BORN BRIGG, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1877. SON OF GEORGE KENNEDY (1853-1926) & CATHERINE WILLIAMSON (1856-1917). SON OF A BRASS TURNER. HE MARRIED EDITH ATKINON, AT LEEDS, ON 19/09/1908. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN. LIVING AT 158 , HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A CRANE DRIVER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/04/1917, AGED 40. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE.
First name:
CHARLES WILLIAM
Military Number:
32490
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
40
