ALBERT VICTOR KIRK

Albert is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.

Born: 25th June 1915, at The Lodge, Red House Park, Ipswich.

Baptised: 3rd October 1915, at St. Margaret’s Church, Ipswich.

Died: 16th December 1943; age: 28; died at Tasao, of Ulcers and Dysentery whilst a Japanese POW on the Thailand/Burma Railway.

Captured: 15th February 1942 – Fall of Singapore.

Residence: The Bungalow, Ipswich Road, Brantham, Essex.

The body was originally buried at Tasao No. 2 Cemetery, Grave No. 434. On the 1st March 1946, the body was exhumed, identified by records and reburied at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.

Rank: Gunner: Service Number: 2614260.

Regiment: Royal Artillery, No. 7 Coast Regiment.

Grave Reference:

4.D.28.

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery,

Thailand.

Relatives Notified and Address: Francis George and Gertrude Eva Kirk, of Brantham, Essex.

Father: Francis George Kirk, born November 1883, Kirton, Suffolk.

Mother: Gertrude Eva Kirk (nee Morphey), born August 1886, Westerfield, Suffolk.

Brother: Claude Donald Kirk, born October 1924, Ipswich.

Brother: Geoffrey Edgar Kirk, born May 1928, Ipswich.

CENSUS

1921   The Lodge, Red House Park, Ipswich.

Albert was 5 years & 11 months old and lived with his parents and brothers.

Francis Kirk, 37 years & 7 months old, a Gardener for Mr. Sherwood, Westerfield Farm, Suffolk.

Gertrude Kirk, 34 years & 10 months old, Home Duties.

Francis Robert Kirk, 13 years & 2 months old, born Walton, Suffolk.

Edward William Kirk, 11 years & 10 months old, born Ipswich.

George Joseph Kirk, 8 years & 7 months old, born Ipswich.

Jack Charles Kirk, 11 months old, born Ipswich.

Probate to Francis George Kirk – father, a Farm Hand.