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Lieutenant Colonel WALTER H. KIRBY

Service Number: 78376
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1941

Age 53 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

5. F. 22.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Edward W. Kirby and Emmeline Kirby; husband of Dorothy O. Kirby, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription THE FAITHFUL SHALL ABIDE IN LOVE. THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH THE MOST HIGH
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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