Private Kenny.
Location of events unknown.
Parade for Private Kenny; awarded Victoria Cross for bravery. Boy Scouts parading then coaches drive past.
CU Kenny sitting in open coach; w/ Mayor (?). Kenny salutes.
DS coach drives; followed by police on horseback. A...
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The man seen here is Private Henry Kenny.
Details of his Victoria Cross winning actions are here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen
ry_Edward_Kenny
More footage of this event can be seen in clip 1848.18.
Incidentally that other clip is dated 1916, so perhaps this clip can be dated the same. That date would seem to be correct, given that the battle in which Private Kenny won his Victoria Cross took place in September 1915.