Dendermonde Communal Cemetery, Belgium - Remembrance ceremony

Saturday 15th October 2022 a remembrance ceremony was held for Air Mechanic 2nd Class Cornelius Kelly. The commemoration included Dr Ina Kelly as the great-niece of Irish gunner Kelly. The Canadian pilot Lieutenant Percy Byron McNally was also commemorated. Mayor Piet Buyse gave a short historical explanation and paid tribute to these two fallen.

 

Air Mechanic 2nd Class Cornelius Kelly - 87597

55th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps

Died 13 August 1917 Age 19

 

Lieutenant Percy Byron McNally

50th Bn. Canadian Infantry and 55th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps

Died 13 August 1917 Age 30