Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. R. Kirby, 13th Battalion London Regiment, who died of wounds, 28 March 1915

1914-15 Star (2517 Pte., 13-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2517 Pte., 13-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Russell Kirby) nearly extremely fine (4) £180-220

John Russell Kirby lived in North Kensington and enlisted at Kensington. As a Private in the 13th Battalion London Regiment (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion) he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 11 February 1915, aged 29 years. He died of wounds on 28 March 1915 and was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. He was the son of John William and Anna Maria Kirby of Ivy House, Wortham, Diss, Norfolk. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.