Private Walter G Kenney, 40434
- Batt - 6
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section - "B" Company
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 22/03/1917
- Age - 20
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of John Garratt and Emily Jane Kenney. The War Diary entries for the 17th to the 27th March 1917 until are as follows. 17/3/17, VERMELLES. Returned to front line HOHENZOLLERN SECTOR. 18/3/17, No further entries until the 27th March. 27/3/17, The Battalion left the trenches and moved into billets at LA BOURSE.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
- Born - South Wigston, Leicestershire
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - 4 Fairfields Street, South Wigston, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - South Wigston & Glen Parva Memorial, Leicestershire
- Memorial - Wigston Council Offices Memorial, Leicestershire
