| Kenney | Arthur Herbert | | Lieutenant Colonel | KENNEY, ARTHUR HERBERT, Lieutenant Colonel, was born at Plymouth, 4 January 1855, son of Captain E H Kenney, RN, and Charlotte Mary, daughter of Captain Bignell, RN. He was educated by private tuition, and at the RMA, Woolwich, and was gazetted to the Royal Engineers as Lieutenant 29 April, 1873. He served in the Afghan War, 1878-80, being present at the capture of the Peiwar Kotal (Medal with clasp). He served in the Sudan Expedition in 1884-85 (Nile); was present at the action of Kirbekan; was in charge of the boat-repairing party, River Column; was mentioned in Despatches, and received the Medal with two clasps. He became Captain 8 January 1885; was British Commissioner of the Anglo-French Commissions for delimiting the frontiers of the Colonies of the Gambia and of Sierra Leone of, 1890-92, and was promoted to Major 23 November 1892; was created a CMG in 1893. He served in the South African War, 1899-1900, as OC Advance Depot, RE; as CRE, 10th Division, and CRE, General lan Hamilton's Force, and was present at the operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to November 1900, including the action at Lydenberg (5 September); operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to November 1900, including action at Zilikat's Nek; operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899 to 1900: operations in Cape Colony, north of Orange River, including action at Ruidam. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 16 April, 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with three clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 19 April, 1901]: "Arthur Herbert Kenney, CMG, Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Engineers. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented to him by the King 3 June, 1901. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 6 May 1900, and was given the Brevet of Colonel 10 February 1904. He commanded the Royal Engineers, Devon Sub-District. Colonel Kenney retired 6 May 1905, and was re-employed from the Retired List, 1 September 1914, as CRE of a division till 31 July 1915, and as Commandant of a Training Centre till 30 May 1916 (despatches).
CMG, DSO, Afghan (2) Peiwar Kotal (Lt RE), Egypt (2) The Nile 1884-85 Kirkeban (Capt RE), QSA (3) CC OFS Trans (Maj CMG, RE), 1914-15 Star (Bt Col CMG, DSO, RE), BWM, Victory Medal (Bt Col), Khedives Star 1884-6. Liverpool 1995 £1,700. Bostock 1997 £2,995. Bostock 1999 £3,250.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Royal Engineers |
