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Surname: KIRK
Forename(s): Thomas
Place of Birth: Barrowford, Lancashire
Service No: 113423
Rank: A/L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 52nd Battalion
Division: ---
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1920-01-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VI. A. 15.
CWGC Cemetery: COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Kirk was the son of Edward Slater and Alice Kirk, néeTatham. Edward was born at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire and Alice at Burton-in-Lonsdale, Yorkshire.
1901 Barrowford, Lancashire Census: 11, Victoria Street - Thomas Kirk, aged 7 months, born Barrowford, son of Edward Slater and Alice Kirk.
1911 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 8, Parker Street - Thomas Kirk, aged 10 years, born Barrowford, Lancashire, son of Edward and Alice Kirk.
The British Army Service Record for Thomas Kirk exists but may be incomplete.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Kirk, 113423, 52 D.L.I. Date and Place of Death: 1.1.20. Cologne. Tramway accident. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and sole legatee - Alice. £11 8s. 4d.
A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
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: ---
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A/L/Corporal Thomas KIRK
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Durham Light Infantry
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09 January 1920
BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT COLOGNE
News was received on Wednesday in a letter from an Army chaplain, of the death of Lance-Corporal Thos. Kirk, 52nd Durham Light Infantry. He was accidentally killed whilst in the act of boarding a tramcar in Cologne. He was 19 years of age, and the son of Mr. and Mrs Kirk, 24 East Hill Street. Before joining up be was a very promising musician, and a member of the Barnoldswick orchestra, He went out to the Army of Occupation in April last, and had for some months been a member of the regimental band. The news of his untimely death, which is reported to have been instantaneous, has evoked widespread regret and sympathy with the bereaved family.
16 January 1920
BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER'S DEATH IN GERMANY
Above is a portrait of the late Lance-Corporal Thomas Kirk, D.L.I., who was accidentally killed whilst boarding a tramcar in Cologne on the 1st inst. He was 19 years of age, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk, 24 East Hill Street.
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