Cpl
Lawrence Kelly

Information about birth

Date of birth:
25/08/1887
Place of birth:
Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom

Army information

Country:
Ireland, United Kingdom
Force:
British Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Corporal
Service number:
71661
Enlistment place:
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Units:
 —  Machine Gun Corps, 47th Coy.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
01/08/1917
Place of death:
l'école, Potijze-Verlorenhoek, Belgium
Cause of death:
Missing in action
Age:
29

Memorial

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.

Files 2

CWGC - Certificate View

Sources 1

47 Brigade Machine Gun Company (The National Archives, Kew (TNA) WO 95/1971/4).
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Sources used

More information 3