BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HERBERT KIRKWOOD (1864-1900) & ANNIE STEERS HARDMAN (1869-1948). HIS MOTHER REMARRIED AND HIS STEPFATHER WAS JOSEPH HARDMAN, OF 126 ST MARKS STREET, HULL AND 9, CAROLINE PLACE, CHARLES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A BEER BOTTLER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 17TH APRIL 1915. KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS, ON 23RD APRIL 1917, AGED 22. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ANNIE. HE COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HE LEFT A BROTHER, JOHN EDWARD KIRKWOOD (1892-1949). HIS SISTER, BEATRICE MARY KIRKWOOD, DIED IN 1892 AGED 1 YEARS OLD.
HIS OTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE, ERNEST WILLIAM KIRKWOOD, 12/733, 12TH EYR, WAS KILLED AT OPPY WOOD, A MONTH LATER, ON 3RD MAY 1917.
