Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Albert Communal Cemetery Extension | I. H. 11. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.127 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 13B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians Member of the Royal College of Surgeons | ||
Family :
Son of George and Julia Kellie, of London; husband of Constance Kellie. Born at Maida Vale, London. Surgeon at St. Goerge's Hospital (1905).Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 104th Field Ambulance |
34th Division Nov 15- Nov 18 |
| Action : Actions in Spring 1916 |
Actions in Spring 1916 covers a number of non specific actions on the Western Front in the period February to the end of June 1916. Much of this period concerned the build up to the Battle of the Somme, particularly the acclimatisation of the Service Battalions (Kitchener Volunteers) to trench routine. As the Battle of the Somme occupied the plans for 1916 no significant efforts were made in other sectors. Many of the casualties could be considered 'routine'. During the period December to June 1916 5845 British soldiers died in 'minor trench operations'.
Detail :
Kenneth Harrison Alloa KELLIE was born in July 1874, the youngest son of George Kelly of Maida Vale, London and Shanklin, Isle of Wight, a successful printer and publisher. Kenneth assumed the surname of Kellie shortly before the Great War. His brother, Lawrence, was a well-known composer. Educated at Westminster School and Caius College, Cambridge, and variously in Paris, New York and Boston, he commenced his career in medicine at St. George's Hospital, where he took the diplomas of M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. in 1900. After holding the posts of Clinical Assistant for out-patients at Paddington Green Children's Hospital, Assistant House Surgeon at St. George's Hospital and House Physician at the Victoria Hospital for Children, he was appointed in 1908 Assistant Physician at the Belgrave Hospital for Children, and in 1912 Full Physician. He was also Assistant Physician at the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest.
Notwithstanding such a busy agenda, Kellie still found time to row for the London Rowing Club at Henley and other regattas. Having served as a Special Constable after the declaration of war in August 1914, he obtained a commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in April 1915 and went to France on attachment to the Guards Brigade in the following month. He was advanced to Captain in April of the following year, on joining the Canadian Contingent as second senior M. O., but was killed in action near Albert on 25 June 1916, aged 41 years, while attached to the 104th Field Ambulance. In his last Will and Testament, Kellie left £1000 to the Belgrave Hospital for Children.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lanesborough No. 3029 E.C. | Unknown |
| Joined : | Carnarvon No. 708 E.C. | Middlesex |
| Joined : | Borough of St Pancras No. 3316 E.C. | London |
| Joined : | Caius No. 3355 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
11th January 1905 | 7th March 1905 | 2nd May 1905 |
Initiated into Lansborough Lodge in 1905
Founder member of Cauis Lodge No. 3355 in 1909.
Past Master
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley