We remember William Francis Henry Pelly

We remember William Francis Henry Pelly

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1874
birth Roundstone, Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland United Kingdom Source:8679805 9th April 1874
1901
employment Assistant Arbuthnot and Co Madras India Source:9562601 29th April 1901
1901
marriage Rosa Theodora Davy Source:9562601 29th April 1901
1903
children John Denis Cavendish Pelly Source:9562764 23rd July 1903
1903
employment Assistant Messrs Arbuthnot and Co Source:9562764 28th August 1903
1903
location Nungumbankum India their own address Source:9562764 28th August 1903
1908
children Charles William Edmund Nigel Pelly Source:9562773 20th July 1908
1908
employment Exchange Broker Source:9562773 27th August 1908
1908
location Nungumbankum India their own address Source:9562773 27th August 1908
1914
employment Banker Dominion Trust Co Victoria, British Columbia Canada Source:8679805 17th September 1914
service British Army Serjeant 16726 Canadian Expeditionary Force Source:3464300
service British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion Source:8656605
service British Army Source:3464300
1916
death Killed in Action On the morning of the 'Great Offensive' William was leading No. 3 Company on the left of the Battalion, whose objective was named 'Lisnaskea' (R20 C4, Ref Map 57 SE) Thiepval, Somme, Picardie France Source:7442753 1st July 1916
burial Thiepval Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Pier 4D Source:9562816

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Francis Henry
Initials WFH
Last Name Pelly
Source 3464300
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Nungumbankum India their own address known 28th August 1903
Nungumbankum India their own address known 27th August 1908
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 16726 Canadian Expeditionary Force Serjeant
British Army Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion Captain
British Army
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Charles William Edmund Nigel Pelly son 20th July 1908
John Denis Cavendish Pelly son 23rd July 1903
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Charles Henry Pelly father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Rosa Theodora Davy wife 29th April 1901
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
Dark Brown Black
DateHeightSource
1914-09-17 6'2"
Religion
DateReligionSource
1914-09-17 Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

Media

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  • Cap Badge of Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
    Captain William Francis Henry Petty served in France with the RIF and fell there on the first day of the Somme.

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    Anne1202

  • Marriage of William + Rosa
    Aged 27, William Francis Henry Pelly, an assistant at Arbuthnot & Co (a mercantile bank), living at Madras, m. Rosa Theodora ('Dora') Davy, aged 24, living at Bangalore, at St Mark's Church, Bangalore, Madras on 29 Apr 1901. William's father: Charles Henry Pelly; Rosa's father: William Vinicombe Davy

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    Rachel58000

  • Baptism of William + Rosa's son John
    Baptism of William + Rosa's son John Denis Cavendish Pelly, 28 Aug 1903, at Madras Trinity Chapel, Mangalore

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    Rachel58000

  • Baptism of Charles William Edmund Nigel Pelly
    Baptism of Charles William Edmund Nigel Pelly, son of William ('Exchange Broker') and Rosa Pelly, Nungumbankum, at St Matthias Church, Madras, 27 Aug 1908

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    Rachel58000

  • War Diary (9th Inniskilling Fusiliers)
    War Diary (9th Inniskilling Fusiliers), #1

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    Rachel58000

  • War Diary, Iniskillings
    Exrtract from the War Diary of the Inniskilling Fusiliers

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    Rachel58000

  • St Mark's Church, Bangalore
    St Mark's Church, Bangalore, 1900 (by C H Doveton) - the church where William and Rosa were married on 29 Apr 1901

    Contributed by:
    Rachel58000

  • Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France
    'The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the UK and S African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 Mar 1918 and have no known grave'.

    Contributed by:
    Rachel58000

  • Captain WFH Pelly
    Inscription on Pier 4D of Thiepval Memorial

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    Rachel58000

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Anne1202
Canadian Expeditonary Force attestations 1914-1918 Transcription Catherine91214

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Multimedia

TitleConnected byMore information
Cap Badge of Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Anne1202
Marriage of William + Rosa Rachel58000
Baptism of William + Rosa's son John Rachel58000
Baptism of Charles William Edmund Nigel Pelly Rachel58000
War Diary (9th Inniskilling Fusiliers) Rachel58000
War Diary, Iniskillings Rachel58000
St Mark's Church, Bangalore Rachel58000
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France Rachel58000
Captain WFH Pelly Rachel58000

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