RSM J D Kennedy was a veteran of World War 1 and was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal at some point. He is a Company Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer 2nd Class) by 1928 and is promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer 1st Class) by 1933.
Timeline of Service
- 1914 -1918 (est), served in WW1;
- 1928, appears in a photo of the Sergeants’ Mess as CSM JD Kennedy;
- 1930, appears in a photo of the Sergeants Mess as WO2,
- 1933, appears in a photo of the Sergeants’ Mess as RSM JD Kennedy WO1;
- 1934, appears in a photo of the Officers of the Sergeants’ Mess as RSM JD Kennedy
Do wish Harry Fox was around he would know !!