Paul Aloysius Kenna

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Brigadier General Paul Aloysius Kenna (VC, DSO), (16 August 1862 in Everton, Liverpool - 30 August 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded to British and British Empire forces.

Kenna was 36 years old, and a captain in the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's), British Army during the Sudan Campaign when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC (currently on display in the The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum, Belvoir Castle):

On 2 September 1898, at the Battle of Omdurman, Sudan, when a major of the 21st Lancers was in danger, as his horse had been shot in the charge, Captain Kenna took the major up on his own horse, to a place of safety. After the charge Captain Kenna returned to help Lieutenant De Montmorency who was trying to recover the body of an officer who had been killed.

He was killed in action at Suvla, Turkey during the Battle of Gallipoli on 30 August 1915, aged 53.