Cpl
Lawrence Kelly
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 25/08/1887 |
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Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom |
Army information
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Country: Ireland |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Corporal |
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Service number: 71661 |
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Enlistment place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — Machine Gun Corps, 47th Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 01/08/1917 |
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Place of death: l'école, Potijze-Verlorenhoek, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Missing in action |
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Age: 29 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 56 |
Points of interest 2
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Enlistment place |
My story
On 1 August 1917 the 47th Machine Gun Company was ordered to rendez-vous in l’école. In 1915 the French mention an evacuation post in a little school near Verlorenhoek. Today there is a French Cemetery, St-Charles de Potyze. The rendez-vous place was along the road Potijze-Verlorenhoek.
Sources 1
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47 Brigade Machine Gun Company (The National Archives, Kew (TNA) WO 95/1971/4). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |
More information 3
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2218985 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=e2cd8c2f-ae14-48aa-9fa5-6f1ec131bd77 |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1617218 |