Colonel Edward Orlando Kellett (19 May 1902 – 22 March 1943) was an English Member of Parliament and British Army officer who was killed in action during the fighting in Tunisia during the Second World War.
The son of Major-General Richard Orlando Kellett, Kellett graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Irish Guards on 1 February 1923.London Gazette 32792 In 1928 he was confirmed as a lieutenant in the reserves.London Gazette 33444 On 1 March 1930 he transferred to the Territorial Army (TA) as a lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry.London Gazette 33584 By 1939 he was a major and in May 1939 was elected as Member of Parliament for Birmingham Aston.London Gazette 34628 He was also a big game hunter.
The Second World War saw him fighting in Tunisia as a colonel of the Royal Armoured Corps. Kellett is prominently featured in Keith Douglas' memoir 'Alamein to Zem Zem', where he is referred to under the pseudonym 'Piccadilly Jim'. Kellett was killed in action by a shell which hit his tank during the fighting in North Africa. He is buried in Section XIII, Row A, Grave 12 at Sfax War Cemetery.CWGC entry.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56525956/edward_orlando-kellett
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