South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War in Which Died | Campaign Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France & Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Tyne Cot Memorial |
| First Arrived in Theatre | Bravery & Conduct Medals | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 June 1916 in France | ~ | Fillongley War Memorial |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Died | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) | April 1916 in Coventry | ~ |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| near Poelecapple | Pte 17486 - 10th Bn Royal Warwickshire's | |
Circumstances of Death
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Joseph is listed as being killed in action on 22nd August 1917. The very brief 1st/6th Battalion war diary entries for the period 20th to 23rd August are transcribed below. Canal Bank In Support – 20 Aug 1917: Relieved 5 Worcs in front line. O.O. No 27. Front Trenches – 21 Aug 1917: In front line trenches. Front Trenches – 22 Aug 1917: Operations in accordance with Appendix – O.O. No 28. [Please click here to read O.O. 28 - © National Archives] Front Trenches – 23 Aug 1917: Relieved by 4th Gloucs. Battalion moved back to Canal Bank – O.O. No 29. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jan-Mar Qtr 1889 in Fillongley | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Joseph and Sarah Kenning | The Square, Fillongley, Coventry |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1891 - Savages Square, Savages Lane, Fillongley | 1901 - School age |
| 1901 - Moat House, Bedworth Heath, Bedworth | 1911 - Farm Labourer |
| 1911 - The Heath, Keresley, Coventry | 1916 - Not found |
| 1917 - The Square, Fillongley, Coventry | |
It appears from newspaper reports that Joseph's father, also Joseph, caused "considerable trouble" to the local Constabulary through
drunkeness and that in February 1901 the family where for a short period of time inmates at the Meriden Union Workshouse.
