In Memory Of

KIRK, PERCIVAL GORDON

Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
55th Sqdn.
Unit 2:
and 1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Date of Death:
1917-08-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, pilot of DH4 #A7475. His observer was Lt G T Young-Fullelove. On 13/8/17, the Squadron had left it's base at 0642 to undertake a bombing mission on a rail junction at Deynze. On the return, they encountered enemy aircraft. The plane was seen to nose dive and that Young-Fullelove was seen to jump
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. D. 25.
Cemetery:
LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Charles S. and Rosa Kirk, of Matatiele, East Griqualand, South Africa.