BORN MARSH CHAPEL, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1886. SON OF JOHN JAMES KIRKBY (1837-1927) & LUCY COOT (1844-1919). WIFE ROSA MAY HUBBARD IN 1909 AT GRAINTHORPE, LINCOLNSHIRE. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN AND LIVED AT MARFLEET AVENUE, MARFLEET LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 99 NEWMARKET, LOUTH.
A FORMER GROCER AND TEA DEALER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). KILLED IN ACTION AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/917, AGED 31.
HE IS BURIED AT LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “SORROW VANQUISHED LABOUR ENDED, JORDAN PASSED”. HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.
First name:
FREDERICK WILLIAM
Military Number:
3115
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
31
MARFLEET AVENUE, MARFLEET LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
