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- 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Stockports Soldier Thomas KELLY part of NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT on STOCKPORT memorial and buried at Basra Memorial, Iraq". www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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