BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM KIRBY & REBEKAH ANN (LEADLEY), OF 55, MAYFIELD STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE WAS A BRICKLAYER, LIVING AT 58, SYMONS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1916, AGED 34.
COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
8086
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/10/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
34
