BORN GRIMSBY, 1897. ONLY SON OF HERBERT WILLIAM KIRBY AND THE LATE JULIA ANN MANN (1872-1916), OF 4, ARLINGTON VILLAS, HALLGATE, COTTINGHAM (1911 CENSUS) AND 20, WOODLANDS, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A COMPOSITOR. HE HAD THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A BOBBIN CARRIERS IN A COTTON SPINNING MILL.
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/10/1917, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
First name:
HENRY HERBERT ALAN
Military Number:
240271
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
20
20, WOODLANDS, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
