Colonel Edward Orlando Kellett DSO ( † 22 March 1943 Tunisia) was a British Member of Parliament and British Army officer who was killed in action during fighting in Tunisia during World War II.
Kellett graduated from Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was appointed as a second lieutenant in the Irish Guards on 1 February 1923.[1] In 1928 he was confirmed as a lieutenant in the reserves.[2] On 1 March 1930 he joined the Territorial Army as a lieutenant in the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry.[3] By 1939 he was a major and in May 1939 was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Aston[4] World War II saw him fighting in Tunisia as a colonel of the Royal Armoured Corps. He was killed in March 1943 during the fighting in North Africa. Colonel Kellett was laid to rest in Sfax War Cemetery.[5]
The son of Major-General Richard Orlando Kellett, C.B., C.M.G., Kellett was known as a big game hunter.[6]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Arthur Hope |
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Aston 1939–1943 |
Succeeded by Redvers Michael Prior |