2nd Ltn.
Hartley Kirkby
Military Details
Regiment & Unit / Ship
4th South African Regiment
Enlisted
30 August 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
30 August 1915
Place of Enlistment
Transvaal ,South Africa
Residence at Enlistment
33 , 4th Avenue , Roodepoort, North Transvaal
Rank at Enlistment
Sgt .
Battalion at Enlistment
4th
Service History
War Office Daily List No.5539 13/4/1918 Listed as MIssing
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1894
Place of Birth
Cleator
Religion
C of E
Address
33 , 4th Avenue , Roodepoort, North Transvaal
Residence (Census)
53 Main Street , Cleator
Residence (Roll of Honour)
33 , 4th Avenue , Roodepoort, North Transvaal
Parents
Son of the late Sarah Lanyon ( formerly Kirkby)
Siblings
Annie Mary , Jonathan Lawson, David Robertson
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Blacksmith
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
24th March 1918
Age at Death
24
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of Marrieres Wood
Regiment at Death
South African Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
4th
Rank at Death
2nd Ltn.
Buried or Commemorated at
POZIERES MEMORIAL
Grave Position: Panels 95-98.
Private Memorial: Methodist Church Cleator Moor
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