Pair: Lieutenant T. D. Kenion, 1st Battalion Herefordshire Regiment, late 23rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) very fine (2) £100-140

Thomas Dawson Kenion was born in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1883. He was educated at Denstone Public School, Staffordshire. An Assistant Master, a Classics Teacher and an officer in the North Eastern County School Contingent, Junior Division from November 1910. He joined the 1st Battalion Herefordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant on 15 September 1915 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. Kenion served on attachment with the 23rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment in France from 21 May 1918. He reverted back to his cadet instructor role in the Herefordshire Regiment on 14 June 1919. The address given on his m.i.c. ‘North Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, County Durham’. A generous man, he died 16 October 1946 in Barnard Castle and left £82,000, of which £20,000 was to various charities. With copied m.i.c.