Paul Aloysius Kenna
Captain, 21st Lancers
- Register No.
- 676 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain all Captains →
- Unit
- 21st Lancers all 21st Lancers VCs →
- Date of action
- 2 September 1898 on this day → all of 1898 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Sudan Campaign
- London Gazette
- 15th November, 1898 on this day → all of 1898 →
- Born
- 2nd February, 1862 at Everton, Liverpool
- Died
- of wounds on 30th August 1915 at Suvla, Gallipoli
- Memorial / grave
- at Lala Baba Cemetery, Suvla Bay, Gallipoli
Digest of citation
On 2nd September, 1898 at the Battle of Khartoum in the Sudan, when a major of the 21st Lancers was in danger, as his horse had been shot in the charge, Captain Kenna took the major up on his own horse, to a place of safety. Captain Kenna returned, after the charge, to help Lieutenant R.H,L.J. DE Montmorency (reg No. 321)., who was trying to recover the body of an officer who had been killed
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
KENNA, Paul Aloysius. (reg No. 676).
Captain. 21st Lancers * London Gazetted on 15th November, 1898.
Born on 2nd February, 1862 at Everton, Liverpool.
Died of wounds on 30th August 1915 at Suvla, Gallipoli.
Memorial on grave at Lala Baba Cemetery, Suvla Bay, Gallipoli.
Digest of Citation reads: On 2nd September, 1898 at the Battle of Khartoum in the Sudan, when a major of the 21st Lancers was in danger, as his horse had been shot in the charge, Captain Kenna took the major up on his own horse, to a place of safety. Captain Kenna returned, after the charge, to help Lieutenant R.H,L.J. DE Montmorency (reg No. 321)., who was trying to recover the body of an officer who had been killed.
* 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers.
Additional information:. Brigadier General Kenna also held the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). At the commencement of the European War (WW I) he commanded the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade, serving in Egypt in 1914 and then to Gallipoli. On the 2nd December, 1906 he was appointed ADC to King Edward VII until 1910, continuing to as ADC, to King George V, until his death in Gallipoli in 1915. More to be added.
Additional information
Brigadier General Kenna also held the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). At the commencement of the European War (WW I) he commanded the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade, serving in Egypt in 1914 and then to Gallipoli. On the 2nd December, 1906 he was appointed ADC to King Edward VII until 1910, continuing to as ADC, to King George V, until his death in Gallipoli in 1915. More to be added.
* 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers.
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