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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Belfast [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Islington, London [4]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London England [4]

Nottingham [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Camperdown Victoria [3]

Clarence River New South Wales [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [3]

Gravesend, Kent [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Alnwick, Northumberland [2]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Chatsworth New South Wales [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Derby [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Dundrum, Down [2]

Durham [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Hurstville New South Wales [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Leicester Leicestershire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Leslie, Fife [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England [2]

Stockton, Durham [2]

Talbot Victoria [2]

Walthamstow [2]

Wedderburn Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1545]

Gunner [173]

Serjeant [115]

Corporal [109]

Driver [107]

Sapper [91]

Lance Corporal [75]

Second Lieutenant [49]

Captain [26]

Lieutenant [25]

Acting Corporal [24]

Bombardier [18]

Pioneer [18]

Rifleman [17]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Worker [10]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Trooper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Pipe Major [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Reverend [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Nurse [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

A/2/Corporal [1]

ALIAS Driver [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [167]

Labour Corps [165]

Royal Field Artillery [165]

Army Service Corps [152]

Royal Garrison Artillery [100]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [97]

Machine Gun Corps [90]

Royal Army Medical Corps [89]

West Yorkshire Regiment [73]

Lincolnshire Regiment [64]

Leicestershire Regiment [57]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Royal Highlanders [48]

London Regiment [46]

Northumberland Fusiliers [45]

Durham Light Infantry [42]

Liverpool Regiment [42]

Highland Light Infantry [41]

Lancashire Fusiliers [37]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [36]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

York and Lancaster Regiment [36]

Scottish Rifles [33]

Royal Scots [30]

East Yorkshire Regiment [29]

North Staffordshire Regiment [29]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [28]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [28]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Irish Rifles [26]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Rifle Brigade [21]

Seaforth Highlanders [21]

Canadian Infantry [20]

Cheshire Regiment [20]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

South Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Gordon Highlanders [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Corps of Hussars [17]

Norfolk Regiment [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Tank Corps [17]

Hussars [16]

Royal Horse Artillery [16]

Service

British Army [2287]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [182]

Royal Navy [165]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140]

Australian Imperial Force [106]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [48]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

K [2988]

L [3]

B [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2925]

Merchant Navy [52]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

South Africa [2]

Canada [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Belfast [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Islington, London [4] Kirkcaldy, Fife [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London England [4] Nottingham [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Camperdown Victoria [3] Clarence River New South Wales [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Grantham, Lincolnshire [3] Gravesend, Kent [3] Hackney, London [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Alnwick, Northumberland [2] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Chatsworth New South Wales [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Derby [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Dundrum, Down [2] Durham [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Hurstville New South Wales [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Leicester Leicestershire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Leslie, Fife [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Loughborough, Leicestershire [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England [2] Stockton, Durham [2] Talbot Victoria [2] Walthamstow [2] Wedderburn Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1545] Gunner [173] Serjeant [115] Corporal [109] Driver [107] Sapper [91] Lance Corporal [75] Second Lieutenant [49] Captain [26] Lieutenant [25] Acting Corporal [24] Bombardier [18] Pioneer [18] Rifleman [17] Acting Serjeant [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Worker [10] Staff Serjeant [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Major [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Trooper [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Chaplain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Nursing Sister [2] Pipe Major [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Reverend [2] Sister [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Nurse [2] 2nd Corporal [1] A/2/Corporal [1] ALIAS Driver [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [167] Labour Corps [165] Royal Field Artillery [165] Army Service Corps [152] Royal Garrison Artillery [100] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [97] Machine Gun Corps [90] Royal Army Medical Corps [89] West Yorkshire Regiment [73] Lincolnshire Regiment [64] Leicestershire Regiment [57] Manchester Regiment [52] Royal Highlanders [48] London Regiment [46] Northumberland Fusiliers [45] Durham Light Infantry [42] Liverpool Regiment [42] Highland Light Infantry [41] Lancashire Fusiliers [37] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [36] Royal Fusiliers [36] York and Lancaster Regiment [36] Scottish Rifles [33] Royal Scots [30] East Yorkshire Regiment [29] North Staffordshire Regiment [29] King's Own Scottish Borderers [28] Yorkshire Light Infantry [28] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Royal Irish Rifles [26] Middlesex Regiment [23] Yorkshire Regiment [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Rifle Brigade [21] Seaforth Highlanders [21] Canadian Infantry [20] Cheshire Regiment [20] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] South Staffordshire Regiment [20] Gordon Highlanders [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] Royal Scots Fusiliers [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [18] Corps of Hussars [17] Norfolk Regiment [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Tank Corps [17] Hussars [16] Royal Horse Artillery [16]

Service

British Army [2287] Canadian Expeditionary Force [182] Royal Navy [165] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140] Australian Imperial Force [106] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [48] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

K [2988] L [3] B [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2925] Merchant Navy [52] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [68] South Africa [2] Canada [1]

William Donald Kirk

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72274

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Joseph W Kirk

Born 1876

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84925 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Adam Kirk

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72571

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Wilfred Kirk

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13/555 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George Thomas Kirk

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 24060 Private Leicestershire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Peter Kirk

Born 1894

British Army S/6236 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/6236 Acting Corporal Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders )

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Harold Kirk

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 6473 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Arthur Donald Kirk

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army GS/55040 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 12 Battalion

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Francis Kirk

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12/271 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 12/271 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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William Kirk

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304466

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Frank Kirk

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63555

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William Joseph Kirk

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305610

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Joseph Henry Kirk

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88745

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Leonard Hairsine Kirk

Born 1889

Died 1921

British Army S/307375 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 202835 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 361711 Private Royal Engineers

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Stanley F Kirk

Born 1890

Died 1948

British Army 4132 Private Hussars

British Army Private 7th Hussars

British Army 4132 Private Corps of Hussars 7th Hussars

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Cornelius William Kirk

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57492

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Alfred George Kirk

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301643

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Hubert Gardiner Kirk

Born 1888

Died 1947

British Army 1915 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 13th Battalion (Forest of Dean, Pioneers)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Herbert Thomas Kirk

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300522

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Oliver Kirk

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40904

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