BORN DONCASTER, 1882. SON OF CHRISTOPHER AND MARY KIRTON, OF 48, MARKET PLACE, DONCASTER AND 17, KINGS ROAD, DONCASTER (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A FRUIT DEALER. HE HAD TWO ELDER SISTERS AND AN OLDER BROTHER FREDERICK.
HE WAS A RAILWAY CLERK, LIVING AT 2, BRUNNANBURG TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL (1910 KELLYS DIRECTORY)
HE ENLISTED IN DONCASTER. SERVED WITH THE 16TH LONDON REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/08/1917, AGED 35. HE IS BURIED AT HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
HE LEFT £147 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, MARY.
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE STONE PILLAR MEMORIAL, ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
First name:
WILFRED
Military Number:
552597
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/08/1917
Place died:
Hooge Crater Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
35
2, BRUNANBURGH TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
