Ernest KELLETT

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Surname: KELLETT

Forename(s): Ernest

Place of Birth: Bentham, Yorkshire

Service No: 23790

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 4th Battalion

Division: 66th (2/East Lancashire) Division

Age: 28

Date of Death: 1918-03-21

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 42 and 43.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Ernest Kellett was the son of James and Fanny Kellett, née Rawlinson. James was born at Holme, Westmorland and Fanny at Liverpool, Lancashire.

1891 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Mill Row - Earnest Kellett, aged 1 month, born Bentham, son of James and Fanny Kellett.

1901 Accrington, Lancashire Census: [21?] Oswald Street - Earnest Kellett, aged 10 years, born Yorkshire, son of James and Fanny Kellett.

1911 Accrington, Lancashire Census: 43, Pendle Street - Earnest Kellett, aged 20 years, born Benton [sic], Yorkshire. [Ernest was living with his brother Frank and sister-in-law Maud Kellett.]

Ernest was married to Gladys Ellen Creasey in 1913.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ernest Kellett, 23790, East Lancashire Regiment.

On the 19 February 1918 the 2/4th Battalion was absorbed by the 1/4th Battalion becoming the 4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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