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L/Cpl. Michael Kelly
British Army 547th (Kent) Field Company Royal Engineers

After many years of research, I discovered that my paternal grandfather, Michael Kelly, was admitted to the Wakefield Asylum in August 1918 suffering from the effects of shell-shock. He spent the rest of his life in mental institutions dying in 1961. It was from his medical records I discovered his unit. The 547th (Kent) Field Company, RE did not arrive in France until June 1918 and the War Diary tells me they were not involved in any action in this period. I can surmise that he may have been wounded prior to June 1918 attached to a Tunneling Company, and they saw to his physical wounds before interning him into Wakefield in August.
Can anyone tell me of the Tunnelling Coy that the 547th may have seconded Sappers to?

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