Edward Kellett (Conservative politician)
The Honourable Edward Orlando Kellett DSO MP | |
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Born |
19 May 1902 Ireland |
Died |
22 March 1943 Tunisia |
Buried | Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia |
Allegiance |
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Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Royal Armoured Corps |
Battles/wars | World War II † |
Awards |
Colonel Edward Orlando Kellett DSO (19 May 1902 - 22 March 1943) was an English Member of Parliament and British Army officer who was killed in action during fighting in Tunisia during the Second World War.
The son of Major-General Richard Orlando Kellett,[1] Kellett graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Irish Guards on 1 February 1923.[2] In 1928 he was confirmed as a lieutenant in the reserves.[3] On 1 March 1930 he transferred to the Territorial Army as a lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry.[4][5] By 1939 he was a major and in May 1939 was elected as Member of Parliament for Birmingham Aston[6] He was also a big game hunter.[1] The Second World War saw Kellett fighting in Tunisia as a colonel of the Royal Armoured Corps. He was killed in March 1943, aged 40, during the fighting in North Africa and is buried in Sfax War Cemetery.[7]
References
- 1 2 "LIEUT. COL. KELLETT IS KILLED IN ACTION; Member of Parliament Was With 8th Army in Africa". The New York Times. 1943-04-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ London Gazette 32792 Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ London Gazette 33444 Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ London Gazette 33584 Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Person Page - 22001; Lt.-Col. Edward Orlando Kellett". The Peerage. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ London Gazette 34628 Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ CWGC entry
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Orlando Kellett
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Arthur Hope |
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Aston 1939–1943 |
Succeeded by Redvers Michael Prior |