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Sapper George Bell Kirton

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1894-09-02
Place of birth: Aberdeen Scotland
Next of kin: George S Kirton, Father, 194 Parkview, Winnipeg
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Address: 194, Parkview, Winnipeg
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Ecoivres Military Cemetery, V. H. 22.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 505006
Highest Rank: Sapper
Rank detail

Sapper (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was killed by an enemy shell whilst in Albany Trench, Vimy Ridge. Previously reported Wounded and Missing, now Killed in Action
Commemoration location: Ellon War Memorial, Aberdeenshire

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 65575
LAC ID: 501272
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5208-S001
Uploader's Notes: Son of George S. and A. B. Kirton, of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Uploader's Research notes:

Info from attestation papers and this man is on the CWGC site.

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948" database

[Sapper Army Canadian Engineers 3rd Division Engineers 8th Field Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-10