Sergeant 2096 Roland Isaac KENNEY

Sergeant 2096 Roland Isaac Kenney{gallery}Sgt R Kenney{/gallery}1st / 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 14th July 1916 in the battle of the Somme, aged 23

• Buried: Pozieres British Cemetery. Grave ref I.C.14
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals.
• Enlisted at Coventry in 1914 August, having previously being in the Territorials, and landed in France 22nd March 1915
• Son of Thomas and Jane Kenney of Stretton-under-Fosse
• NNWFHS Memorial: Monks Kirby and Stretton-under-Fosse
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Sgt Kenney
• NNWFHS Monks Kirby and Stretton-under-Fosse War Memorial Page
• Brinklow War Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• Pozieres British Cemetery

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jun Qtr 1893 in Brinklow
• Employed at as a factory hand in a cycle factory [1911]
• Lived in Brinklow [1911]
• More about Roland’s enlistment, regiments and the places he served can be found here…