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Eric Wilson Dore Kirkby | |||
| Rank: | O.Seaman | Number: | P/JX240676 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | Royal Navy | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | H.M.S. Barham | ||
| Died: | 25/11/1941 | Age: | 26 |
| Country of burial: | Lost at Sea | ||
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Portsmouth Naval Memorial | ||
| Town Memorial: | Sale | ||
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Born during the June quarter 1915 in the Prestwich R.D. - ref: 8d/552, the son of Alfred & Mary Elizabeth Kirkby (nee Holt). H.M.S. Barham was torpedoed at 16.30hrs on 25/11/41, off the Libyan Coast in position 32.34N 26.24E by 'U.331". It capsized and blew up within five minutes 862 men lost - 450 rescued. It was a 'Queen Elizabeth' Class Battleship of which 5 were built between 1913 & 1915. They had a displacement of 31,000 tons and a complement of 1,200 personnel. A.R.I.P.H.H. = Associate of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene | |||
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