Rifleman Joseph Walter Kirby
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1894
Date of Death
26 Sep 1917
War time / or Pre War occupation
Shoeing-smith
Employer
Luton Corporation
Regiment
Medals Awarded
Service Number
474416
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
9 Old Bedford Road
Luton
Place of Death
Belgium
Grave Location
No known grave
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luton News , 18th October 1917
Rifleman Joseph Walter Kirby, 474416, 2/12th Battalion London Regiment (ex-1907, Royal Army Medical Corps), was killed in action on September 26th, 1917. A letter from the Front said he was shot in the head by a German sniper.
The 23-year-old was a son of Walter and Rose Kirby, of 9 Old Bedford Road, Luton. He enlisted first in the East Anglian Royal Engineers at the outbreak of war, having been a shoeing-smith employed in the Luton Corporation Yard. He was transferred to several other regiments before finally joining the London Regiment.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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