Author Topic: Percy KENNEDY WW1 1918 Kilkenny  (Read 584 times)

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Percy KENNEDY WW1 1918 Kilkenny
« on: Thursday 16 November 23 22:22 GMT (UK) »
PERCY  KENNEDY died on 16 March 1918 after serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps.He died in Kilkenny where his death was registered by his cousin Mary (or perhaps Margaret) Sixsmith. There is very scant information on his service records. It seems likely that he was born in Roscommon but was gone from there by the time of the 1911 census. I am told that his name appears on the war memorial ay Kilkenny's McDonagh Station.
Percy Kennedy is one of WW1's Forgotten Soldiers. Does anyone know where he may have been buried?
I would be very grateful for any help.

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Re: PERCY KENNEDY WW1 1918 KILKENNY
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 16 November 23 22:38 GMT (UK) »
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Re: PERCY KENNEDY WW1 1918 KILKENNY
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 16 November 23 23:00 GMT (UK) »
Hi CaroleW.  That is almost certainly the right family. But so far I have failed to find any record of births or deaths - apart from Percy in Kilkenny.


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Re: PERCY KENNEDY WW1 1918 KILKENNY
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Re: PERCY KENNEDY WW1 1918 KILKENNY
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 16 November 23 23:20 GMT (UK) »
The Percy Kennedy who died 16.3.1918 was 29 & had parents James & Maria??

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75464775/percy-kennedy/
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Re: PERCY KENNEDY WW1 1918 KILKENNY
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 16 November 23 23:26 GMT (UK) »
Exactly, so something wrong.

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Re: PERCY KENNEDY WW1 1918 KILKENNY
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 16 November 23 23:34 GMT (UK) »
Trying from a different angle a Mary Phelan married a William Sixsmith in Kilkenny in 1906
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1906/10137/5688503.pdf
If it’s the correct cousin his mother might be Phelan.