Name
George McDougall Kirkland
1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/06/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14083
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Panel 10 and 11.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Radlett Town Memorial, Christchurch Memorial, Radlett
Pre War
George McDougall Kirkland was born in 1895 in Partick, Govan, Scotland to Hugh and Lizzie Kirkland.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 1 Winton Lane, Govan, Lanarkshire. By the 1911 Census the family had moved south and were living at Newberries, Radlett, Herts where George was a Commercial Clerk and his father was a Farm Bailiff.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in St Albans into the 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment and served in France from 21 April 1915.
He died on 17 June 1915 during the the second action at Givenchy. His body was not recovered for burial and his name is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £3 18s 6d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
