Winston Churchill helps Frederick Kelly join up. My new Substack - an extra to our new book on Kelly: 'To Gallipoli and the Somme' martincross.substack.com/p/winston-chur…
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Why couldn’t Kelly join up in August 1914? martincross.substack.com/p/kelly-joins-…
If you are interested in music, the First World War, or maybe rowing, then the amazing story of Frederick Kelly is for you. Read his first ever biography amazon.co.uk/dp/1036190358/…
www.amazon.co.uk To Gallipoli and the Somme: F. S Kelly; War hero, Olympic champion and Pianist Composer It was a performance unique in the history of music. In mid-September 1916 soldiers of a battalion brass band walked into position just a 100 yards in front of a 4.5-inch British howitzer battery.... @legardj and me at the fab launch of the first ever biography of Frederick Kelly: ‘To Gallipoli and the Somme’ War Hero Olympic Champion Pianist and Composer
Hot off the press. 1st copy of the first ever biography of Frederick Kelly: To Gallipoli and the Somme @penswordbooks
