Hugh Kelley, Gunner, RHA

Posts : 7 Join date : 2011-02-06

I'm trying to find out what happened to Gunner Hugh Kelly, who married an ancestor of mine in Plumstead in 1877. All we have about him is that the was a gunner in the RHA in Plumstead at the time of marriage, and his father was Peter Kelly, a blacksmith. We believe we have identified a child of this union, who died at age 7 months in 1878. After that the family simply seems to disappear. We have considered that they may have gone overseas, or he may have gone alone, as there is some evidence of his wife perhaps having an illegitimate child in 1896, and another in a Workhouse in 1898. We have wondered if he might have been killed in the Zulu Wars. Is there any list of the dead from the Zulu Wars? Is there any way of finding out what Regiment of the RHA he might have been in? I'm assuming he was at the Royal Arsenal, but that's just a guess.

John

Subject: Re: Hugh Kelley, Gunner, RHA Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:07 pm

FJH. Hopefully someone might be able to tell you if he's on the medal roll.

Subject: Hugh Kelley Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:00 am

Hi FJH.
I had a quick look through the Artillery brigades in the Medal Roll and didnt find Kelley . Maybe 1879Graves will check again in
case I missed it . Idea

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cheers 90th.

Posts : 3387 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Hi FJH.

I have checked the Medal Roll and I am unable to find a H. Kelly or H. Kelley listed.

Posts : 7 Join date : 2011-02-06

Thanks for checking the medal rolls guys. I'm assuming that if he had been killed over there he would have gotten a medal posthumously? Of course he might have gone anywhere in the world, and never returned, so I first have to try to find out his battery and service number.

JVH

Posts : 3387 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Hi FJH

This is from the Marriages registered in April, May and June 1877 Marriages
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This is from the Marriages registered in July, August and September 1877
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This is from the Marriages registered in October, November and December 1877
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Could one of the above be your Gunner Hugh Kelly scratch

Posts : 7 Join date : 2011-02-06

Thanks, 1879, yes the third image is the correct one, citing Oct-Dec 1877 Woolwich Vol: 1d Page: 1487. I also have a copy of the hand-written marriage certificate, where he is shown as "Gunner RHA", but I have no actual military documentation or identification for him. Without a regimental number or a battery affiliation, and with neither of them appearing in census records after this point, we are sort of at a loss.

JVH

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