Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Alexander Kennedy
Alexander's Gravemarker (image courtesy of Canarykid, findagrave.com)
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: S/22378
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 8th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 26
- Date of Death: 28.07.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Buzancy Military Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: II.C.16.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 93 King St, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Jessie Scott Kennedy, 93 King St, Dundee
- Father:
- Siblings:
Alfred & Mary
- Spouse:
Miss Agnes Gray, 2 Kerrs Lane, Lochee, Dundee
- Children:
1 Child, (name unknown)
More about Alexander Kennedy
Alexander is believed to be the brother of Pte Alfred Kennedy, S/10756, 8th Battalion Black Watch, who was killed in action, 19.10.1916.
Alexander Kennedy S/22378 Seaforth Highlanders
KENNEDY___Killed in action, on 28th July 1918, Lance-Corporal, Alexander Kennedy, Seaforth Highlanders, aged 26 years. – Inserted by his mother, sisters and two brothers.
Dundee People’s Journal 7th September 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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