Frederick Harold Kenny Image

Name

Private Frederick Harold Kenny

Born

1894-05-24

From

Walkerton, ON

Occupation

Clerk

Religion

Presbyterian

Death

1918-10-18

Killed

Killed in Action

Cemetery

Chapel Corner Cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree, Pas De Calais, France

Monument

1.Walkerton Cenotaph






Service Record 1


Regimental Number

3130253

Highest Rank

Private

Conflict

1914-1918

Battalion

47th Battalion

Enlisted

London, ON

Enlistment Date

1918-01-03

Drafted

Yes



Artefacts, Photographs & Resources

Visit the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre's Online Collections, through the link below, for more information related to this soldier.


Online Collections Link




Notes

Son of Patrick and Margaret Kenny. Remembered on the family stone, Walkerton Cemetery: Frederick Harold Kenny 47th Batt CEF b May 24 1893 killed in action at Fressain France Oct 18 1918




Sources & Links

(a) McLeod, Norman. “The History of the County of Bruce 1907-1968”, vol 2, Bruce County Historical Society, 1969. Print.
(b) Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 102, Walkerton, Veteran’s Commemoration photo album (AX2015.013.003).
(c) Bruce Remembers Feedback - Walkerton Legion list - March 2021
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial



News Clippings


Walkerton Telescope, Nov. 7, 1918, p. 1
Walkerton Telescope, Nov. 7, 1918, p. 1
Walkerton Telescope, Nov. 21, 1918, p. 3, part 1
Walkerton Telescope, Nov. 21, 1918, p. 3, part 1
Walkerton Telescope, Nov. 21, 1918, p. 3, part 2
Walkerton Telescope, Nov. 21, 1918, p. 3, part 2