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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Kirkup Philip
|Army number=7992
|Rank=Brigadier
|Decorations=D.S.O.,O.B.E.,M.C.,T.D., MiD.
|Date of birth=1893, Cornsay Colliery, Lanchester District
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry 2/Lt 18/11/1912, Commanded 8th Bn DLI, Posted Brigade HQ 25/8/1939, B.E.F., Dunkirk, Iceland, Relinquished command 24/7/1942, North Africa.
|Company/Battery=70 Bde HQ
|Task or role=Commander
|Joined Brigade=25-Aug-39
|Promotions=T/Major-General
|Home address=Mining Engineer.  Manager - Craghead Colliery.  Died 1959.
|Source table=70BG
}}

The family house in which Philip Kirkup was born subsequently became the Surgery for the local GP Practice.