Edmond Kelly

Servant of God

Canon Edmond Kelly

SJ
Servant of God; Canon Edmond Kelly; SJ
Born	8 June 1874; Newtown, New Inn, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	11 October 1955 (aged 81); St John of God University Hospital, Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland
Branch	British Army
Service years	1915–1917
Rank	Military chaplain
Unit	8th Royal Irish Fusiliers
Conflicts	First World War Battle of Loos; Battle of the Somme Battle of Ginchy; ; Battle of Messines; Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Langemarck; ;
Awards	Military Cross; Mentioned in dispatches;

Canon Edmond Kelly MC (8 June 1874 – 11 October 1955) was an Irish Catholic priest who served as a military chaplain with the British Army during the First World War. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 for gallantry during the Battle of Passchendaele near Ypres. After the war, he returned to parish work in County Tipperary and served as Parish Priest of Killenaule and Moyglass from 1934 until his death in 1955.