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Rifleman JOHN KIRBY

Service Number: 653896
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 December 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Sheffield. Son of John and Agnes Kirby, of Three Gables, South Border, Purley, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription IN PECTORE ROBUR
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1039
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