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His younger brother James was killed on the Somme on 1st July 1916. |
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William Kennedy was born on 13th November 1892 in Wishaw, Lanark, Scotland. |
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After the birth of their daughter Christina, the family moved to Belfast. |
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The 1901 census lists William as age 8 living with the family at house 5 in Cresent Gardens, Windsor Ward, Antrim. |
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Family: Samuel Guiler Kennedy, Christina Lary Kennedy, William Kennedy (born 13th November 1892, Wishaw, Lanark, Scotland), Christina Lary Kennedy (born about 1895, Scotland), Josiah A Chancellor Kennedy (born 4th March 1896, Belfast), James Kennedy (born 17th July 1898, Belfast), Samuel Kennedy (born 9th January 1902, Belfast), Herbert Kennedy (born 6th February 1903, Belfast) |
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William was educated at the Royal Belfast Academic Institution (R.B.A.I.), locally referred to as Inst. |
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William Kennedy joined Northern Bank on 4th January 1910 at Head Office in Belfast. |
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The 1911 census lists William as age 18 living with the family at house 31, Cromwell House, in Cromwell Road, Cromac, Belfast. He was working as a bank clerk. His father was Minister and Professor of Church History Pastoral Theology P.S.D. |
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Several transfers followed to Shaftesbury Square (1910), Magherafelt (1911), Shaftesbury Square (1912) and Head Office – relief (1912). |
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William Kennedy was the eldest son of the Rev Samuel Guiler Kennedy and Christina Lary Kennedy. |
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Rifleman William Kennedy’s service number was 16657. His younger brother James was 16658, so it seems the two signed up together and they were assigned to the same battalion. |
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Rifleman William Kennedy was killed in action on 7th June 1917. |
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In the July 1917 edition of the RBAI School News, it was announced that he had been awarded a certificate for gallantry in the field. |
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Rifleman William Kennedy is buried in Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery. Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery is located eight kilometres south of Ypres in Belgium. |
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The CWGC record Rifleman William Kennedy as the son of The Rev. S G Kennedy, of Cromwell House, Cromwell Road, Belfast. |
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Another brother, Josiah Kennedy, served with the Canadians and survived the war. |
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James, William and Josiah Kennedy are all listed on the Inst Honour Roll of the Great War. |
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On 9th September 1914, whilst based in Head Office, he volunteered and enlisted in Belfast into the 14th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles. |
