Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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William James Kelly
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 6552
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 21
- Date of Death: 25.09.1915
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Cambrin Churchyard Extension
- Grave/Mem Ref no: C.5.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Lilias Kelly
- Father:
Thomas Kelly, 34 Dallfield Walk, Dundee
- Siblings:
Lizzie
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William James Kelly
William shares a final resting place with Sgt Hugh Tolland, 8900, 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was killed in action, 25.09.1915.
William Kelly 6552 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
KELLY___In loving memory of my dear brother, Lance-Corporal William Kelly, No. 6552, 2d Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, killed in action in France, on the 25th September 1915. – Inserted by his sister Lizzy.
Dundee People’s Journal 25th March 1916
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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