Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kelly ya yi aure tare da 'ya'ya shida kuma ya zauna a Stockport, yana aiki a gasworks. A watan Maris na 1915, watanni takwas bayan barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Farko, Kelly da ɗan'uwansa sun shiga cikin Rundunar Staffordshire ta Arewa. A ranar 8 ga Afrilu, 1916, an kashe Kelly a harin da aka kai kan Sannaiyat, Mesopotamiya, yayin kewaye da Kut
kuma an yi bikin tunawa da shi a Basra Memorial.