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{{Personnel
|id=2377
|Surname and forenames=Kirkup William Brookes
|Army number=73651
|Rank=Lt
|Decorations=M.i.D. 20/12/1940, T.E.D. 25/5/1951
|Date of birth=October 1919
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn 8/12/1937, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn 11/1/1940, Posted 70th Bde HQ 15/1/1940, Posted 11th Bn DLI 24/9/1940, Iceland, Posted overseas 6/6/1942, Trf King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 17/3/1945 as W/S Lt.
|Promotions=2/Lt 1/12/1939, A/Captain 15/1/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 15/4/1940, T/Captain 9/6/1945, Captain 8/12/1945, To TARO 1/9/1948
|Source table=11DLI
|Company/Battery=Bde HQ, Bn HQ, D,
|Task or role=Brigade Motor Transport Officer, Adjutant, O.C.
|Joined Brigade=11-Jan-40
|Home address=Son of Major Ernest Hodgson Kirkup JP of Oakfield, Low Fell by his wife Helen Chadwick, daughter of William Brookes of Hale, Cheshire.
}}

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 |Army number=73651
 |Rank=Lt
-|Decorations=M.i.D. 20/12/1940, T.E.D. 25/5/1951
+|Decorations=M.i.D. 20/12/1940, T.E.D. 25/5/1951.
-|Date of birth=October 1919
+|Date of birth=20th October 1919 at Chester-Le-Street.
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt in the 8th Bn 8/12/1937.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted 11th Bn 11/1/1940.  Posted 70th Bde HQ 15/1/1940.  Served BEF?  Posted 11th Bn DLI 24/9/1940 as Company Commander.  Served Iceland.  Posted overseas 6/6/1942.  Transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 17/3/1945 as W/S Lt.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Bn 8/12/1937.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted 11th Battalion 11/1/1940.  Posted 70th Bde HQ 15/1/1940.  Served B.E.F.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI 24/9/1940 as Company Commander.  Served Iceland.  Posted overseas 6/6/1942.  Transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 17/3/1945 as W/S Lt.
 |Promotions=2/Lt 1/12/1939. A/Captain 15/1/1940. W/S Lt and T/Captain 15/4/1940. T/Captain 9/6/1945. Captain 8/12/1945. To TARO 1/9/1948.
-|Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters. Battalion HQ.  11th Bn - D Company.
+|Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters. Battalion HQ.  11th Battalion - D Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Brigade Transport Section.
-|Task or role=8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon.  HQ Company 1/9/1939.  Brigade Motor Transport Officer.  11th Bn - Adjutant.  Company Commander.
+|Task or role=8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon.  HQ Company 1/9/1939.  Brigade Motor Transport Officer.  11th Battalion - Adjutant.  Company Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=11-Jan-40.
-|Died/Killed in action=Death registered March 1995, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/3/1995.  Death registered March 1995, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan.  Probate granted 26/6/1995 at Llandaff.
-|Home address=Son of Major Ernest Hodgson Kirkup JP of Oakfield, Low Fell by his wife Helen Chadwick, daughter of William Brookes of Hale, Cheshire.  Nephew of Brigadier Kirkup.
+|Home address=Son of Major Ernest Hodgson Kirkup JP of Oakfield, Low Fell by his wife Helen Chadwick, daughter of William Brookes of Hale, Cheshire.  Nephew of Brigadier Kirkup.  Married September 1945 to Joyce M. Thomas in Durham Northern District.  Lived at The Croft, The Bryn, Coychurch, Bridgend.  Director of Bayswater Tubes and Sections Ltd 1991 until his death in 1995.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Decorations=M.i.D. 20/12/1940, T.E.D. 25/5/1951
 |Date of birth=October 1919
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn 8/12/1937, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn 11/1/1940. Posted 70th Bde HQ 15/1/1940. Posted 11th Bn DLI 24/9/1940 as Company Commander.  Served Iceland. Posted overseas 6/6/1942. Trf King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 17/3/1945 as W/S Lt.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt in the 8th Bn 8/12/1937.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted 11th Bn 11/1/1940.  Posted 70th Bde HQ 15/1/1940.  Served BEF?  Posted 11th Bn DLI 24/9/1940 as Company Commander.  Served Iceland.  Posted overseas 6/6/1942.  Transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 17/3/1945 as W/S Lt.
 |Promotions=2/Lt 1/12/1939. A/Captain 15/1/1940. W/S Lt and T/Captain 15/4/1940. T/Captain 9/6/1945. Captain 8/12/1945. To TARO 1/9/1948.
 |Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters. Battalion HQ.  11th Bn - D Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Brigade Transport Section.
-|Task or role=8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon. HQ Company 1/9/1939. Brigade Motor Transport Officer. 11th Bn - Adjutant. Company Commander.
+|Task or role=8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon.  HQ Company 1/9/1939.  Brigade Motor Transport Officer.  11th Bn - Adjutant.  Company Commander.
-|Joined Brigade=11-Jan-40
+|Joined Brigade=11-Jan-40.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered March 1995, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan.
 |Home address=Son of Major Ernest Hodgson Kirkup JP of Oakfield, Low Fell by his wife Helen Chadwick, daughter of William Brookes of Hale, Cheshire.  Nephew of Brigadier Kirkup.
 }}

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 |Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters. Battalion HQ.  11th Bn - D Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Brigade Transport Section.
-|Task or role=8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon. HQ Company 1/9/1939. Brigade Motor Transport Officer. Adjutant. Company Commander.
+|Task or role=8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon. HQ Company 1/9/1939. Brigade Motor Transport Officer. 11th Bn - Adjutant. Company Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=11-Jan-40
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered March 1995, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan.
 |Home address=Son of Major Ernest Hodgson Kirkup JP of Oakfield, Low Fell by his wife Helen Chadwick, daughter of William Brookes of Hale, Cheshire.  Nephew of Brigadier Kirkup.
 }}

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 |Source table=11DLI
 |Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters. Battalion HQ.  11th Bn - D Company.
 |Task or role=8th Bn HQ Coy - Platoon Commander No 1 Platoon. HQ Company 1/9/1939. Brigade Motor Transport Officer. Adjutant. Company Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=11-Jan-40