Archibald Edward Kennedy

1878 - 1914  (35 years)

• Name	Archibald Edward Kennedy  [1]
  Born	07 Sep 1878  [1]
  Military Service	Lieutenant Transport Officer (Royal West Surrey Regiment)  [2]
  Died	26 Aug 1914  [1]
  Person ID	I00501	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	John Gordon Kennedy,   b. 18 Jul 1836, Naples ,   d. 02 Dec 1912  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Evelyn Adela Bootle-Wilbraham,   b. 8 May 1850, Marylebone, London ,   d. 28 Nov 1939, Hambrook House, Chichester, West Sussex  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F00178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  --- "Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer" 21 Nov 1914, page 6: OFFICERS WHO HAVE FALLEN The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn states that a German officer has written to inform her that her son, Capt. Lord John Hamilton, of the Irish Guards, was killed on November 9, while leading a charge. The War Office have no confirmation of his death. Lord John Hamilton is the second surviving son of the second Duke of Abercorn, and brother of the present Duke. He was born in 1883, and was educated at Wellington College. He received his captaincy in the Irish Guards in 1909, and in 1913 became captain of the Reserve Battalion. In the latter year he was appointed Deputy Master of His Majesty's Household. In December, 1910, he unsuccessfully contested the North Tyrone Division in the Conservative interest. Captain Archibald Edward Kennedy, the eldest son of the late Sir John Gordon Kennedy, of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service, and of Lady Kennedy, lost his life at Le Cateau, but his name has not yet appeared in the official list of casulties. He joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1900, and was with his regiment in India and South Africa. --- "Hastings and St. Leonards Observer" 21 Nov 1914, page 7, column 2: CASUALTIES & INTERVIEWS LADY KENNEDY'S SON KILLED It is announced that Captain Archibald Edward Kennedy, of the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, has been killed in the trenches at Le Cateau. He was the eldest son of the late Sir John G. Kennedy, K.C.M.G., and Lady Kennedy (who till recently RESIded at Holmhurst, St. Helen's Park). He was born in 1878, and educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford. He joined the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders in 1900, and was with his regiment in India and South Africa. He qualified in a course of instruction at the London School of Economics, and was gazetted Captain in July, 1912. He was officially reported missing after the Battle of Cambrai-Le Cateau, but information has now been received that he was killed in the last burst of firing before the few survivors of his company were surrounded by the enemy on the evening of August 26th. A memorial service will be held at St. Peter's, Cranley-gardens, at 11.30, to-day (Saturday).

  
  

• Sources

  http://www.thepeerage.com/. [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials).