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Private WILLIAM NORMAN KIRKUP

Service Number: 32854
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAYEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Frances Emma Kirkup, of 3, Sydenham Villas, Spring Bank, Hull. Born in Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAYEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 216
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