Colonel William Wallace Kenny
KHS (1910) CB MB (1876) FRCSI (1889)
14 July 1854 [Killeshandra Co. Cavan] – 11 May 1929
Service Record
5 Aug 1877 Surgeon.
1879–1880 Served in the Afghan War.
1885 Served in the Sudan.
17 Dec 1885 Arrived from Mullingar.
1886 On garrison duty.
6 Aug 1887 Left for Colchester, England.
5 Aug 1889 Surgeon-Major.
5 Aug 1897 Surgeon-Lieutenant Colonel.
1900 Served in South Africa.
1 Apr 1904 Colonel.
8 June 1908 Surgeon General.
4 Dec 1914 Retired.
Had a significant private collection of ceramics from Cyprus.
12 June 1910 Honorary Surgeon to the King.
04 Dec 1914 Re-employed during the Great War.
Bibliography
- Entry No: 6635. Johnston W. Roll of Commissioned Offices in the Medical Service of the British Army. Vol 1 (20 June 1727-23 June 1898), Aberdeen (1917).
- Succession Book Vol 15. Returns of service of medical officers in the Regular Army.
- Naval and Military Medical Services Br Med J (1886), 367 (Published 20 February 1886).