4118: Henry Kelley and Thomas Crosby

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posted on 2024-01-16, 17:20 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

Henry Kelley and Thomas Crosby were members of the Royal Army Medical Corps who served near Ypres, Belgium between 1916 and 1917. Henry kept a diary and a transcript is shown here, starting 7th December 1916 and continuing up to his last entry on October 28th 1917. A note added later records his death from septicaemia on 20th November 1917 after receiving a 'blighty wound'. He was buried in Etaples, Belgium.

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Name of contributor(s)

Judith Luckett

Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to

Henry Kelley and Thomas Crosby

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

20/11/1917

Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place

Ypres, Belgium.

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Diary transcripts, two photographs, a New Testament and a variety of postcards and embroidered cards.

Community Collection Day

City Hall, Bradford (02/02/19)

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Lest We Forget World War One

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