Private William Kirk

Army Number: 12981

Battalion: 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of Elizabeth Kirk, of 20, Pipe Street, Sneinton, Nottingham. He enlisted ta Nottingham and served in Gallipoli with the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, during 1915. He was transferred to the 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and was killed in action, 12th August 1916, age 22, whilst in the line between Montauban and Longueval, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private William Kirk is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Nottingham.
St. Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Nottingham