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Thomas Kelly
Thomas Kelly (May 6, 1880 - April 28, 1916) was a British soldier who served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force from 1915 up until his death a year later. Thomas Kelly was born on May 6, 1880 in Barheen, Ireland, but was abandoned as an infant and was adopted days after his birth. He was renamed to Richard P. Grennell and baptized Roman Catholic by his adoptive family in Wexford, Ireland. The Grennell family moved to Liverpool, England in 1891 and had their surname anglicized from Grannal to Grennell. Thomas, now known as Richard, worked as a fireman in Liverpool and married Mary Ann Grennell (neé Nolan) on May 28, 1902. They had three children, Elizabeth (1904-1987), Richard (1906-1911) and Nelly (1911-1911). Only one of the children survived past childhood. The Grennell family moved to New Zealand in the early 1910s, cutting all ties with England and Ireland. Richard joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (N.Z.E.F) in 1915 and served in the Gallipoli campaign, which he received the 1914-15 star for after his death. He also took back his birth name of Thomas Kelly once he joined the army. Thomas' service number was 10/3315. When the N.Z.E.F landed in Marseilles, France in April 1916, Thomas died roughly a week after on April 28, 1916 of pneumonia and colitis, age 35.