James Kelly

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
7161
Unit at enlistment: 
1st Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
April 30th, 1915
Cemetery: 
Menin Gate Memorial - Ypres, Belgium - Panel 10.26.28
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Lancashire
Birth city: 
Greater Manchester, Rochdale
Address at enlistment: 
St. Thomas, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
St. Thomas, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Porter
Employer: 
Queens Hotel, St. Thomas
Religious denominations: 
Roman Catholic
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
36

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: At St. Julien.

BX May 11, 1915

Private advices received in St. Thomas from the militia department announced yesterday that Private James Kelly, formerly of Brantford, had been killed in action in the recent fighting around Ypres.
    
Private Kelly enlisted in St. Thomas with the First Battalion. He was employed as a day porter at the Queens Hotel, but had been in that city only two weeks at the time of enlistment. He was employed for nine months in manufacturing spokes in a local wagon works, and worked at the Simpson Carriage Works, Brant Avenue, for a few days in July, piling lumber. His wife had been in this country only a week when her husband enlisted.
    
The birth of a child to Mrs. Kelly a week ago makes the death of her husband even more pathetic. The dead soldier had no relatives in this country.