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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 16, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
H.I. 96.
Additional information
Son of John Colbourne Kirby and his wife, Mary Susannah Blake, Toronto, Ontario. B.Sc. (University of Toronto).
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Photo of John Richard Kirby
In memory of the students from Parkdale Collegiate Institute (Toronto, Ontario), who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Press Clipping
In memory of the students from Parkdale Collegiate Institute (Toronto, Ontario), who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Honour Roll
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Grave Marker
Inscription to the memory of Second Lieutenant JOHN RICHARD KIRBY, Royal Air Force, on the family grave marker in the cemetery of St Mark¿s Anglican Curch, Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario. -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Building
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Funds were raised by the Alumni Federation, now called the University of Toronto Alumni Association. The name of "2nd Lt J. R. KIRBY R.A.F." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for specific bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". -
Cemetery
Magdalen Hill Cemetery, Winchester
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Richard Kirby
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Richard Kirby
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Richard Kirby
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Richard Kirby
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Richard Kirby
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Richard Kirby
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Richard Kirby
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John Richard Kirby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 589 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WINCHESTER (MAGDALEN HILL) CEMETERY Hampshire, United Kingdom
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