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Captain CLAUDE RICHARD KIRKE

Service Number: R0/2420
Regiment & Unit/Ship

6th Rajputana Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 December 1941

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

3. H. 9.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Claude Cecil Augustus and Mabel Kirke, of Milton Clevedon, Somerset; husband of Joan Ogilvie Kirke, of Wadhurst, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription HE LOVED LIFE, HOME, FRIENDS. COURAGE, STEADFASTNESS AND HUMOUR WERE HIS
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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