Joseph Ernest – Kelley – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant – 04/08/1918
Title
Joseph Ernest – Kelley – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant – 04/08/1918
Initials / forenames
Joseph Ernest
Surname
Kelley
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Fusiliers, 2nd (City of London) Battalion
Military rank
Sergeant
Military number
230376
Railway department
Stratford
Railway job
Fireman
Date died
04/08/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, December 1918, p233
Memorial
Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois
Notes
Age 28, the son of John & Hannah Kelley of 2 The Crescent. Temple Mills, Stratford, London. A native of Haggerston, London. Joined the GER as an engine cleaner at Stratford in February 1911 and was promoted to acting fireman nine months later. From June 1912 he was based at Bishop's Stortford before returning to Stratford as a fireman. Enlisted in 1914 and went to Malta and Gibraltar, thereafter to France. Promoted to sergeant in the field three months before he died of gas poisoning.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)
Date entered
09/11/2016
Last updated
09/11/2016
Citation
“Joseph Ernest – Kelley – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant – 04/08/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/52224.