Kirham Samuel Private 4458471
Personnel Entry
Name 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.
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The spelling of his surname requires further checking - the DLI Enlistment Book shows KIRKHAM while CWGC has KIRHAM - that may indeed be an error.