Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux
Son of Thomas & Ann Kirwan of 3 Elizabeth Lane,
St Helier, Jersey
Killed in action, aged 19 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Thursday 10 January 1918
Roll of Honour. Mr & Mrs Kirwan of
3 Elizabeth Lane have received the sad news that their
son, Rifleman T Kirwan of the 1st Rifle Brigade, has
been killed in action. The soldier, who was in his 20th
year, volunteered over two years ago and had been twice
wounded. He was well known locally and was a most efficient
soldier, the Captain of his Company, in conveying the
sad news states "Your son was in the front line
and had just come off sentry and was going along the
trench when he was hit by a trench mortar shell, death
was instantaneous and painless. We shall all miss him
for his lively and cheerful face kept everyone who came
into contact with him in good spirits. He was a good
soldier and knew his job, he still had something of
the boy in him and I liked his spirit and only wish
I had more like him. He died on 31 December and was
buried on New Years Day in a cemetery behind the trenches.
The whole Company join me in tendering you our sincerest
sympathy at this time". We offer the bereaved
family our heartfelt condolences.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record
