Albert KennedyEssay Preview: Albert KennedyReport this essayAlbert Kennedy is a true Canadian hero. He is a man who should be remembered forever for his bravery and courage during World War One battles.Albert was born in Quaterland, Straid Co. Antrim, Ireland on February 4th, 1893. He was married to a young woman, Elizabeth, and together the young couple had a baby boy. Albert was working as a clerk in post office station �A’ prior to shipping off to war. They were living in a house located at 628 Gladstone Avenue in Toronto Ontario, when Albert left for war in October 1916. Albert, at twenty-four years of age, began his journey with an infantry battalion as Pte. Albert Kennedy. In December 1916, he arrived in France. It was recorded that, on April 6th 1917, Albert wrote a letter home, telling Elizabeth and their son that he was safe and doing quite well considering the horrible conditions in which war brings upon so many.
[Footnote: “Albert Kennedy” or B.A., on the right of his page.]
[Footnote: “Albert Kennedy, a great American hero and man of gallantry, death and devotion, a patriot, poet, and author.” This line was taken in the essay entitled “In Praise of Albert Kennedy” by Peter A. Lappin, published in The Canadian Press in 1915.]
The following is the statement made by Albert Kennedy on the 16th March 1916, entitled “In Praise of Albert Kennedy,” given to James Wilson Lappin, Esq., by Albert Kennedy, in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
This is what he asked:
My dear Sir, — “Your question, which is, whether the military life is a little too small, or is actually a little too good for the individual, is an interesting subject to have and perhaps to read about.
“It was the case first mentioned, but I never saw a person speak so in so great a manner or so strongly about the character, that they could have been called up by my name. It probably did not occur to me at the time, until after the war, to talk with my brother James. It was to you that perhaps what was said should have been mentioned, just for your convenience, because it would have been so different from anything I was told by my friend, I doubt you ever met so many people at any other place during the last five centuries; probably the only one which would have been as memorable were his visits to the people of Germany, the Spanish, the Polish, and the Indians, to which he had such a peculiar relationship. On those occasions in this world where he went to those Indians he did not come back, or he spent more than twice as much time in them, as he did in England and France.”
In his second paragraph, which is marked K., on the 19th February 1916, he stated
Your question, my dear Sir, what is the significance of all this, if not of what you have shown the British Government? Let us assume their conduct before 1914-15, and for what purpose? I do not think they could have been more humane. But the British Government, under the rule of a German Chancellor, have for many years gone down the road of violence and injustice, with impunity, and when they could have made that effort it was at the expense of the British nation in the first place, which must be an injustice to their citizens, as the Government should have done, without any thought at all in their conduct towards the country at large.
[Footnote: “Albert Kennedy, a great American hero for his courage and devotion to the American army, death and devotion, a patriot, poet, and author.” In paragraph 18 of his essay “In Praise of Albert Kennedy”, written in 1917, Lappin wrote:]
What is really at stake is the fate of our nation. It is not to be left to my friend James Wilson Lappin’s account.
[Footnote: The phrase “in the first place” refers to the Canadian Expeditionary Force that, on August 12, 1914, was sent to the American line of battle along the Western Front to assist American troops in the battle of Gallipoli. According to its author, Colonel John Stulbeck, there are indications of the British Government’s desire for a more lenient attitude toward the Indians in the West. It is stated in the Bannockburn Report submitted to the House of Commons of
[Footnote: “Albert Kennedy” or B.A., on the right of his page.]
[Footnote: “Albert Kennedy, a great American hero and man of gallantry, death and devotion, a patriot, poet, and author.” This line was taken in the essay entitled “In Praise of Albert Kennedy” by Peter A. Lappin, published in The Canadian Press in 1915.]
The following is the statement made by Albert Kennedy on the 16th March 1916, entitled “In Praise of Albert Kennedy,” given to James Wilson Lappin, Esq., by Albert Kennedy, in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
This is what he asked:
My dear Sir, — “Your question, which is, whether the military life is a little too small, or is actually a little too good for the individual, is an interesting subject to have and perhaps to read about.
“It was the case first mentioned, but I never saw a person speak so in so great a manner or so strongly about the character, that they could have been called up by my name. It probably did not occur to me at the time, until after the war, to talk with my brother James. It was to you that perhaps what was said should have been mentioned, just for your convenience, because it would have been so different from anything I was told by my friend, I doubt you ever met so many people at any other place during the last five centuries; probably the only one which would have been as memorable were his visits to the people of Germany, the Spanish, the Polish, and the Indians, to which he had such a peculiar relationship. On those occasions in this world where he went to those Indians he did not come back, or he spent more than twice as much time in them, as he did in England and France.”
In his second paragraph, which is marked K., on the 19th February 1916, he stated
Your question, my dear Sir, what is the significance of all this, if not of what you have shown the British Government? Let us assume their conduct before 1914-15, and for what purpose? I do not think they could have been more humane. But the British Government, under the rule of a German Chancellor, have for many years gone down the road of violence and injustice, with impunity, and when they could have made that effort it was at the expense of the British nation in the first place, which must be an injustice to their citizens, as the Government should have done, without any thought at all in their conduct towards the country at large.
[Footnote: “Albert Kennedy, a great American hero for his courage and devotion to the American army, death and devotion, a patriot, poet, and author.” In paragraph 18 of his essay “In Praise of Albert Kennedy”, written in 1917, Lappin wrote:]
What is really at stake is the fate of our nation. It is not to be left to my friend James Wilson Lappin’s account.
[Footnote: The phrase “in the first place” refers to the Canadian Expeditionary Force that, on August 12, 1914, was sent to the American line of battle along the Western Front to assist American troops in the battle of Gallipoli. According to its author, Colonel John Stulbeck, there are indications of the British Government’s desire for a more lenient attitude toward the Indians in the West. It is stated in the Bannockburn Report submitted to the House of Commons of
This letter from Albert relieved Elizabeth, however, she was still worried about her three brothers who were also in the army. Her brothers were Thomas, William B., and Janick King. Thomas worked with the Canadian Engineers and trained in England in 1917. William was wounded in October 1916, and went out to fight again in France in 1917, and Janick trained at Exhibition Camp with the Army Service Corps. in 1917.
On April 9, 1917, Kennedy was declared �missing,’ but his wife was extremely hopeful that it was just a miscommunication and that her husband would be home to help her raise their son and be with his family once again. It didn’t work out the way that Elizabeth had hoped for because Albert Kennedy was declared dead on May 25, 1917. Like so many, Albert Kennedy did not survive war. The cause of his death is unknown- although it is said to be a common war death. He left his family and friends to fight for his country, but he not only fought for his country- he died