Private
Richard Kirkby
Military Details
Regiment & Unit / Ship
6th Battalion Border Regiment
Enlisted
August 1914
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
August 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
42 Trumpet Road , Cleator
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
6th
Service Number at Enlistment
10913
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1890
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
42 Trumpet Road,Cleator
Residence (Census)
154 Ennerdale Road , Cleator Moor (with Aunt & Uncle)
Residence (Roll of Honour)
42 Trumpet Road,Cleator
Parents
Son of John & Agnes Kirkby
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Grocer
Work Address
Cleator Moor Co-operative Society
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
30th August 1915
Age at Death
25
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Gallipoli
Theater of Action
Dardenelles
Battle
Batlle of Suvla Bay
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
6th Battalion
Rank at Death
Private
Notes
Nephew of John Joseph and Georgina Cunningham ,with whom Richard Kirkby lived in the 1891,1901 ,1911 census
Buried or Commemorated at
HELLES MEMORIAL
Grave Position: Panel 120 to 126 or 222 and 223.
Private Memorial: Primitive Methodists roll of honour/Cleator Moor Methodists church/St Marys Church Cleator
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