Basic Details
Surname
Kelly
Forenames
John Patrick
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was a mill worker who enlisted in August 1914 and was in France by the following April. Two and a half years later he was killed as he moved forward with a machine gun team. His age was given as both 23 and 25 in the press at the time and he was not found by them to be commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial: however, he is on the Tyne Cot Memorial. His brother-in-law, James Cavanagh, also died in WW1 and is commemorated on IWM 2717.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Passchendaele
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action