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Private GILES METCALFE KIRKBY

Service Number: 439851
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

52nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY

II. A. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Kirkby, of 1, Ravenswood Rd., Redland, Bristol, England. Native of Newport, Mon.
  • Personal Inscription HAPPY IS HE... WHOSE HOPE IS IN THE LORD HIS GOD PSALM 146.5
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Buried or commemorated at

MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 309
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