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Surname: LAMBERT
Forename(s): Samuel Kirk
Place of Birth: Aysgarth, Yorkshire
Service No: 30337
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1917-11-12
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. M. 30.
CWGC Cemetery: CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COTTERDALE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HARDRAW, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SEDBUSK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Samuel Kirk Lambert was the son of Frances Lambert (born Askrigg, c. 1874), daughter of John and Frances Mary Lambert, née Halton. John was born at Leas House near Askrigg and Frances Mary at Askrigg, Yorkshire. Samuel’s mother married Wilfred Kirk (born Cotterdale, Yorkshire, c. 1855) in 1899. Wilfred's sister, Margaret Kirk, was the mother of Private Michael Akrigg (268427) (q.v.). Wilfred and Margaret’s half-brother, John Brunskill, was the father of Private Wilfred Brunskill (532529) (q.v.).
1901 Cotterdale, Yorkshire Census: Cotterdale Road - Samuel K. Lambert, aged 6 years, born Aysgarth, Yorkshire, grandson of Margaret Kirk, widow. [Wilfred, Frances, Samuel and daughter Margaret were living with Wilfred's mother.]
1911 Cotterdale, Yorkshire Census: Samuel Kirk Lambert, aged 16 years, born Askrigg, Yorkshire, son of Frances and stepson of Wilfred Kirk.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Samuel K. Lambert, 30337, York. R. Dead.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Samuel K. Lambert, 30337, 2/York. R.; 9/York. R.; 6/York. R. Dead.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Samuel Kirk Lambert, 30337, 6th Bn Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 12.11.17. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and Sole Legatee - Frances Kirk. £15 8s. 3d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Samuel using the surname of both Lambert and Kirk. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Frances Kirk. Relationship: Mother. Address: Cotterdale, Hawes, Yorkshire. Dead 25.11.27.
Samuel is commemorated on the Cotterdale, Hardraw, Hawes and Sedbusk Memorials as 'Samuel Kirk'.
A short biography of Samuel 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: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
LAMBERT, Samuel K., Yorkshire Regiment, Cotterdale, died of wounds Nov. 12, 1917.
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Private Samuel Kirk LAMBERT
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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23 November 1917
LAMBERT – November 12th 1917 from wounds received in action, Private Samuel Kirk Lambert, Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Kirk Lambert, Cotterdale, near Hawes, aged 23 years.
23 November 1917
HAWES – COTTERDALE SOLDIER’S SACRIFICE
The desolating hand of war has reached out and touched for the first time the tiny outlying hamlet of Cotterdale near Hawes, and one of its sons, Pte. Samuel Kirk Lambert, Yorkshire Regiment, has fallen for his country, succumbing on November 12th to wounds received in action. The deceased soldier, who was only 23 years of age, enlisted in June 1916, and went to France three months later. The sad news of his death was conveyed to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Kirk, Cotterdale, in an official notification. This was followed by a letter from the chaplain, which bears eloquent testimony to the splendid character of the young soldier:–
“Dear Mrs. Kirk, – News will have already reached you that your son, Pte. S. K. Lambert, died of wounds yesterday – news, the meaning of which to you I can only guess. But in spite of the sorrow it must bring, is there not also in it a note of triumph for those of us who believe in the love of God? I was with your boy before he passed away and he sent you the message of his love. He was a splendid boy and you may well be proud of such a son. It was my privilege to lay him to rest today in a little cemetery behind the lines. Your son gave his life for his country and for love of you. I may say that God will give you His own comfort and the peace which passeth understanding.”
Much sympathy is felt for the parents in their sad bereavement.
15 November 1918
KIRK – In loving memory of our dear nephew and cousin, Private Samuel Kirk, who was killed in action November 12th, 1917.
Somewhere in France, in a lonely grave,
Beside his comrades he is laid;
A loving nephew and cousin dear,
None at his grave to shed a tear.
No one who knew him need ever be told,
A warmer heart death never made cold.
From his loving Aunt, Uncle and Cousins at Cotterdale.
KIRK – In loving memory of our dear son, Samuel Kirk, who died of wounds in France, November 12th, 1917, aged 23 years.
It may be a soldier’s honour
For his country’s cause to fall;
But we cannot think of the glory
For the sorrow it has caused us all.
We do not forget him, nor do we intend,
We think of him daily and will to the end,
Gone and forgotten by some he may be,
But dear to our memory for ever he’ll be,
From his loving Father, Mother and Sister.
12 November 1920
KIRK – In loving memory of Samuel Kirk, Cotterdale, who died in France, Nov. 12th, 1917.
Three years have passed, our hearts still sore,
As time goes on we miss him more;
No mother’s care did him attend,
Nor o’er him a father bend;
No sister by to shed a tear,
No loved one his last words to hear.
Lovingly remembered by Father, Mother and Sisters.
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