BORN HULL 1901. THIRD SON OF EDWARD HODGSON KIRKUP & (ELIZABETH) ELLEN EARNSHAW, OF 8, BELLE VUE VILLAS, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. SON OF A LOCOMOTIVE DRIVER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN “A” COMPANY, 52ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY (TRAINING BATTALION). DIED ON 28/03/1919, AGED 18.
BURIED IN A CWGC GRAVE AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS ELDEST BROTHER, PRIVATE, ERNEST EARNSHAW KIRKUP, 13/453, SERVED IN THE 13TH EYR AND WAS WOUNDED IN BOTH LEGS AND ABDOMEN. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY, ON 6TH JUNE 1917.
First name:
ROBERT EDWARD
Military Number:
TR5/172654
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/03/1919
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
18
