Private Ernest Kirby, 2760
- Batt - 1/5
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 28/3/1896
- Died - 05/08/1915
- Age - 19
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of John and Mary Kirby. He was in farm service before enlistment. He embarked for France on the 27th June 1915. He was killed by a sniper while in trenches at Sanctuary Wood near Hill 60 in Belgium. The War Diary for today records. MAPLE COPSE. A trench mortar was placed in rear of 50 under control of ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - Iv Q 10, Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Sanctuary Wood Cem., Zillebeke, Belgium
- Born - Morcott, Rutland
- Enlisted - 27/9/14 In Oakham, Rutland
- Place of Residence - Glaston, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH, MORCOTT, RUTLAND
