Sapper George Bell Kirton
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Kirton,
George Bell
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
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
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-10