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Gnr. Edward Ernest Kirk DCM
British Army 76 Bty. Royal Field Artillery

(d.7th Feb 1917)
Edward Kirk was a serving soldier at the start of WW1 having joined the Army in 1911. He was sent to fight in an area known then as Mesopotamia in November 1914. He took part in the battle of Barjisiyah (Turkey) in 1915, where he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The following year things took a turn for the worse when his Battery were trapped at the siege of Kut al Amara, and they and many others were forced to surrender.
He died in captivity on 7 February 1917 and is buried in the Baghdad War Cemetery.

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