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KIRBY Arthur Maurice Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20866
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- KIRBY Arthur Maurice Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: KIRBY;
Forename(s): Arthur Maurice;
Initials: AM;
Rank: Lieut;
Born in: Maunby, Thirsk;
Resided in: Northallerton;
Previous Battalion: 5 of;
Previous Regiment: DLI;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 207 Coy;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 25-Sep-1917;
Other Data: born 23/5/1898 at Maunby, Thirskl, Yorks. Father Robert Kirby (farmer) and Mother: Mary Isabella (nee Nesbit)
educ: Northallerton Gr Sch. Occ: Student.
Served as 3061 2 Coy 2/4 Yorks Regt at Cramlington from 20/11/1914 - 23/07/1915
joined 207 Coy from Base 7/6/1917 - war diary
see war diary 207 Coy for description of death - killed by shellfire
Estate £137/12/4d
Brass Memorial Plaque: St Peters Church, Ostmotherly, N Yorks;Other Notes: KIRBY, Lieutenant, ARTHUR MAURICE, 5th Bn. Durham Light Infantry attd. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 25th September 1917. Age 19. Son of Robert and Mary Isabella Kirby, of Thimbleby Grange, Northallerton. Panel 128 to 131 and 162 and 162A Tyne Cot Memorial - Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
Related National Archives files: WO374/39860;
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- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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