Photographs of Corporal John Henry Kelty
Item
Title
Photographs of Corporal John Henry Kelty
See all items with this value
Identifier
9583.cpd
Subject
Kelty, John Henry
Abstract
Corporal 33404 John Henry Kelty, known as Harry was my grandfather. He was born in Newton Heath Manchester in 1890.
He was in the territorial army before joining the Manchester Regiment for war service.
He became a sergeant (gas NCO) and was transferred between battalions due, I assume, to losses. He was wounded and returned to England spending time in No. 1 War Hospital Reading and another hospital which I do not know it's name. My grandfather is on the right hand end of the third row.
He did not return to the front due to losing a large portion of his right calf muscle from the gunshot wound. He was eventually discharged in December 1918. He spent some time in Germany after the war and eventually became a manager of the Yates' Wine Lodge in Manchester.
He died in 1956, a year before my birth.
He was in the territorial army before joining the Manchester Regiment for war service.
He became a sergeant (gas NCO) and was transferred between battalions due, I assume, to losses. He was wounded and returned to England spending time in No. 1 War Hospital Reading and another hospital which I do not know it's name. My grandfather is on the right hand end of the third row.
He did not return to the front due to losing a large portion of his right calf muscle from the gunshot wound. He was eventually discharged in December 1918. He spent some time in Germany after the war and eventually became a manager of the Yates' Wine Lodge in Manchester.
He died in 1956, a year before my birth.
Date
1916 - 1917
Date Created
1916
Temporal Coverage
1917
Source
Photograph
Medium
Photographic paper
Type
Photograph
number of pages
4
Contributor
Admin
Paul Davis
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford