Major Christopher Patrick John O’Kelly

1. Major, 52nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
2. Major (Army). 1922-03-01 to 1922-11-01
3. Captain, 52nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-12-02 to 1922-03-01
4. Captain, 52nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-09-19 to 1917-12-02
5. Lieutenant, 52nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-02-19 to 1917-09-19
6. Lieutenant (Army). 1916-02-26 to 1917-02-19
7. Lieutenant (Army). 1915-10-10 to 1916-02-26

Military Cross (Vimy Ridge)
Description: Written up in the London Gazette #30466 from January 8, 1918.
Date of award: 1917-09-19
Notes: Canadian War Museum, Ottawa

Victoria Cross (Paschendale)
Description: Written up in the London Gazette #30471, January 8, 1918
Date of award: 1917-10-26
Notes: Canadian War Museum

Then a Lieutenant, he was awarded the Military Cross for actions at Vimy Ridge on September 19th 1917. He was promoted to Captain shortly thereafter and on October 17th, 1917 was awarded the Victoria Cross at Paschendale. He was wounded at Cambrai on September 28, 1918 and survived the war. After the war he rejoined The Winnipeg Rifles as a Major. He died on a prospecting trip near Red Lake, Ontario, in November 1922.

This information comes from an article in the CSMMI Journal from 1998 and was authored by MWO George J. Romick.