Gordon Manning Kirchin
WWI Roll of Honour
By Lynette Wray
Gordon Manning Kirchin
Military History:
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Rank: Driver
Service Number: 88559
Date of Enlisting: 1.1.1915
Date of death: 25.2.1985
Cemetery/ Memorial: Not known
UK Cemetery/Memorial: St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour
Gordon enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery, Regimental Number 88559, on 1st January 1915. He was sent to the Western Front, France and Flanders, in September 1915 with the 85th Army Brigade which was a Howitzer brigade. This Battalion later in the War also fought in Macedonia in the Balkan Theatre of War. Gordon survived the War and died at Goring-on-Thames on 25th February 1985.
Gordon was awarded the 15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
He is commemorated on the St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour.
Family History:
Date of Birth: 2.5.1898
Birth Place: Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Residence: Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Marriage: 28.7.1932
Gordon was the third son of Arthur and Harriet Elizabeth (nee Topham) Kirchin, born in Ashwell, Hertfordshire on 2nd May 1898. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylors School in Ashwell.
Gordon married Dorothy Elizabeth Hutchings on 28th July 1932. Their daughter Janet E was born in 1935. It is not known if they had other children.
Arthur died at Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on 24th February 1985. He was a house painter and decorator.
Gordon’s brother Maurice Owen also served in the War and survived.
Commentary:
Name: |
Gordon Manning Kirchin |
Birth Place: |
Ashwell, Hertfordshire |
Residence: |
Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire |
Death Date: |
25.2.1985 |
Enlistment Place: |
Not known |
Rank: |
Driver |
Regiment: |
Royal Field Artillery |
Battalion: |
85th Army Brigade |
Regimental Number: |
88559 |
Type of Casualty: |
Survived |
Theatre of War: |
Western Europe, France and Flanders
Balkans, Macedonia |
This page was added on 26/08/2017.