Private 7531 Victor James KELLEY

10th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment

Died in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, 8th July 1917, age 19

Buried Walmely (St John) Churchyard. Grave NW end of church

Awarded British War and Victory Medals

Son of Joseph and Harriet Ellen Kelley (nee Hart) of Ash Farm, Minworth

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC page for Private Kelley

Walmley War Memorial

Walmley St John Churchyard

The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment

Other Information

1897 born in Wishaw and baptised 24th August 1897

1901 Census living at the Plough Hotel, Tamworth Road, Minworth, Curdworth, Warwickshire with his widowed mother and his siblings

1911 Census living at Walmley Ash Farm, Minworth, Warwickshire with his mother, step father and siblings.

1917 death reported 12th July in the Birmingham Daily Post, funeral arranged at Walmley Parish Church at 3pm on 13th July.