Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kelly akanga akaroorwa nevana vatanhatu uye aigara zvikurukuru muStockport, achishanda pabasa regasi. Muna March 1915, mwedzi misere pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika I, Kelly nomunun'una wake vakapinda muNorth Staffordshire Regiment. Musi wa 8 Kubvumbi 1916, Kelly akaurayiwa pakurwiswa kweSannaiyat, Mesopotamia, panguva yeKut Siege
uye anoyeukwa paBasra Memorial.