BORN HULL 1887. SECOND SON OF HENRY JAMES (1859-1897) & MARY ELIZABETH KELSEY (1860-1941). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS.
A FISH HOUSE LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1910. HUSBAND OF ANNA ELIZA EMERY (1888-1975) & TWO CHILDREN, THOMAS AND OLIVE, AT 4 EDGAR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 6 AIREDALE TERRACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND 4 ELIZABETH PLACE, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/04/1917, AGED 29. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. ALSO LISTED ON HULL’S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 22/04/1918.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, GEORGE KELSEY, SERVED WITH THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS WOUNDED.
First name:
THOMAS BENJAMIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
201344
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
29
