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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: kathie on Wednesday 29 March 06 20:34 BST (UK)
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hello please can you help i am looking for any info on my granddad john kelly , his rank was royal inniskilling fusiliers,private, 21350. address 8, upper basin street, off james street,harbour, dublin . area office 56, upper mount,dublin. on his papers it says from 12 01 1915 and then foreign service M.E.F.26 .7 1915 ,FRANCE,SALONIE,EGYPT, FRANCE AND ITALY (29.08.1919) DURING WAR, 1914-1921 any info or help would be great (he was not killed in action)many kind regards kathie :) :)
Moderator Comment: If anybody can help, then please check out the thread on the Dublin Board as well, to avoid duplication of efforts. Thanks :)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,143970.0.html
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i doubt whether the MIC will tell you anything more than you have but...it's available here http://www.rootschat.com/links/09x/
MEF is the Mediterrean Expeditionary force btw
Skins regimental museum site
http://www.inniskilling.com/
Long long Trail site... skins section
http://www.1914-1918.net/skins.htm
the service number 213** seems to have been used mainly in the 1st battalion ( but a couple of others come up on a search as well)
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thank you very much for that ,i have now a copy of his medical card on delivery , :) :)many kind regards kathie ( sorry i keep posting ) :) :)
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( sorry i keep posting ) :) :)
what would we do if everyone stopped!! ;D
if we can help, kath ...we will
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thanks again i just feel everyone must be getting fed up with me, i will keep going though ,i have made lots of friends on the site and really do appriciate everyones help so many kind regards to you all :) :)kathie ;)
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Have a look at the posts querying the Kelly surname (http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?forum=kelly&url=%2Fkelly%2F&path=%2Fkelly%2F&terms=Dublin&boolean=AND) in Dublin on Genforum.
Christopher