KevinMurrell: Created page with " === Private John Patrick Kelly aged 25 === John Kelly was born in Liverpool, son of Joseph and Anne who were from Ireland. He had two sisters and one brother. The family moved to Luddenden in the early 1900’s and in 1911 they were living at 9 Providence Place. His sister who must have been listed as next of kin was living on Delph Hill Lane at the time of John’s death. He signed up for the 4th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons Regiment on 14th August 1914 only a week af..."

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Created page with " === Private John Patrick Kelly aged 25 === John Kelly was born in Liverpool, son of Joseph and Anne who were from Ireland. He had two sisters and one brother. The family moved to Luddenden in the early 1900’s and in 1911 they were living at 9 Providence Place. His sister who must have been listed as next of kin was living on Delph Hill Lane at the time of John’s death. He signed up for the 4th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons Regiment on 14th August 1914 only a week af..."

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=== Private John Patrick Kelly aged 25 ===
John Kelly was born in Liverpool, son of Joseph and Anne who were from Ireland. He had two sisters and one brother. The family moved to Luddenden in the early 1900’s and in 1911 they were living at 9 Providence Place. His sister who must have been listed as next of kin was living on Delph Hill Lane at the time of John’s death. He signed up for the 4th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons Regiment on 14th August 1914 only a week after the war started and went to France in April 1915. He was killed when moving forward with a machine gun team supporting attacking infantry at the Battle of Passchendale. He has no know grave but is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. Before the war he had worked at Crossleys Carpets in Halifax and RT Riley & Sons at Peel House Mills. James Cavanagh mentioned in the press cutting lived at Ellen Royd, Luddendenfoot in 1901 before marrying John’s sister Annie Kelly in 1912. The couple lived at 27 Duke Street in 1911. James died 14 June 1917, he is not on the Midgley and Luddenden War Memorial nor the Luddendenfoot memorial, though his younger brother Willie is listed on the latter.

He is on the Luddendenfoot Working Men’s Club Roll of Honour (which is now lost).

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