Henry Kelley and Thomas Crosby
Item
Title
Henry Kelley and Thomas Crosby
Who?
Henry Kelley and Thomas Crosby
Item(s)
Diary transcripts, two photographs, a New Testament and a variety of postcards and embroidered cards.
Story
Henry Kelley and Thomas Crosby were members of the Royal Army Medical Corps who served near Ypres, Belgium between 1916 and 1917. Henry kept a diary and a transcript is shown here, starting 7th December 1916 and continuing up to his last entry on October 28th 1917. A note added later records his death from septicemia on 20th November 1917 after receiving a 'blighty wound'. He was buried in Etaples, Belgium.
When?
20/11/1917
Where?
Ypres, Belgium.
Contributor
Judith Luckett
Collection Day
City Hall, Bradford (02/02/2019)
This item was submitted on March 27, 2019