BORN HULL 1898. SON OF HENRY KIRBY (1863-1940) & CATHERINE BROWN (1865-1951), OF 17 BENJAMIN TERRACE, DALTON STREET, HULL, WILMINGTON. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. BEFORE ENLISTING, HE WORKED FOR MESSRS LOFTHOUSE, RISHWORTH AND INGLEBY’S FLOUR MILLS, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL.
HE SERVED WITH THE 3RD TYNESIDE IRISH. DIED, ON 11/04/1918. AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, HENRY.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/07/1919. *
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HAROLD KIRBY, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 07/07/1916, AGED 20.
First name:
FRANCIS SYDNEY
Military Number:
316218
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/04/1918
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
19
17 BENJAMIN TERRACE, DALTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
