Ref ID: 51649424505
Name
William George Kent.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Private William George Kent.
Life Story
Name: William George Kent.
Service Number: 10135.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Born: 21st September 1888, Belfast.
Died: 22nd May 1915.
Address: 38 Perth Street, Belfast
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William George Kent, son of Richard and Harriett Lydia Kent, lived at 38 Perth Street, Shankill, Belfast
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The 1901 Ireland Census has William living at 26 Bennett Street, Londonderry with his mother, father, occupation, Prison Warden, sister Elizabeth Annie, 14 years, D5rapery Assistant, and brother Jonathan.
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William joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
He was posted as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on the 17th March 1915.
William was a Private in 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was Killed In Action on the 22nd May 1915 aged 26 years
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A local newspaper states
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Private W, George Kent, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, whose father, Mr Richard Kent, ex prison warden, resides at 38 Perth Street, Belfast, has been killed in action at the Dardanelles. He was for a number of years a chorister in Derry Cathedral, and joined the army four years ago in the Maiden City, going afterwards with a draft of the Inniskillings to India
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A number of articles similar to this were repeated in local newspapers
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Williams Soldiers Effects were left to his father Richard.
A Pension Application Form shows his father as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show both his mother and father as claimants.
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William received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1915 Star.
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He is Remembered at Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Turkey.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
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Classification
Newspaper,
Photograph,
