Casualty Information
Corporal
WILLIAM GRAHAM
KENNEDY
Service Number
Age
Date of death
3193310
24
Tuesday, 06 June 1944
Company:
Unknown
Son of Thomas and Agnes Kennedy, of Gretna, Dumfriesshire.
War Service details:
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Bttn KOSB location on day of death (According to War Diary)
D-Day. Potentially aboard SS Sambut
William Graham Kennedy was born in 1919 in Tundergarth, near Lockerbie, Scotland.
Before the War he was employed as a contractor with Mr James Young in Springfield
*We believe that Corporal Kennedy may have been aboard the SS Sambut on June 6th. (He is buried in the same row of the same cemetery in Dover that is occupied by other men who were confirmed aboard on that day). 1 officer and 10 men of 1st Bn. King'Own Scottish Borderers were aboard Liberty ship Sambut on 6th june 1944.
"The Liberty Ship was carrying 562 Troops from 28 different units, 63 Crew plus vehicles, large quantities of ammunition and high explosives. Three miles off Dover, it was hit by two 16 inch shells filed from German gun batteries 20 miles away at Calais. 45 minutes later, the Master gave orders to abandon Ship."
From the book "True Loyals" by Tom McCarthy
Newspaper clipping from the Dumfries & Galloway Standard & Advertiser, June 17th , 1944.
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In Memorium
Memorial
ST JAMES CEMETERY, DOVER
Row K. Grave 10.