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Farrier Sergeant Alexander Michael Kennedy

 

 

Farrier Sergeant Kennedy (Service No.539) was aged 18 when he enlisted with the North Irish Horse in August or September 1910. He was the eldest child of James and Ellen Kennedy of Tullyheron, County Down. His father was a blacksmith. Kennedy embarked for France with C Squadron on 20 August 1914. Listed as 'missing' in this article, which dates from late 1914 or early 1915, Kennedy was in fact a prisoner of war.

Image, from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice).