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Private DEREK KIRBY

Service Number: 14289166
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

H.Q. Coy., 30th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY

VII. B. 37.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Gertrude Mary Kirby of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription MAY THE LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM; MAY HE REST IN PEACE. MIZPAH
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Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2251
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