTE ISSUE 29890, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES by General Sir Douglas Haig, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France, to the Secretary of State for War, for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty. CROSS OF ST GEORGE,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29275/supplements/8505.
Fold3_Team · Oct 31, 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29074/supplements/1699. No. 6535 Drummer William Kenny, 2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders. On 23rd October 1914 near Ypres, Belgium, Drummer Kenny rescued wounded men on five occasions under very heavy fire. Twice previously he had saved machine-guns by carrying them out of action, and on numerous occasions he conveyed urgent messages under very dangerous circumstances over fire-swept ground. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29072/supplements/1668. GAZETTE ISSUE 29072, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The Following Despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field. I have the honour to bring to notice names of those whom I recommend for gallant and distinguished service in the Field. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29890/supplements/238. GAZETTE ISSUE 29890, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES by General Sir Douglas Haig, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France, to the Secretary of State for War, for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty. CROSS OF ST GEORGE,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29275/supplements/8505.