![]() ![]() Over the years he graduated to the 2nd XI (finally gaining his colours in June 1912) and, in his last term, played occasionally in the Boys’ or Masters’ 1st XIs. This was also the first term in which he appeared in the end of term Cricket reports, playing in the successful 3rd XI which beat Churcher’s by 53 runs. The May 24th edition of The Bedales Chronicle records he won the Long Jump in the Second Division, achieving 4 feet 7¾ inches. By Spring Term 1910 he had moved up to the Third Division and accumulated 7 stars for unnamed activities. ![]() In prize work in Spring 1909 he was amongst the 8 pupils in the youngest group awarded first prize for their singing and he also received second prize for his drawing. Terence was successful and seems to have enjoyed his time at Bedales. It is possible that he, Annie and the girls then went out to the East but I have no proof of that. He, his wife and daughters were at Curragh Camp in Ireland on census day 1911 (Terence was at Bedales) but soon after that he retired on half pay. On 12th August 1907 Henry Gerard Hegan Kennard was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve and on 8th December held the Rank of Brevet Colonel, possibly when he became commanding officer of the 5th Dragoon guards. (I don’t know where Dulcie was educated but Tertia spent five terms at Dunhurst and one at Bedales in 1916 – 1917.) (It is sad to record that all four of the small boys who arrived there in September 1905 were to die in the First World War.) Terence moved up to Bedales at the age of twelve in September 1908 (when he was the ninth youngest boy in the Senior School) and remained there until the end of the summer term in 1913 when he was almost 17. The Bedales Junior school under Russell Scott had moved in 1905 from Hillcroft (where it had been founded in 1902) to the purpose-built buildings at Dunhurst, so nine year old Terence, arriving just before his ninth birthday, was one of the early pupils there. At the time of Tertia’s birth Terence was already at Dunhurst. On 28th August 1901 he advanced to the rank of Major.Īs second daughter, Tertia Doreen, was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on 11th March 1906 it appears that, after the war, he was joined by his wife and elder daughter. This latter medal was awarded with two clasps, but unfortunately it isn’t specified in which of the four conflicts (Orange Free State: Transvaal: Elandslaagte: Defence of Ladysmith) he had been involved. He also was awarded the King’s Victory Medal, available only to those who had served for at least eighteen months before June 1902 and had been in the conflict on or after 1st January 1902. By the end of March 1901 Annie, Terence and his young sister were settled in Ledbury, Herefordshire Henry was probably still in South Africa as at the end of the War he received the Queen’s Victory medal, awarded to those who had served between 11th October 1899 and 31st May 1902. It might have been the commencement of hostilities that sent Annie on her way home whatever the reason, first daughter Dulcie Hazel was born somewhere in France on 19th April 1900. The regiment was posted to South Africa in 1899, just before the outbreak of the Boer War. Presumably Henry had some home leave, hence Terence’s birth in England in 1896. Henry and Annie were married in Meerut, Bengal, in January 1895. In India he met Nancy (Annie) Poyser who had been born there in 1875, the daughter of Richard Poyser, who by 1895 was the Principal Veterinary Officer in Bengal, with a very distinguished record in the Afghan War he was mentioned in despatches and received the CBE for his services in 1896. The 5th Dragoon Guards were posted to India in 1893 and Henry was the right age to have gone out there with them. Henry Gerard Hagan Kennard, born in 1871, is said to have been educated at Eton and The Royal Military College at Sandhurst but I don’t have first-hand evidence for this. ![]() In 1911, on census day at Bedales, his birthplace was given as Canterbury and he also entered that on his application for a commission in 1916 so I think that solves the problem. In the 1901 census it was recorded as “Hereford City”, but, on 8th October 1896, he was baptised in Canterbury his parents’ names were given as Henry Gerard Hagan Kennard, Lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards, and his wife Annie and their address was “Ivy House, off the Dover Road”. There is a little confusion about his birthplace. Terence came from a well-travelled military family his father was a professional soldier. Exam Results and University Destinations. ![]()
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