Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Robert Kirkpatrick
In memory of:
Private Robert Kirkpatrick
November 16, 1917
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
87th Battalion
Additional Information
January 25, 1890
Son of Hugh Warner Kirkpatrick of Belfast, Ireland; husband of Charlotte Kirkpatrick of Windsor, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 269 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
IX. E. 20.
NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY is located 11.5 Km west of Ieper town centre on the Helleketelweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching the ring road of Poperinge, the R33 Europalaan, the left hand clockwise route circles the town of Poperinge and rejoins the N308 towards Oost Cappel. 2.5 Km around the R33 lies the left hand turning onto Helleketelweg. The cemetery itself is located 700 metres along the Helleketelweg on the left hand side of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Photo of Robert Kirkpatrick – Enlisted with the 99th Battalion on December 15, 1915. Transferred to the 87th Battalion. Wounded at Vimy Ridge and died November 16, 1917
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