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Son of Richard Goodlass Kirby and Lizzie Mary Kirby, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Gunner Richard Goodlass Kirby
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Gunner Richard Goodlass Kirby
Canadian Field Artillery 1914-1918 Roll of Honour. Original collection
belonging to Fred Snider Hughes, 304493, a native of Toronto, Ontario.
Hughes served as a Driver in the 33rd Battery, 9th Brigade, C.F.A. After
the war he was a member of the 33rd Battery Association. The names listed on
this Honour Roll mainly include men who were at some time during the war
connected to the 33rd or 34th Batteries.
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Richard Goodlass Kirby, as a member of the Trinity Methodist Church in Toronto, was remembered in the roll of honour in the "Trinity War Book". This book was published by the church in 1921.
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Richard Goodlass Kirby's biography from the University Schools' 1916 edition of the Annals.
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Cover and tribute from the 1916 edition of the University Schools' "The Annals". This edition included Richard Goodlass Kirby's photo and biography on their roll of honour. The roll of honour at the time of this publication included 12 men.
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1914-18 Memorial Plaque, The University Schools, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. Erected by the U.T.S. Hockey Club, 1919-20.
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Cpl. Robert W. Kirby was the brother of Gnr. Richard Goodlass Kirby. Source: Trinity War Book, Trinity Methodist Church, Toronto, 1921.
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Canadian Field Artillery 1914-1918 Roll of Honour. Original collection belonging to Fred Snider Hughes, 304493, a native of Toronto, Ontario. Hughes served as a Driver in the 33rd Battery, 9th Brigade, C.F.A. After the war he was a member of the 33rd Battery Association. The names listed on this Honour Roll mainly include men who were at some time during the war connected to the 33rd or 34th Batteries.
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 114 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Somme, France
Warloy-Baillon is a village about 21 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 10 kilometres west of Albert. The WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the east side of the village and the EXTENSION is on the eastern side of the cemetery.
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