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Company Serjeant Major William Leeman Kent
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Company Serjeant Major William Leeman Kent

Birth
County Cork, Ireland
Death
24 Apr 1917 (aged 46)
Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Monument
Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Bay 9.
Memorial ID
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6425 Company Sergeant Major William Leeman Kent.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers,
1st Battalion.


He joined the army in or around 1896, and later served in South Africa during the Boer War.

He died at Arras, France, during World War 1. He has no known grave.

He died exactly one year later, to the day, that his brother Éamonn Ceannt led the 4th battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers into the South Dublin Union, at the commencement of the 1916 Easter Rising.

6425 Company Sergeant Major William Leeman Kent.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers,
1st Battalion.


He joined the army in or around 1896, and later served in South Africa during the Boer War.

He died at Arras, France, during World War 1. He has no known grave.

He died exactly one year later, to the day, that his brother Éamonn Ceannt led the 4th battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers into the South Dublin Union, at the commencement of the 1916 Easter Rising.



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