George Edward Kelly
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 078523. Driver. A.S.C.M.T. (Army Service Corps Motor Transport). Left in May. Reported June 16. No 2 Construction Party L. Signal Co. R.E. (Royal Engineers) 2nd Army B.E.F (British Expeditionary Force) Dec. 6. Base P.O.3. Nov. 1916 Attached No 2 Tel. Construction Party. L-Signal Co. B.E.F. Nov. 1917 A.S.C No 3 Rly. (Railway) Telegraph Co. B.E.F. Killed in Action 1918.' Note: Died of wounds, 25 March 1918 aged 22 according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/8)
External sources: 27 Circular Road