In Memory of Brigadier General PAUL ALOYSIUS KENNA V C, D S O Cdg. 3rd Mounted Brigade, General Staff and A.D.C., 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers who died age 53 on 30 August 1915 Husband of Angela Mary Kenna, of Trowle House, Trowbridge, Wilts. Served in the South African War. Remembered with honour LALA BABA CEMETERY Brigadier General Paul Aloysius Kenna, VC, DSO. Born: Aug 16, 1862, in Everton, Liverpool. Died: Sulva, Turkey, Aug 30, 1915. Paul Kenna, who was awarded the VC in 1898 after serving in Sudan and was killed at Gallipoli in 1915, was considered to be possibly the finest horseman of his age. In 1893 and 1894 he was the top-rated polo player in the British Army in India and he also rode more than 300 National Hunt and Flat winners before concentrating on show-jumping later in his sporting career. Kenna led the Great Britain showjumping team on tour in North America in 1910 and 1911. He was selected to lead the Great Britain team at the 1912 Olympics, but they arrived at Stockholm late, the horses endured a nightmare crossing and they performed dismally. Kenna wrote angry reports to the British Olympic authorities and General Allenby, the Inspector of Cavalry, on how British teams should henceforth be prepared and trained for future Olympics. Kenna also won the King's Cup in 1913. Kenna was 36 and a captain in the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's), British Army during the Sudan campaign when he was awarded the Victoria Cross. On Sept 2, 1898, at the Battle of Omdurman, when a major of the 21st Lancers was in danger after his horse had been shot in a charge, Capt Kenna took the major up on his own horse, to a place of safety. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=10705967&page=gr Paul Aloysius Kenna (Oakfield. Lanc 16.08.1862 - Suvia, Gallipoli 30.08.1915). He served with the 2nd West India Regt. In 1889 he transferred to the 21st Hussars (later Lancers). During the Anglo-Boer war he served as Asst. Provost Marshal on General French's staff. He then served as a brigade major and in 1901 commanded a column. Kenna then commanded the Mounted Troops during the Somaliland Campaign and was promoted lieutenant-colonel. Kenna was an outstanding polo player. In 1905 he became a colonel and ADC to the King. In August 1914 Kenna was promoted brigadier general in the Notts and Derby Regiment. At Gallipoli, while doing a tour in the front lines, he was shot by a sniper and mortally wounded. Brigadier General Kenna VC DSO is buried at Suvia Bay South African Military Who's who 1452 1992, p. 119.
