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Second Lieutenant ALEXANDER CLAUDE KIRBY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

3rd Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

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III. J. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Ernest William and Katharine Sophia Kirby, of Woodend House, Walsall, Staffs.; husband of Williametta Kirby (nee Mayo), of Walsall.
  • Personal Inscription OF WALSALL FELL IN ACTION,AGED 24 LEAVING WIDOW & TWO SONS "HE GAVE"
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Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 419
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