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Lance Corporal G S KIRBY

Service Number: 53635
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

114th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 04 June 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

III. B. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Sarah Jane Kirby, of 1, Salem Rd., Burbage, Hinckley.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT THOSE HE LOVED MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1206
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