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Pte. Francis Kelly
British Army 1st Btn. Black Watch
from:Dundee
(d.25th July 1916)
Frank Kelly, was the eldest of four brothers, all to join the Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment. He had previously served during the Boer War 1899-1902. He became a Territorial Soldier, and joined up full time in 1914 when war was declared.
He was killed in action on 25th of July 1916, during the Somme Offensive. His name appears on the Thiepval Memorial in France.