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Lance Corporal J E KIRBY

Service Number: 5524
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

II. E 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Martha Annie Kirby, of London.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR BOY WHO DIED IN THE FLOWER OF HIS YOUTH
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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