KIRBY, William John

Rank: 
Fusilier
Unit / Base: 
4 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Fusiliers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6482295
Born: 
Wednesday, February 13, 1918
Died: 
1971
Place died: 
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Fusilier William Kirby was wounded June 1944 during operations in Normandy, France.
1939 - Metropolitan Police Officer serving at the Police Station, High Street, Stoke Newington.Volunteered for the Commandos as part of the 1st Police Intake of 1942.
Member of the Commando Association residing in Clapton before moving to Stamford, Lincolnshire.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
The 1939 Register.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 53 (1971).
Records of Deaths registered Stamford Lincolnshire 1971, Vol.3B, page402.
 

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