Eric Macuen Kirkbride
Attended Brunts School before being employed as a salesman at Messr G Marchant & Sons, tailors
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Son of James and Clara Kirkbride, of 44 King Edward Avenue, Mansfield.
Siblings: Evelyn, Gwendolyn and Kenneth as well as half siblings Mary and Frances.
Married Edith Mary McNaughton in 1936 and they had one daughter, Hilary born in May 1939. They lived at 109 Berry Hill Road, Mansfield.
3/10/1941: Mansfield Dispatch Rider's Death. After Having Leg Amputated.
Pte Eric Kirkbride, 32, of Berry Hill Road, Mansfield stationed in the south of England as a dispatch rider sustained severe injuries in an accident whilst on duty and died after an attempt had been made to save his life by amputation of his leg.
A married man with one child he was employed in civil life in the Mansfield tailoring business of Messrs G marchant and Sons. He was a well known member of the local Congregational church.
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 26/12/1941. Mansfield Man Reported Missing.
L/cpl Kenneth J Kirkbride, 28, son of Mr 7 Mrs J Kirkbride of 44 King Edward Ave, Mansfield is reported missing in the Middle East. He had come through the evacuation of Dunkirk. He was despatch rider with the Royal Corps of Signals. His older brother, Eric, also a despatch rider had been fatally injured last October on service duty.
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser 23/1/1942:
L/cpl Kirkbride who was reported missing in the Middle East is now stated to be safe.
He was a Prisoner of War in Bardia but has recently been released.
Kenneth survived the war only dying in 1995.
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