Selected Biography

Kenney, Morton – Born: Barking, Essex in 1897. Parents: William Henry Kenney (Inland Revenue Officer) and Eleanor [née Whittle] of Long Melford. Home: The Green, Long Melford (1901), Hall Street, Long Melford (1911) to [1934]. Occupation: Booking Clerk for Great Eastern Railway at Clare, Suffolk (1921). Service Record: Morton was conscripted as Spr.229572, later renumbered as WR.263637 with the Railway Section of the Royal Engineers. It is not known if he served on the Western Front.[1] Died: Long Melford on 7.6.1934.[2]

Related Biography

Young, Herbert Vincent – Born: Thornton Heath, Surrey on 4.7.1888.[3]  Parents: George William Young (Civil Servant) and Mary Amelia [née Cooper].  Family Connections: Brother-in-law of Morton Kenney [b1897].  Home: 2 Moffett Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey [1888], 44 Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath (1891), 55 Earlsfield Road, Wandsworth, London (1901), 41 Bismark Road, Upper Holloway, London (1911).  Occupation: Solicitor’s Clerk (1911).  Married: Constance Kenney, School Teacher of Long Melford in 1921.  Service Record: Up to 1908 Herbert was a member of 22^nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers [Central London Rangers], enlisting in August 1908 as Pte.54 with its successor 12^th [County of London] Battalion [The Rangers], London Regiment, receiving his discharge in 1910.  Although no definitive military record has been found, Herbert is recorded as a Soldier [unit unknown] at the baptism of his daughter in Long Melford in October 1918.[4]  Died: Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1972.

Notes – [1] Medal Roll [WO 329] and Medal Index Card [WO 372].  [2] National Probate Calendar.  [3] Baptism Register 2.9.1888, St Pauls Church, Thornton Heath, Surrey. [4] Chelsea Hospital British Army Service Record [WO 97] up to 1910 and his daughter’s baptism record for his military status during the Great War, Baptism Register 6.10.1918, Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford.