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	\|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.		\|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=Born 14/9/1919 in Blaenau Festiniog, Merioneth.		\|Date of birth=Born 14/9/1919 in Blaenau Festiniog, Merioneth.
	\|Age at the time of his death=20 years old.		\|Age=At the time of his death. 20 years old.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - probably Spring 1939. Battalion not yet identified.		\|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - probably Spring 1939. Battalion not yet identified.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Kirham (Kirkham?) Samuel
|Army number=4458471
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Born 14/9/1919 in Blaenau Festiniog, Merioneth.
|Age at the time of his death=20 years old.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - probably Spring 1939. Battalion not yet identified.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known as yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=No.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 2/3/1940. Died in Belfast, County Antrim. Cause of death - Tuberculosis/ Peritonitis. Buried Hollywood Cemetery, County Down, Northern Ireland - joint Grave 1264. It is assumed that Samuel had been training in Northern Ireland at the time of his death and may not at that time have been posted to a Battalion.
|Home address=Father - John Charles Kirkham (1876 - 1951), mother - Catherine Smith (1884 - 1924). In 1939 he was resident in Lancashire and was working as a glass bottle sorter.
}}

The spelling of his surname requires further checking - the DLI Enlistment Book shows KIRKHAM while CWGC has KIRHAM - that may indeed be an error.

Kirham Samuel Private 4458471 - Revision history

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