Shann, Kenneth | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia -Northumberland Fusiliers. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Shann, K.

Forename(s):

Kenneth

Surname:

Shann

Date of Birth:

Thursday, March 9, 1905

Date of Death:

Saturday, May 8, 1915

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Northumberland Fusiliers, 3rd Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Kenneth was the only son of Lawrence and Lucy F. Shann of Farnham, Knaresborough. Kenneth was killed in action at Friezenburgh near St Julien on 8th May 1915 aged 20.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Kenneth is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Memorials

Other Memorials:

Kenneth and his friend Richard Carrington Bethell are commemorated on a plaque in St Andrew's Parish Church, Farnham.

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars)

North East War Memorials Project

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Ian Johnson, Rosie Setford.