Military service
Service number:
255
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Birth:
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
September 16, 1914
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 3.
Additional information
Son of Nicholas and Margaret Kennedy, of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private Michael Francis Kennedy
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Photo of MICHAEL FRANCIS KENNEDY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of M.F. Kennedy
Son of Nicholas and Margaret Kennedy of St. John's, Newfoundland -
Photo of MICHAEL FRANCIS KENNEDY
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. -
Camp
This picture depicts a camp like the ones seen in Camp Pleasantville in St. John's around the time of enlisting. -
Group Photo
A group picture of some of the Newfoundlanders who served in the First World War. Left to Right / de gauche à droite: Back Row / Dernier Rang: Pte. H. Wilson, Pte H. Lidstone Second Row / Deuxième Rang: Pte. C. Peet, Pte. J. Cleary, Pte. D. Osmond, Pte. A. Small, Pte. T. Smythe, Pte. W. Bradley First Row / Premier Rang: Bugler J. Nicholl, Pte. C. March, Pte. F.P. LeGrow, Col. Sgt. G. Taylor, Lieut. C.A. Ayre, Lieut. J. Nunns, Sgt. W. Ayre, Cpl. R. Sheppard, Pte L.G. Harsant, Bugler W. Taylor -
Royal Newfoundland Regiment Badge
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. -
Extract
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home. -
Commemorative Plaque
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Inscription
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Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Memorial
In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Newfoundland Legion magazine “Lest We Forget”. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Francis Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Francis Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Francis Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Francis Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Francis Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Francis Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Francis Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Francis Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Francis Kennedy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 68 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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