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Ordinary Seaman JOSEPH KIRBY

Service Number: C/JX 177978
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Dunvegan Castle

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHORLEY CEMETERY

Sec. C. R.C. Grave 1010.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Emily Kirby, of Chorley.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY. KILLED AT SEA R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

CHORLEY CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 59
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