Kelly, Hugh 269040 (1892 - 1918)

Corporal, 1st/7th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Buried at St. Imoges Churchyard

Commemorated at City of Glasgow Roll of Honour at Glasgow City Chambers

Hugh Kelly was born in Busby, Glasgow in about 1892, the son of Hugh and Elizabeth Kelly. In 1907 he went to work for Commercial Bank of Scotland.

During the First World War Kelly left his job at the bank's Glasgow Bothwell Street branch to join the army. By 1917 he was a Corporal in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), on active service in France. He died on 20 July 1918 of wounds received in action. He was 26 years old.


Reproduced from RBS Remembers: www.rbsremembers.com