Education
Harvey-Kelly was educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst.
Harvey-Kelly was educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst.
He was commissioned in 1905 and appointed to the Indian Army in 1906 where he served in East Africa (Somaliland) between 1908 and 1910. Harvey-Kelly served with the Indian Contingent at the Coronation of King George VI in 1911. During World War I he fought on the North West frontier (having been ill when his unit was shipped to the Western Front).
He was mentioned in despatches three times, was made a Brevet Major and was awarded the Defence Science Organisation in June 1919.
1905: Commissioned a 2nd lieutenant on 18 January 1905
1906: Posted to the 127th Baluch Light Infantry and becomes a Double Company Officer, part of the Indian Army
1907: Promoted to Lieutenant on 19 April 1907
1911: Company officer & adjutant
1914: Promoted to Captain on 18 January 1914
1917: becomes a Brevet Major on 3 June 1917
1919: Awarded the Defence Science Organisation
1920: Promoted to Major on 18 January 1920
1928: retires the Indian Army, and promoted Lieutenant Colonel on retirement
Harvey-Kelly later retired to his native Ireland, eventually settling in Clonhugh, Company Westmeath where he died in 1982.