Walter Kirk
Service number
23471
Military unit
78th Bn Canadian Infantry
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
11 Jul 1892
Date of death
17 Aug 1918 (26 years old)
Place of birth
Bingham
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
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Family history
Walter Kirk was born on 11th July 1892 and was the 26 year-old son of James Prior Kirk an author of novels and Lily Kirk, of The Banks, Bingham, Nottinghamshire.
His father was born in 1851 in Nottinghamshire and his mother Lily was born in 1866 in Uppingham , they went on to marry in Uppingham in 1886 and had the following children , Margaret b1890 Ratcliffe, Dorothy b1891 and Walter b1892 Bingham.
In the 1901 census the family are living at the Banks at Bingham
Military history
Private Walter Kirk, 78th Canadian Infantry Battalion, died of wounds on 17th August 1918. He had been severely wounded, a gunshot wound to the throat on 9th August 1918. He was buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport,
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Walter Kirk
Mount Huon Military Cemetery, France