Kirton, Arthur Paul Mons
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Arthur Paul Mons |
Surname | Kirton |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
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Date of Death | 04-02-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur and Emma Kirton, of Kettering. Husband of Irene Ethel Kirton, of Kettering. |
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kettering (London Road) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 1194. |
Epitaph | AS WE LOVED HIM, SO WE MISS HIM IN OUR MEMORY HE IS DEAR |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 59 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1172546 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | Honeybourne |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Honeybourne |
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Reason for Loss | Gloucester Echo February 6th 1942: "HANGING TRAGEDY OF R.A.F. SERGEANT. That an R.A.F. sergeant who "did not want to go overseas" hanged himself in his hut while the balance of his mind was disturbed was the verdict recorded by Mr. J. D. Lane, the North Gloucestershire Coroner, at an inquest at Honeybourne on Thursday on Sergt. Arthur Paul Mons Kirton, aged 25, of 243 Kingsley Avenue, Kettering, Northants. Sergt. Hugh Stanley Morris, who gave evidence of identification, said that he was instructing Kirton, who seemed very quiet and worried about something. He was a good pupil. "He told me he did not want to go overseas, but gave no paticular reason," he said. |