Private SPTS/3995 Bertie KIRTON
23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Killed in Action, Tuesday 14th November 1916, France, Age 20
Home address:
36 Chapel Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1896, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Mary Elizabeth Kirton and John William Kirton
18 Travis Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Cloth Lookers Assistant (Cotton)
Enlisted:
Manchester, Lancashire
Remembered:
Serre Road Cemetery No.2, Somme, France, plot I, row A, grave 36.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
Also listed as 23rd (Service) Battalion (1st Sportsman’s) Royal Fusiliers.
He lived with his Grand Parents.