Enlisted May 1916 from 55, Everitt Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Aunt lived at 38, Ellesmere Street, Farnworth, Lancashire. Several brothers also served. Attached 8th Bn. Reported missing and subsequently presumed killed.
Kirwin, Robert –
Personal details
- Surname: Kirwin
- Forename: Robert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 27
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 27th, 1916
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 2nd/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 242345
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- Farnworth WWI War Memorial - Farnworth
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- St. Gregory's R.C. Church 1914-1918 Memorial - Farnworth
- CWGC Memorial: Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, Somme, France
- CWGC reference: IV. M. 5.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 06/07/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6g*
- Bolton Chronicle: 13/07/1917
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 06/07/1917 14/12/1917