Catalogue of the papers of W.D. Kenny

Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Kenny, William David
Dates of creation: 1915-1926
Extent: 1 file, 1 album
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Sudan Archive
Created by: Kenny, William David
Language: English

William David Kenny

(1882 - 1963)


	1907-1925	Egyptian Army service
	1907	Bimbashi, 2nd Battalion, Egyptian Army at Cairo
	1908-1911	Bimbashi, 11th Sudanese, Egyptian Army serving in Omdurman, Bahr al-Ghazal and Upper Nile
	1912	Deputy Assistant Adjutant General
	1914	Assistant Adjutant General
	1915-1917	A.D.C. to Sultan Husain Kamil
	1915-1916	Service in Gallipoli as A.D.C. to Sir Ian Hamilton
	1918	O.E.T.A.
	1924-1926	Military Secretary to the Governor-General
	1925	Transferred to the Sudan Defence Force

Arrangement

1. Official Papers

2. Diaries

3. Photographic Material

Accession details

Presented by Mrs A. Kenny, 1964

1. Official Papers

SAD.132/6/58-59

1915 Jan 7
Letter from Sir F.R. Wingate to W.D. Kenny concerning the latter's appointment as A.D.C. to the Sultan and in particular his new duties

SAD.132/6/60

1916 Jan 15
Copy telegram from the General Commander-in-Chief, Cairo to the Sirdar, Khartoum concerning the call-up of the Egyptian Army Reserves for transport duty, with reply

SAD.132/6/61-62

1918 Sep 23
Letter from M. Yacobson for the Jaffa Jewish Council to the Military Governor Jaffa, on leaving his post, thanking him for his assistance

2. Diaries

SAD.132/6/1-29

1915 May 11 - Jun 22
Diary of W.D. Kenny covering his service as A.D.C. to Sir Ian Hamilton during the Gallipoli campaign. Handwritten in pencil and divided into the following sections:

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Diaries

SAD.132/6/1-8

1915 May 11-19
Departure for Gallipoli (SAD.132/6/1); disembarkation and the view of the battlefield (SAD.132/6/1-3); journey to general headquarters with Compton Mackenzie, the novelist, on board a minesweeper and by chartered boat (SAD.132/6/3-6); rescue by torpedo boat; appointment as extra A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief (SAD.132/6/6); casualties of the battle (SAD.132/6/7); duties (SAD.132/6/7-8)

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Diaries

SAD.132/6/9-14

1915 May 21-26
Visit to Cape Atebe by torpedo boat; meeting with General Godley, commanding New Zealand contingent; negotiations with Turkish officer requesting an armistice to bury the dead (SAD.132/6/9-11); visit to shore with Sir Ian Hamilton to meet with General Gourand, the French general (SAD.132/6/11-12); Italy enters the war (SAD.132/6/12); arrival of King's messenger; armistice for 6 hours (SAD.132/6/13)

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Diaries

SAD.132/6/15-18

1915 May 27 - Jun 2
Sinking of H.M.S. Majestic (SAD.132/6/15); decision to move the headquarters ashore (SAD.132/6/15); inspection of Australian and New Zealand positions; moved to within 500 yards of the Turkish trenches (SAD.132/6/16-17)

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Diaries

SAD.132/6/19-24

1915 Jun 3-11
Landed at Cap Helles with Sir Ian; bombardment of Turkish position, followed by infantry advance (SAD.132/6/19-21); return to Cap Helles with Sir Ian; visit to General Gourand, French G.O.C. (SAD.132/6/22-23); account of successes of submarine E11 near Constantinople (SAD.132/6/24)

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Diaries

SAD.132/6/25-29

1915 Jun 12-23
Visit to advanced trenches with Sir Ian (SAD.132/6/25-26); description of yacht purchased by the Admiralty for Admiral de Robeck (SAD.132/6/27-28); report on a French attack on the Turkish trenches (SAD.132/6/29)

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Diaries

SAD.132/6/30-57

1915 May 11 - Jun 19
Carbon copy of diary SAD.132/6/1-29 above (incomplete)

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Diaries

3. Photographic Material

SAD.452/531/1-159

1926 Jan
Album of photographs of the opening of Sennar Dam by Lord Lloyd. The photographs have been entered in random order and have no captions but many match, or are similar to, photographs which appeared in The African World Special Sudan Number, (21 Jan 1926):
[on cover] W.D. Kenny

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Photograph albums

SAD.452/531/1

Party at Barakat ginning factory, Lady Lloyd and Sir Geoffry Archer in foreground