Capt. Donald KENWORTHY

  General Notes:

Census 1911: 23 years, Overseas military

Donald Kenworthy
Captain
Somerset Light Infantry

Full Lieutenant
Signalling School at Aldershot
1st Volunteer Battalion

Education

Cheltenham College
St. Andrews School Tenby
Sandhurst

Web References
Pembroke County War Memorial - Tenby War Memorial- WW1
www.pembrokeshire-war-memorial.co.uk, 26 Dec 2009
Donald Kenworthy, Captain, Somerset Light Infantry. Donald was born at Tenby in 1888, the Son of John and Mary H. Kenworthy, of Tenby.
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Donald was the youngest of five sons who served during the Great War, and was one of two that died. He was educated at St. Andrews School Tenby and then at Cheltenham College. After graduating from Cheltenham he enrolled at Sandhurst and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry on 19 September 1908, serving with them at Malta, Tientsin and Quetta. In 1911 Donald passed through the Signalling School at Aldershot and was promoted to full Lieutenant. By the time was had broken out, Donald was a Captain, serving with the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. The Battalion were stationed at Colchester as part of 11 Brigade, 4th Division, and they arrived in France in time to join II Corps at the Battle of Le Cateau. They took part in the epic fighting retreat to the Marne where the German Offensive was held, and then helped push the Germans back to the Aisne before being moved to Flanders. Here the Division fought at First Ypres, at the Battle of Messines on 12 October, and held the lines at Ploegsteert Wood during the famous Christmas Truce of 1914. On 22 April 1915 the Germans attacked Ypres again, and the Division fought through the battles of Second Ypres, which is when Donald was Killed in action on 17 May 1915, aged 27. He is buried at New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
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John was born in Hurst, Lancashire on 27 August 1881, the Son of John and Mary H. Kenworthy, of Tenby, and the elder brother of Donald.