Hi s medal card has him as a privet? In the Manchester city battalions book you have no way of knowing which is your William Kennedy. The are not named , just a group photo.
Name: KENNEDY
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: 18th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 13/05/1916
Service No: 10981
Additional information: Husband of Mary Theresa Thornton (formerly Kennedy), of 44, Queen St., Chester Rd., Hulme, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: G. 16.
Cemetery: SUZANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION