BORN TANKERSLEY, YORKS, 06/11/1887. SON OF WILLIAM KIRK (1859-1932) & BETSY HELEN BENNETT (1862-1945), OF CHESTNUT VILLA, NORTH CAVE, BROUGH (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 3, FARNLEY SQUARE, ELLA STREET, HULL. SECOND OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A COLLIERY CLERK, LIVING AT 2 VERMONT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE “HULL COMMERCIALS”, AS PRIVE 10/377, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE WHERE HE WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, SERVING AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/06/1918, AGED 30.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL.
HE IS BURIED AT AVAL WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQUIN, NORD, FRANCE.
First name:
ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
10/377
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
28/06/1918
Place died:
AVAL WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQUIN, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
30
3, FARNLEY SQUARE, ELLA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
