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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Stockport
• Land Cheshire, England
• Family Son of Margaret and Joseph Kelly. Three brothers: Joseph, John and Henry (also served abroad); one sister, Esther.
• Education stone masonry
• Extra info Husband of Elizabeth H. Kelly, of 5, Mahood St., Edgeley. Five children: Norah (1911), twins Phillip and Doris (1913), Margaret (1915) and Vera (1917); he died before receiving the letter that his daughter Vera was born;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 2 March 1916, Stockport
• Service number 37838
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 7th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
• Other data related to military career Originally served with an East Lancashire Territorial Army Company of Engineers; transferred to the Leicesterhire Regiment at the end of 1916; went overseas January 1917

Death

• Wounded Polygon Wood, 1 October
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds
• Died at the age of 32
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - E - 4

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