JOHN KELLY 

John KELLY
Rank: Gunner
Service Number:362426.
Regiment: 279th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Killed In Action Monday 10th December 1917
Age 21
FromCoppenhall.
County Memorial Crewe
Commemorated\Buried Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery
Grave\Panel Ref: XIII.H.3.
CountryBelgium

John's Story.

Son of Mr. Mrs. P Kelly, 50, Brooklyn Street, Crewe.

He enlisted in October 1915 and went on active service in March 1917. He had won a scholarship at the Manchester School of Technology, and before enlistment he was employed in the LNWR laboratory, Crewe.

He was a member of Crewe Alexandra Cricket Club.