Allegiance Canada Awards Victoria Cross Role Armed force officer | Name William Clark-Kennedy Rank Lieutenant Colonel | |
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Buried at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal Unit Imperial Yeomanry
24th Battalion, CEF Battles/wars Second Boer War
First World War Died October 25, 1961, Montreal, Canada Place of burial Mount Royal Cemetery, Outremont, Quebec, Canada Service/branch Canadian Expeditionary Force Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I Similar People George Grogan, Robert Henry Cain, Raphael Zengel, Walter Norris Congreve, James Carne | ||
William Hew Clark-Kennedy (3 March 1879 – 25 October 1961), was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was 39 years old, and a lieutenant colonel commanding the 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 27/28 August 1918 on the Fresnes-Rouvroy line, France, the brigade of which Lieutenant Colonel Clark-Kennedy's battalion was a central unit suffered heavy casualties. At this juncture the colonel encouraged his men and led them forward, then by controlling the direction of neighbouring units and collecting stragglers he enabled the whole brigade front to advance. Next day he was severely wounded, but despite intense pain and loss of blood, he refused to be evacuated until he had gained a position from which the advance could be resumed.
Clark-Kennedy is buried at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Pine Hill Section, Reford Family Plot, Lot 258).