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Family :
Edward Frederick Kelaart was born in Ceylon (probably at Trincomolie), to Edward Frederick (Senior) and mother Elizabeth. His father died on the 31st August 1860 on the ship in the family's passage back to Britain and was noted as a Lieutenant Colonel and Medical Doctor Staff Surgeon of HM Army. More notably he is credited with being a respected physicist and naturalist. Edward's baptism is recorded on 13th February 1861 at St Alphege, Greenwich.He married Edith Mary Dunbar (nee Malam) 14th July, 1887 at St. James, Buxton, Derby, England but was already living at 36, St Johns Park, Blackheath, Kent from at least early 1887. At the time of the 1891 census he is recorded at 12 Old Chatham Road, with wife and daughter Phyllis and by 1900 had moved to 4 Lansdowne Place, Blackheath. His career improved his situation and towards the latter part of his life is recorded living at addresses in Marylebone.
Education & Career :
He was in the Blucher House of the Wellington College between 1872 and 1877.
Edward Kelaart became a stockbroker by profession, listed as a Stock Exchange Clerk (1881) and seen with applications to the Stock Exchange to be a 'Jobber' from 1887. He had an office at 1 Shorter's Court, London and later at the White House, Telegraph Street E.C. His probate record shows him resident at the time of his death at 31 Throgmorton Street, and the Stock Exchange perhaps indicating that his life revolved around the business of making money.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Not Yet Known |
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| Action : Post War |
Post War includes all operations in all theatres up to 31st August 1921. This excludes the campaign in Russia against the Bolsheviks. It also includes men who succombed to wounds post war and who died from various causes whilst still in the services but post war.
2nd Lieutenant (12th February, 1896 -London Gazette, Issue 26708, Page 789)
Captain (1902)
Major (1914)
Detail :
He was 59 when he died at the Harewood House Hotel, Tunbridge Wells on 11th June 1919, and not unfeasible that he finally succumb to wounds sustained during the Great War.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Old Wellingtonian No. 3404 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
16th January 1914 | 20th February 1914 | 26th June 1914 |
Kelaart was initiated into the Old Wellingtonian Lodge No 3404.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley