Lieutenant Colonel HENRY DENNE HIRST
Regiment & Unit/Ship
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Cdg. 3rd Bn.
Date of Death
Died 16 May 1918
Age 53 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of the Rev. Thomas Hirst and Emma Hirst, of Canterbury; husband of Iris Temple Hirst, of 58, Bouverie Rd. West, Folkestone. Commanded 3rd Bn. from 1st July, 1912, until his death. Served in the South African War. (Mentioned in Despatches).
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