Three: Second Lieutenant T. J. Kirk, Essex Regiment, formerly 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, who was mortally wounded on the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916 and died the following day

1914-15 Star (6DN-5448 Sjt., 6-Dns.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut.) extremely fine (3) £400-500

Thomas James Kirk was born in Aldershot and enlisted into the dragoons on 16 October 1906, aged 19 years. He served with the 6th Dragoons in Egypt, May 1906 - Septemebr 1908 and India, September 1908 - November 1914. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment on 5 March 1916, he received a gunshot wound to the abdomen on 1 July 1916 (the first day of the Battle of the Somme) and died as a result of this wound the following day, 2 July 1916. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Sold with copied service papers.