Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 38th Field Coy.
Son of Lt. Col. H. H. Kelly (R.M.A.) and Elizabeth Eleanor Kelly (nee Collum), of 18, St. Andrew's Rd., Southsea.
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
KELLY, HARRY HOLDSWORTH, Captain, R.E., youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Holdsworth Kelly, R.M.A. (ret.), of Montrose House, Southsea, by his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor, daughter of John Collum, of Bellevere, co. Fermanagh; born Staff Officers' House, Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, 24 Aug. 1880; educated Rugby and R.M.A., Woolwich (Feb. 1897-99); gazetted 2nd Lieutenant R.E. 8 March, 1899; promoted Lieutenant 25 July, 1901, and Captain 8 March, 1908; served with the Egyptian Army, 1903-13; was Resident Engineer for the construction of the Town and Harbour of Port Sudan, 1904-08, and received the 4th Class Osmanieh for services in connection with this, 28 June, 1908; was Inspector of Roads and Communications for the Sudan, 13 Nov., 1908, serving as a member of the Lado Enclave Commission in 1911; Commissioner for the Sudan Government in the Sudan-Uganda Boundary Commission, 1913, and was responsible for the Reconnaissance to the Boma Plateau, carried out in the same year; took part in the operations in the Atwot Region, Sudan, in 1910 (Sudan medal), was Intelligence Officer in the operations against the Beir and Anuak tribes in South Eastern Sudan (clasp to Sudan medal and 3rd Class Medjidieh) 1912; decorated with the 3rd Class Osmanieh, 1913; re-absorbed into the British Establishment, Nov. 1913. He served with the 38th Field Company R.E. in France, and was killed in action at Bois Grenier, near Armentières, 24 Oct. 1914, while superintending wire entanglement work between the British and German trenches; buried at Bois Grenier; unmarried. His Commanding Officer, Major F. M. Browne, wrote: "He was killed early this morning while on duty in the trenches. He was struck by two bullets, one in the head and one in the back, and I feel sure that death was instantaneous and painless. We were enabled to recover his body, which was today buried simply by the chaplain in the presence of all the Company His grave lies by the roadside near a pretty country town and we are at present erecting a cross and railings to enclose it.... I need hardly tell you what a great loss your son's death is to me, both as a friend and an officer. He was invaluable to me in every way and the country has lost in him a most valuable officer"; and writing home from a Colchester Hospital, Lieutenant Arthur Evans, Royal Engineers (of Carnarvon), paid a tribute to the bravery and kindness shown by Captain Kelly, who commanded his Company, in attending to him when he was wounded, four days before Captain Kelly himself was killed. The letter states: "It was a great blow to me to read of Kelly having been killed in action just after I had written him a letter thanking him for being so decent to me after I was hit. He came down to me some miles from Company Headquarters to the trenches, which must have been under heavy fire, saw me into the dressing station, and did not leave me until just before I left in the ambulance wagon. The dressing station was under fire, and was struck by a shell just before I got away. He was a fine man, 6 ft. 6 in. in his socks, beautifully built, popular and known everywhere, and I was very proud of his friendship." Captain Kelly won the Army and Navy Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1901. He carried out explorations in Abyssinia in 1907, 1911 and 1913.
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 38th Field Coy.
Son of Lt. Col. H. H. Kelly (R.M.A.) and Elizabeth Eleanor Kelly (nee Collum), of 18, St. Andrew's Rd., Southsea.
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
KELLY, HARRY HOLDSWORTH, Captain, R.E., youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Holdsworth Kelly, R.M.A. (ret.), of Montrose House, Southsea, by his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor, daughter of John Collum, of Bellevere, co. Fermanagh; born Staff Officers' House, Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, 24 Aug. 1880; educated Rugby and R.M.A., Woolwich (Feb. 1897-99); gazetted 2nd Lieutenant R.E. 8 March, 1899; promoted Lieutenant 25 July, 1901, and Captain 8 March, 1908; served with the Egyptian Army, 1903-13; was Resident Engineer for the construction of the Town and Harbour of Port Sudan, 1904-08, and received the 4th Class Osmanieh for services in connection with this, 28 June, 1908; was Inspector of Roads and Communications for the Sudan, 13 Nov., 1908, serving as a member of the Lado Enclave Commission in 1911; Commissioner for the Sudan Government in the Sudan-Uganda Boundary Commission, 1913, and was responsible for the Reconnaissance to the Boma Plateau, carried out in the same year; took part in the operations in the Atwot Region, Sudan, in 1910 (Sudan medal), was Intelligence Officer in the operations against the Beir and Anuak tribes in South Eastern Sudan (clasp to Sudan medal and 3rd Class Medjidieh) 1912; decorated with the 3rd Class Osmanieh, 1913; re-absorbed into the British Establishment, Nov. 1913. He served with the 38th Field Company R.E. in France, and was killed in action at Bois Grenier, near Armentières, 24 Oct. 1914, while superintending wire entanglement work between the British and German trenches; buried at Bois Grenier; unmarried. His Commanding Officer, Major F. M. Browne, wrote: "He was killed early this morning while on duty in the trenches. He was struck by two bullets, one in the head and one in the back, and I feel sure that death was instantaneous and painless. We were enabled to recover his body, which was today buried simply by the chaplain in the presence of all the Company His grave lies by the roadside near a pretty country town and we are at present erecting a cross and railings to enclose it.... I need hardly tell you what a great loss your son's death is to me, both as a friend and an officer. He was invaluable to me in every way and the country has lost in him a most valuable officer"; and writing home from a Colchester Hospital, Lieutenant Arthur Evans, Royal Engineers (of Carnarvon), paid a tribute to the bravery and kindness shown by Captain Kelly, who commanded his Company, in attending to him when he was wounded, four days before Captain Kelly himself was killed. The letter states: "It was a great blow to me to read of Kelly having been killed in action just after I had written him a letter thanking him for being so decent to me after I was hit. He came down to me some miles from Company Headquarters to the trenches, which must have been under heavy fire, saw me into the dressing station, and did not leave me until just before I left in the ambulance wagon. The dressing station was under fire, and was struck by a shell just before I got away. He was a fine man, 6 ft. 6 in. in his socks, beautifully built, popular and known everywhere, and I was very proud of his friendship." Captain Kelly won the Army and Navy Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1901. He carried out explorations in Abyssinia in 1907, 1911 and 1913.
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 38th Field Coy.
Son of Lt. Col. H. H. Kelly (R.M.A.) and Elizabeth Eleanor Kelly (nee Collum), of 18, St. Andrew's Rd., Southsea.
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
KELLY, HARRY HOLDSWORTH, Captain, R.E., youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Holdsworth Kelly, R.M.A. (ret.), of Montrose House, Southsea, by his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor, daughter of John Collum, of Bellevere, co. Fermanagh; born Staff Officers' House, Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, 24 Aug. 1880; educated Rugby and R.M.A., Woolwich (Feb. 1897-99); gazetted 2nd Lieutenant R.E. 8 March, 1899; promoted Lieutenant 25 July, 1901, and Captain 8 March, 1908; served with the Egyptian Army, 1903-13; was Resident Engineer for the construction of the Town and Harbour of Port Sudan, 1904-08, and received the 4th Class Osmanieh for services in connection with this, 28 June, 1908; was Inspector of Roads and Communications for the Sudan, 13 Nov., 1908, serving as a member of the Lado Enclave Commission in 1911; Commissioner for the Sudan Government in the Sudan-Uganda Boundary Commission, 1913, and was responsible for the Reconnaissance to the Boma Plateau, carried out in the same year; took part in the operations in the Atwot Region, Sudan, in 1910 (Sudan medal), was Intelligence Officer in the operations against the Beir and Anuak tribes in South Eastern Sudan (clasp to Sudan medal and 3rd Class Medjidieh) 1912; decorated with the 3rd Class Osmanieh, 1913; re-absorbed into the British Establishment, Nov. 1913. He served with the 38th Field Company R.E. in France, and was killed in action at Bois Grenier, near Armentières, 24 Oct. 1914, while superintending wire entanglement work between the British and German trenches; buried at Bois Grenier; unmarried. His Commanding Officer, Major F. M. Browne, wrote: "He was killed early this morning while on duty in the trenches. He was struck by two bullets, one in the head and one in the back, and I feel sure that death was instantaneous and painless. We were enabled to recover his body, which was today buried simply by the chaplain in the presence of all the Company His grave lies by the roadside near a pretty country town and we are at present erecting a cross and railings to enclose it.... I need hardly tell you what a great loss your son's death is to me, both as a friend and an officer. He was invaluable to me in every way and the country has lost in him a most valuable officer"; and writing home from a Colchester Hospital, Lieutenant Arthur Evans, Royal Engineers (of Carnarvon), paid a tribute to the bravery and kindness shown by Captain Kelly, who commanded his Company, in attending to him when he was wounded, four days before Captain Kelly himself was killed. The letter states: "It was a great blow to me to read of Kelly having been killed in action just after I had written him a letter thanking him for being so decent to me after I was hit. He came down to me some miles from Company Headquarters to the trenches, which must have been under heavy fire, saw me into the dressing station, and did not leave me until just before I left in the ambulance wagon. The dressing station was under fire, and was struck by a shell just before I got away. He was a fine man, 6 ft. 6 in. in his socks, beautifully built, popular and known everywhere, and I was very proud of his friendship." Captain Kelly won the Army and Navy Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1901. He carried out explorations in Abyssinia in 1907, 1911 and 1913.
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 38th Field Coy.
Son of Lt. Col. H. H. Kelly (R.M.A.) and Elizabeth Eleanor Kelly (nee Collum), of 18, St. Andrew's Rd., Southsea.
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
KELLY, HARRY HOLDSWORTH, Captain, R.E., youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Holdsworth Kelly, R.M.A. (ret.), of Montrose House, Southsea, by his wife, Elizabeth Eleanor, daughter of John Collum, of Bellevere, co. Fermanagh; born Staff Officers' House, Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, 24 Aug. 1880; educated Rugby and R.M.A., Woolwich (Feb. 1897-99); gazetted 2nd Lieutenant R.E. 8 March, 1899; promoted Lieutenant 25 July, 1901, and Captain 8 March, 1908; served with the Egyptian Army, 1903-13; was Resident Engineer for the construction of the Town and Harbour of Port Sudan, 1904-08, and received the 4th Class Osmanieh for services in connection with this, 28 June, 1908; was Inspector of Roads and Communications for the Sudan, 13 Nov., 1908, serving as a member of the Lado Enclave Commission in 1911; Commissioner for the Sudan Government in the Sudan-Uganda Boundary Commission, 1913, and was responsible for the Reconnaissance to the Boma Plateau, carried out in the same year; took part in the operations in the Atwot Region, Sudan, in 1910 (Sudan medal), was Intelligence Officer in the operations against the Beir and Anuak tribes in South Eastern Sudan (clasp to Sudan medal and 3rd Class Medjidieh) 1912; decorated with the 3rd Class Osmanieh, 1913; re-absorbed into the British Establishment, Nov. 1913. He served with the 38th Field Company R.E. in France, and was killed in action at Bois Grenier, near Armentières, 24 Oct. 1914, while superintending wire entanglement work between the British and German trenches; buried at Bois Grenier; unmarried. His Commanding Officer, Major F. M. Browne, wrote: "He was killed early this morning while on duty in the trenches. He was struck by two bullets, one in the head and one in the back, and I feel sure that death was instantaneous and painless. We were enabled to recover his body, which was today buried simply by the chaplain in the presence of all the Company His grave lies by the roadside near a pretty country town and we are at present erecting a cross and railings to enclose it.... I need hardly tell you what a great loss your son's death is to me, both as a friend and an officer. He was invaluable to me in every way and the country has lost in him a most valuable officer"; and writing home from a Colchester Hospital, Lieutenant Arthur Evans, Royal Engineers (of Carnarvon), paid a tribute to the bravery and kindness shown by Captain Kelly, who commanded his Company, in attending to him when he was wounded, four days before Captain Kelly himself was killed. The letter states: "It was a great blow to me to read of Kelly having been killed in action just after I had written him a letter thanking him for being so decent to me after I was hit. He came down to me some miles from Company Headquarters to the trenches, which must have been under heavy fire, saw me into the dressing station, and did not leave me until just before I left in the ambulance wagon. The dressing station was under fire, and was struck by a shell just before I got away. He was a fine man, 6 ft. 6 in. in his socks, beautifully built, popular and known everywhere, and I was very proud of his friendship." Captain Kelly won the Army and Navy Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1901. He carried out explorations in Abyssinia in 1907, 1911 and 1913.
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