Venus, Kenneth

Withernsea WW1 Memorial, Queens Street. The memorial was erected in 1923 at a cost of £451, the funds for which were collected through public subscription. A service of dedication was held in 1924. Inscribed in four columns, are the names of sixty-four men killed in World War I.

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FRANCES BARON TWEDDLE (1868-1953) & JAMES EDWARD VENUS (1864-1923), OF 15 MAY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND ‘LOUVAINE’, PRINCES AVENUE, WITHERNSEA. SON OF A MERCHANT SEAMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, FRANCIS AND BRIAN VENUS AND A SISTER, MARY. DESCRIBED AS OVER 6 FOOT TALL, 163 LBS WEIGHT, 39-41 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR. HE WAS A FARMER IN WITHERNSEA.

HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 05/09/1914, AGED 19 AND 6 MONTHS. JOINED EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. FORMERLY A PRIVATE IN THE 4TH & 8TH EYR. TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE, ON 22/12/1916. JOINED UNIT ON 19/09/1917. KILLED IN ACTION 31/10/1917, AGED 21. HE HAS SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 57 DAYS.

AMONG HIS ARMY EFFECTS LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WAS A WATCH, SAFETY RAZOR, GOLD RING, BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND AN ESSAY ON FARMING.

HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.


First name:
KENNETH
Military Number:
28550
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
WITHERNSEA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK