BORN LEEDS 1899. ONLY SON OF JANE BROOK (1871-1939) & THE LATE JOSEPH DIXON KIRKWOOD (1867-1919), 18 BULLER GROVE, HAREHILLS, LEEDS. A CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON THE 12/09/1916, AGED 17 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. HIS ARMY ADDRESS WAS 60 SHARP STREET, HULL. HE WAS CALLED UP ON 27/04/1917. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP. POSTED TO THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT ON 01/11/1917. WOUNDED AND DIED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1918, AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 343 DAYS. BURIED AT MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, MARNE, FRANCE. HIS FATHER DIED SOON AFTER.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, WHO MOVED WITH HER DAUGHTER, DOROTHY TO LEEDS.
First name:
CYRIL
Military Number:
53941
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/07/1918
Place died:
Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France
Age:
19
