KELLY, John Francis

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 2555
Born: 
Tuesday, June 14, 1921
Birthplace: 
Armagh, Northern Ireland
Died : 
Friday, January 1, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
21
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Marine John Kelly died along with the rest of  'T' Company 40RM Commando, when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed and sunk. Son of John and Mary Kelly, of Armagh, Northern Ireland.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths: Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/133.
 
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