Dedicated to the memory of all the men and women of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, who died during the two World Wars.
SECOND LIEUT. R. H. KELLY ------------------------- Born: Roy Hamilton Kelly b. Q1 1894 Frome, Somerset, son of William Kelly of Langrove Vicarage, Ross, Herefordshire. D 4 Jan 1920 [1911] 2 Albion Terrace, Bridgnorth: William Kelly, head, 50, mar, Civil servant, Supervisor of Customs & Excise, O.H.M.S., Londonderry. Annie Louisa, wife, 49, mar, 26yrs 4/4/-, Ipswich, Suffolk. Mildred Patricia, dau, 19, s, Frome, Somerset. Roy Hamilton, son, 17, s, Pharmacist: Apprentice, Pharmacy, Frome, Somerset. Alice Mary Gittens, serv, 18, s, General servant (domestic), Cleobury Mortimer. Possibly the Roy H Kelly who emigrated June 1913, Farmer [misheard pharmacist?] 20 Welshpool. KELLY, ROY HAMILTON Rank: Second Lieutenant Date of Death: 04/01/1920 Age: 25 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Grave Reference B. H. G. 112. Cemetery SASKATOON (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of William Kelly, of Langrove Vicarage, Ross, Herefordshire, England, and the late Annie Louise Kelly; husband of Mabel May Kelly, of 19, Parkview Apartments, Saskatoon. [Canadian Service Record] Oct 12th 1915: Roy Hamilton Kelly, born: Frome, Somerset, England. next of kin: Mrs R. H. Kelly (wife). Born: 8 Jan, 1894. Bank Clerk, Married. Previously served 4 years in Shrop Imp Yeom. Original overseas unit: 4th Overseas Universities Co, C.E.F. Joined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the field 14 May 1916. Wounded September 15 1916. Struck off strength to become a cadet May 23 1918. Buried: Cemetery: SASKATOON (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY; Saskatchewan, Canada. Grave Reference: B. H. G. 112.
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