Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (96303 Gunr. M. Kelly. 18th Co. P. Dvn. R.A.) initial officially corrected, edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-£90

Martin Kelly was born in Gorton, Manchester, in 1875, and attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 3 March 1893. Posted to the North West Frontier of India from 12 October 1895 to 28 October 1898, followed by 3 years in Aden, he is recorded as absent from Section “B” of the Army Reserve on 30 September 1903; his conduct was later described as ‘very good’ with Kilkerrin, County Galway, being recorded as a forwarding address in his Army Service Record.