The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Birks

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Private Harold BIRKS, G/31649, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 40861, West Riding Regiment), killed in action, Flanders, France, 24th August 1918, age 19.

Born Sheffield, Yorkshire, son of Francis Joseph and Emily Birks, of 386, Staniforth Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

1911 Census - 408, Staniforth Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire - Francis Joseph Birks, head, age 40, married, wire drawer, wire works, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; Emily Birks, wife, age 36, married 14 years, 4 children, all still alive born Rotherham, Yorkshire; Frank Birks, son, age 13, school, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; Harold Birks, son, age 12, school, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; Ernest Birks, son, age 8, school, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; Vera Birks, daughter, age 6, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; Mary Ann Birks, mother, age 68, widow, born Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Buried at Meaulte Military Cemetery, F16., Somme, France.

NOTE: One of 18 members of the 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment who were killed on 24 August 1918. All are now buried in Meaulte Military Cemetery.

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