James KIRKBRIDE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: KIRKBRIDE

Forename(s): James

Place of Birth: Worton, Yorkshire

Service No: 44445

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Essex Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

Division: ---

Age: 25

Date of Death: 1920-10-24

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: South-West of Church.

CWGC Cemetery: ASKRIGG (ST. OSWALD) CHURCHYARD

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: ASKRIGG, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: BAINBRIDGE, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

James was the son of Thomas and Margaret Kirkbride, née Terry. Thomas was born at Gayle and Margaret at Askrigg, Yorkshire.

1901 Worton, Yorkshire Census: James Kirkbride, aged 6 years, born Aysgarth [Parish], Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Margaret Kirkbride.

1911 Askrigg, Yorkshire Census: James Kirkbride, aged 16 years, born Worton, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Margaret Kirkbride.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte J. Kirkbride, 44445, Essex R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte J. Kirkbride, 44445, 9/Essex.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for James. Date of Discharge: 7.3.19. Address: Townhead Farm, Askrigg. Disabilities: Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

CWGC gives James's battalion as the 3rd [Reserve] Battalion Essex Regiment, but he served abroad with the 9th (Service) Bn Essex Regiment (12th Division).

James’s nephew, Sergeant (Pilot) Sydney Chapman Kirkbride (566117), 37 Squadron R.A.F. lost his life in the Second World War. He is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery near Soltau, Germany.

A short biography of James is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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