Guest windsor Posted 8 March , 2015 Share Posted 8 March , 2015 Looking for help on a Lt; Colonel H.B.Kelly D.S.O. R.A.M.C. 25th division, 77th field ambulance, as I have come into possession of his dress uniform. A starter would be what H.B. stands for as researching the name Kelly is a lost cause. If I can find his Christian names it would help with the research that I myself would attempt ongoing from receiving that information, but any further snippets or guides would be most appreciated. Thanks........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 8 March , 2015 Share Posted 8 March , 2015 Harry Beatty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted 8 March , 2015 Share Posted 8 March , 2015 Lt Col HB Kelly Att. 77/Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps. Missing in Action 27 May 1918. http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/307680/3/2/ Confirms name as Harry Beatty.There are 3 cards (Scroll down) for this man and if you type the PA number into the box on the right you will find more details. The final card has a "R" number, so use the Down Arrow and change PA to R, then type in that number for his repatriation details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest windsor Posted 10 March , 2015 Share Posted 10 March , 2015 Thanks a lot for the info I am off and running with the research now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perth Digger Posted 22 July , 2016 Share Posted 22 July , 2016 I believe he was the Capt H B Kelly, RAMC, who was also captured in August 1914 and exchanged on 29 June 1915. He is in Cox and Co's British Officer POWS as Major H Kelly, but he was reported in the Missing List in The Times as Capt H B Kelly on 5 September 1914. Would he have been the only person to have been a POW twice in the war? 2nd Lt/Brigadier EHW Backhouse (Suffolk Regiment) was a POW twice, but the second time was with the Japanese in Singapore in WW2. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 September , 2017 Share Posted 25 September , 2017 (edited) I am the daughter of colonel kelly ramc. I would be happy to help with your research and interested to find out more about my father. Edited 25 September , 2017 by Guest Needed to add something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGM Posted 26 September , 2017 Share Posted 26 September , 2017 (edited) Some additional info. & sources which may already be know to the above: The-VC-and-DSO-Volume-III The 25th Division in France and Flanders Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps Feb 2017 (arrival in Bombay) JRAMC, 1911; JRAMC, 1908;JRAMC, 1906 H B Kelly (in Report on the transport of British prisoners of war to Germany) referenced in Violence against Prisoners of War in the First World War: Britain, France ... / By Heather Jones, p.57 Casualties In The Medical Services (repatriation of officers) BMJ 2 (3021 (Nov. 23, 1918)), p.586 Edited 26 September , 2017 by TGM additional link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwin astill Posted 27 September , 2017 Share Posted 27 September , 2017 He is mentioned in Kincaid-Smith's "The 25th Division in France and Flanders" For example, in the section dealing with Honours and Awards New Year 1918, he is shown as having been mentioned in despatches. I believe the book is available as a reprint. Edwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 18 March , 2018 Share Posted 18 March , 2018 Captain (later Major) Frank Graham Lescher was HB Kelly's second in command. He is my wife's grandfather and was awarded the MC three times during WW1. This was a busy and exposed unit. The War Diary is available and mostly written by hand by Maj. Kelly as he was then. The diary is available at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7353354 as a download for £3.50. The reference is WO95/2239/3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Blanchard Posted 24 April , 2019 Share Posted 24 April , 2019 Just wondering if there are photographs of H B Kelly and Frank Lescher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 24 April , 2019 Share Posted 24 April , 2019 Hi Robert, Welcome to the Forum. With respect to Frank Lescher, if you don't already have them... Images sourced from The National Archives Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Blanchard Posted 24 April , 2019 Share Posted 24 April , 2019 Excellent thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 30 July , 2019 Share Posted 30 July , 2019 Many belated thanks CLK for taking the trouble. Very interesting. Extraordinary and very quiet man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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