Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. Kellett, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia during the capture of the Dahra Bend, near Kut al Amara, on 9 February 1917

1914-15 Star (13751 Pte. W. Kellett. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13751 Pte. W. Kellett. R. Lanc. R.); Memorial Plaque (William Kellett) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, good very fine (4) £140-£180

William Kellett was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, and attested there for the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 September 1915 and subsequently with the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia. He was killed in action during the capture of the Dahra Bend, near Kut al Amara, on 9 February 1917, prior to the capture of Baghdad. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Sold with a King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment silk scarf.