Private
John Pattinson Kirkby
Military Details
Service Number: S/11752
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st Seaforth Highlanders
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
Colne , Lancahire
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
1st
Service Number at Enlistment
S/11752
Personal Details
Date of Birth
Jan 1889
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Residence (Census)
92 Trumpet Terrace , Cleator Moor
Parents
John & late Agnes (nee Pattinson) Kirkby
Siblings
Richard
Family Connection
Brother of Richard Kirkby KIA at Gallipoli
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Painter
Work Address
Mr Taylor , Colne
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
11th July 1916
Age at Death
27
Circumstances of Death
Accidently Drowned
Place of Death
Iraq
Theater of Action
Meopotamia
Regiment at Death
Seaforth Highlanders
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Grave Position: VI. P. 14.
Private Memorial: St Johns War memorial
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