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Sgt. Stephen McKenna DCM & Bar, CdeG.

British Army 37 Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps

from:Jarrow

(d.28th March 1918)

Stephen McKenna, enlisted at Jarrow and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps with 37th Field Ambulance. He was killed in action age 29 on the 28th March 1918 and is buried in Varennes Military Cemetery. I.L.3. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. He also received the gallantry awards of the DCM (15th April 1916) and Bar (22nd September 1916) together with the French Croix de Guerre.

Stephen was born in Jarrow 1888, son of Joseph and Bridget McKenna. In the 1911 census the family is living at 215 Whitfield Road, Scotswood, with Joseph(46) a general labourer and his wife of 26 years Bridget(43). They had 11 children and 8 survived. Six are single and living at this address, Stephen(22) a general labourer, Kate(21) a domestic cook, Joseph P(19) coal miner, Hugh(17) and John(14)are colliery labourers, Rose Mary(11) is at school.



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