2/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

2/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry was a second line territorial unit formed in September 1914. They served in India from late 1914 to 1918.

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2/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
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Kessell Walter. Pte. (d.30th October 1918 )
Welch Francis Harry. Pte. (d.31st Oct 1918)
Welch Francis Harry. Pte. (d.31st Oct 1918)

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Pte. Francis Harry Welch 2/4th Btn. Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry (d.31st Oct 1918)

Francis Harry Welch died on 31st October 1918, aged 21 and is buried in the Delhi War Cemetery in India. He was the son of William Henry and Keturah Jane Welch of Stepps Advent Cornwall.
An extract taken from the Cornish & Devon Post dated 30/11/1918: We produce above a portrait of Private F. H. Welch, D.C.L.I., second son of Mr & Mrs W. H. Welch of Advent, Camelford whose death in India from influenza at the age of 21 years we recorded last week. A bright and cheerful boy, he was beloved by all who new him. Private Welch enlisted in 1914 and had been in India nearly two years. An elder brother is in India and another is serving this country. The bereaved family called upon to mourn the loss of an excellent son have the sympathy of one and all.
s flynn

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Pte. Walter Kessell 2/4th Battalion Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry (d.30th October 1918 )

Walter Kessell was my great great Uncle. The youngest of his siblings. He signed up in 1914 in Truro from his home in Ludgvan, trained in Salisbury Plain and was transported travelled across India. His father died in 1915, his mother 1920.
Walter was one of a few who died of the epidemic of flu that took over his battalion at the end of the war. He never came home. He, along with a fellow soldier who died at the same time, (the influenza 12) were remembered in a service at St James Church in Delhi with a plaque unveiled.
His sister was my great grandmother who was married with children at his death and no one knew of Walter until I did my tree. I believe no one spoke of him through the family. I found his medals were returned in 1920 (presumably due to no next of kin being found although his war pension went to his mother, sister and next brother after he died)
I don't have a photograph but hold his memory now along with my family. His name is on the Ludgvan War memorial in Cornwall.
Helen Brugts

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Pte. Francis Harry Welch 2nd/4th Btn. Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry (d.31st Oct 1918)

Francis Harry Welch Died 31st October 1918, aged 21 and is buried in the Delhi War Cemetery, India. He was the son of William Henry and Keturah Jane Welch of Stepps Advent Cornwall
Extract taken from the Cornish & Devon Post dated 30/11/1918: "We produce above a portrait of Private F. H. Welch, D.C.L.I., second son of Mr & Mrs W. H. Welch of Advent, Camelford whose death in India from influenza at the age of 21 years we recorded last week. A bright and cheerful boy, he was beloved by all who new him. Private Welch enlisted in 1914 and had been in India nearly two years. An elder brother is in India and another is serving this country. The bereaved family called upon to mourn the loss of an excellent son have the sympathy of one and all."
s flynn

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