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Francis Kelly
| Rank: | Lance-Corporal |
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| Street: | Water Lane |
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| Town/Village: | Granard |
| Civil Parish: | Granard |
| Catholic Parish: | Granard |
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| Regiment/Unit: | Leinster Regiment, 1st Battalion |
| Regiment Number: | 8952 |
| Date of Death: | 11-02-1915 |
| Cause: | Died of Wounds. 81st Field Ambulance, Belgium |
| Memorial: | Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery, Neerplaats, Dikkebus, Ieper/Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Information: | Francis was born 1882 in Granard. L-Cpl Kelly enlisted in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath and entered the war in France in December 1914.Francis was likely a reservist and was called up not long after the declaration of war. It is likely that he was fatally wounded during a tour in the trenches at Dickebush (modern Dikkebus) between the 9 and 11 February; during this period a 2nd Lieutenant and three other men from the 1st Leinsters were killed and ten were wounded. |
| Parents Names: | Son of Francis and Nellie Kelly, Water Lane, Granard. |
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