BORN HULL 1880. SON OF JOHN EDWARD KIRKLAND (1854-1929) & MARTHA WILKINSON (1855-1931), 57 LEONARD STREET, HULL. SON OF A BREWER’S AGENT. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WAS A CASHIER AT A PATENT & MEDICINAL COMPANY, LIVING AT 57, LEONARD STREET, HULL
MARRIED AT HULL, ON 6TH SEPTEMBER, 1911. HIS WIFE CLARA MARGARET MARTIN, LIVED AT “LLANBERIS HOUSE”, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS).
ACCIDENTALLY DIED AT FORT GRAIN, HOO, KENT, ON 29/09/1916,AGED 36. BURIED IN HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CLARA. HE LEFT £216 IN HIS WILL TO CLARA WHO MOVED TO 34, CRANBROOK AVENUE, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS)
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, ST JOHNS, NEWLAND, CLOUGH ROAD, HULL.
HIS SISTER ELSIE KIRKLAND (1885-191) DIED AT HULL, ON 19TH JUNE 1918, AGED 32.
