Date of Birth
Unknown
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Clifton Road Boy’s School, Southall, Middlesex
Service number
Unknown
WW1 rank
Second Lieutenant
Middlesex Regiment, 8th Battalion
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
26 April 1915
Location of death
Ypres, Belgium
Buried/memorial
Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 49 and 51)
Biography
Second Lieutenant Percy Ewart Kelly was the son of Robert Phillips and Katherine Kelly in Middlesex. He studied at Borough Road College for 2 years and gained a BA in 1911. He joined the Middlesex Regiment on 29 August 1914. On 26 April 1915, whilst in charge of a detachment escorting artillery at Ypres Kelly was killed, aged 23.
Sources
Entry on p.86 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BRCSYG033, 1913 Annual reports, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission).