History of Kirkby Group

Richard Knight. Photo: Barrow News Grandson of Richard and Mary Knight of Headgate, Soutergate. Worked as a postal clerk, and went to Canada around 1911. Private, 51292, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Killed-in-Action, 8th May 1915 at Bellewaarde Lake (Second Battle of Ypres), aged 27. Commemorated on the Menin Gate, Panel 10-58. […]

The Menin Gate, Ypres Son of Richard and Ellen Preston of Soutergate; husband of Elizabeth Agnes Preston (née Taylor). Private, 18381, 2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Killed-in-Action, 26th April 1915 in the Langemarck area during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, aged 35. Commemorated on the Menin Gate, Panel 10-26-28, Ypres, Belgium. Roger Preston (‘Rodger’