Photographs of Corporal John Henry Kelty

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Subject	Kelty, John Henry
Title	Photograph of Corporal John Henry Kelty with his battalion (4)
Notes	Corporal 33404 John Henry Kelty, known as Harry, was my grandfather. He was born in Newton Heath Manchester in 1890. He was in the territorial army before joining the Manchester Regiment for war service. He became a sergeant (gas NCO) and was transferred between battalions due, I assume, to losses. He was wounded and returned to England spending time in No. 1 War Hospital Reading and another hospital which I do not know it's name. I assume this picture was taken before he was sent to France, on this photograph he is on the right standing next to the man with the brush. He did not return to the front due to losing a large portion of his right calf muscle from the gunshot wound. He was eventually discharged in December 1918. He spent some time in Germany after the war and eventually became a manager of the Yates' Wine Lodge in Manchester. He died in 1956, a year before my birth.
Item Date	Unknown
Creation place	Unknown
File type	Image
Item source	Photograph
Item medium	Photographic paper
Content	Photograph
Page	4 of 4
Cataloguer	Admin
Filename	GWA_7409_John_Henry_Kelty3.jpg
Copyright	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor Name	Paul Davis
Reference URL	http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9571/8289

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Subject	Kelty, John Henry
Title	Photographs of Corporal John Henry Kelty
Notes	Corporal 33404 John Henry Kelty, known as Harry was my grandfather. He was born in Newton Heath Manchester in 1890. He was in the territorial army before joining the Manchester Regiment for war service. He became a sergeant (gas NCO) and was transferred between battalions due, I assume, to losses. He was wounded and returned to England spending time in No. 1 War Hospital Reading and another hospital which I do not know it's name. My grandfather is on the right hand end of the third row. He did not return to the front due to losing a large portion of his right calf muscle from the gunshot wound. He was eventually discharged in December 1918. He spent some time in Germany after the war and eventually became a manager of the Yates' Wine Lodge in Manchester. He died in 1956, a year before my birth.
Item Date	1916 - 1917
File type	Image
Item source	Photograph
Item medium	Photographic paper
Content	Photograph
Cataloguer	Admin
Copyright	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor Name	Paul Davis
Reference URL	http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9571