Hero to Zero?: Jack Sherwood Kelly

Hero to Zero?: Jack Sherwood Kelly

Event Details

  • 29 Apr 25 19:30 - 29 Apr 25 20:45
  • Lecture
  • Zoom Talk

Hero to Zero?: Jack Sherwood Kelly - the fascinating story of a maverick South African who commanded two 29th Division battalions in the Dardanelles and on the Western Front, was awarded a VC after Cambrai... and was court-martialled within 2 years of the war's end... 

Steve Warburton is a former history teacher who has spent too many years saying he's going to write a book about Gallipoli. He is a regular speaker about the 29th Division at WFA events, has contributed to GA conferences and education materials and published his grandfather's Gallipoli diary in blogpost format https://gallipolifirstandlast.blogspot.com

The Zoom talk will be open from 19.15 so please join promptly. Talk will begin at 19.30 UK time. 

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