26078 Colonel Edward Orlando KELLETT, DSO, Royal Armoured Corps: 22/03/1943

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    Personal Number: 26078
    Rank: Colonel
    Name: Edward Orlando KELLETT, DSO
    Unit: Royal Armoured Corps


    London Gazette : 2 February 1923
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32792/page/806/data.pdf
    The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Military College, to be 2nd Lts. 1st Feb. 1923: —
    FOOT GUARDS.
    Irish Gds.—
    Edward Orlando Kellett.

    London Gazette : 1 March 1930
    TERRITORIAL ARMY
    Lieutenant, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
     
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    COLONEL EDWARD ORLANDO KELLETT, DSO... 26078

    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E20607 : Object description - Original wartime caption: The Army Commander pins the D.S.O. on to Lieut. Colonel E.O. Kellett, M.P. for Ashton Division of Birmingham. His regiment is the Notts (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry. Photo taken by Sergeant Drennan. Catalogued 28d12m1942.

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    COLONEL EDWARD ORLANDO KELLETT
    Service Number: 26078
    Regiment & Unit/Ship
    Royal Armoured Corps
    Nottinghamshire Yeomanry
    Date of Death
    Died 22 March 1943
    Age 40 years old
    Buried or commemorated at
    SFAX WAR CEMETERY
    XIII. A. 12.
    Tunisia
    Secondary Unit, Regimentand Commands and Staff General Staff
    Country of Service : United Kingdom
    Awards : Distinguished Service Order
    Additional Info : M.P. for Aston Division of Birmingham, 1939 to 1943. Son of Major-General Richard Orlando Kellett, C.B., C.M.G., and of Eleanor Emily Kellett (nee Mallock); husband of Helen Myrtle Dorothy Kellett, of Paddington, London.
    Personal Inscription : COMMANDED THE
     
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