Kensell | William | 1229 | Trooper | Source: OZ-Boer database | New South Wales, 2nd Contingent NSW Mounted Rifles |
Kensett | H W | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | New Zealand, 6th Contingent |
Kensett | T | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
Kenshaw | J | | | 5th Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Manchester Regiment |
Kenshole | T | | Petty Officer Class 2 | Frontier Wars. SAGS (0) | HMS Tamar |
Kensil | A | | Private | QSA (1)
Source: List of QSAs with the clasp Defence of Kimberley | Kimberley TG |
Kensilea | C | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | 39th Battery, RFA |
Kensington | C W | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | 79th Battery, RFA |
Kensington | H (Lord) | | Lieutenant | MID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5927. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | 15th (The King's) Hussars |
Kensington | Hugh Edwardes | | Lieutenant | KENSINGTON (HUGH EDWARDES), LORD, Lieutenant, was born 3 September 1873, son of the 4th Baron and Grace, daughter of Robert Johnstone Douglas. He succeeded his brother in the title in 1900, as 6th Baron Kensington (created 1776), Baron Kensington (UK) (created 1886). He entered the Army as a Second Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars, and afterwards served in the South African War from 1899 to 1901, as ADC to Lieutenant General Sir H M L Rundle, for which he was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; had the Queen's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Hugh, Lord Kensington, Lieutenant, 15th Hussars. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 18 February 1903. He became Lieutenant Colonel, Welsh Horse, in 1914. He again saw active service in the European War, taking part in the Dardanelles operations in 1915 (Despatches), in the Sinai and Jerusalem Campaigns, 1916 and 1917, and in 1918 with the British Expeditionary Force. He was again mentioned in Despatches, and created a CMG in 1918. Lord Kensington owned property in Pembrokeshire. He married, in 1903, Mabel Carlisle, daughter of George Pilkington, of Stoneleigh, Woolton. His heir was the Honourable William Edwardes, and he had three other sons.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | 15th (The King's) Hussars |
Kensington | Lord | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Life Guards |
Kensington | Lord | | Captain | He died June 24th, 1900, at Bloemfontein, from wounds received at Houtnek, April 30th. William Edwardes, fifth Baron Kensington in the peerage of Ireland, and second Baron Kensington in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was born in July 1868, and educated at Eton. He was the eldest son of the fourth baron, and entered the 2nd Life Guards from the 7th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, June 1892, being promoted Lieutenant April 1893, and Captain February 1900. Lord Kensington succeeded his father in 1896, and was succeeded in the title by his brother, the Honourable Hugh Edwardes, DSO, who was a Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars. He was a JP and DL for Pembrokeshire and a JP for Haverfordwest.
Source: Donner | Life Guards |
Kensington | Lord | | Captain | 2nd Life Guards. QSA (3). Wounded at Houtnek, 30 Apr 00. D.O.W. at Bloemfontein, 24 Jun 00.
Source: QSA medal rolls | Life Guards |
Kensington | W | | Captain | 2nd Battalion
Demise: Died of wounds 24 Jun 1900
Place: Hout Nek + Bloemfontein
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Life Guards |
Kensit | Edward George | | | Source: Attestation paper in WO126 | Brabant's Horse |
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