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KIDD Balmer 2/Lt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20858

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SKR/DAT/IP/20858
Title
KIDD Balmer 2/Lt
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: KIDD;

Forename(s): Balmer;

Initials: B;

Rank: 2/Lt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 137 Coy;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 19-Mar-1918;

Other Data: arrived from Base as reinforcement 15/6/1917
Member of Durham University Officers' Training Corps. Arms.; 2nd Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps; Machine Gun Corps, France. 1917-1918; Died of Wounds, Bethune, March 19th 1918.;

Other Notes: KIDD, Second Lieutenant, BALMER, 137th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died of wounds 19th March 1918. Age 20. Son of Jonathan Kidd, of Balmer, Egglestone, Darlington. V. B. 7. Chocques Military Cemetery - Pas De Calais, France.;

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Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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Machine Gun Corps Database

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KIDD Balmer 2/Lt