King, L. T.
Lewis Thomas King, 13070. He was a Serjeant in "D" company of the 10th battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). He was the husband of  Ada Mary King, who, with their two children, lived at "Belmont", Temple Ewell, and before that at Manor Road, in Dover.

Lewis King died on 31st August 1916. He was fatally gassed in action. The report, from the Dover Express, reads, "From the letter of a comrade to the widow it appears that he gave his life for the men in his charge. It became necessary for them to put on their gas helmets, and he, noticing that some of the fellows were having a bit of trouble in putting them on, he, instead of putting his own on properly, simply threw it over his head, and then assisted the rest of the men to get ready, and while he was doing this the gas came over and some finding its way under his helmet, began to choke him.  

Getting to the dressing station everything possible was done for him, and the doctor expected him to recover, but having been suffering from his throat recently that made matters worse, and he died very peacefully, however. The men of his Platoon sent a message to the widow expressing their deep regret, and saying they realised what a good friend had been taken from them. The writer of the letter said that his Platoon idolised Sergeant King and thought him the finest sergeant in the regiment. He was a staunch and true friend and one of the best fellows that the writer had met."

Lewis King is buried in the Berks cemetery extension, Belgium, I D 3. His wife later remarried, becoming Mrs Waite, and moved to 4 Whitby Road, East Loftus, Yorkshire.

Kirton, J. H.
James Hughes Kirton, M/8202, was a 3rd Class Electrical Artificer in the Royal Navy, last serving at the HMS Tarlair, a shore base at Aberdour in Scotland. He was 27 when he died from pneumonia on 9th November 1918. He is buried at St James, with his son David on the right. 

His parents were the late Mr and Mrs William Kirton, from London. His wife was Mrs Violet Kathleen Kirton, from 20 Marine Parade, Dover.   Their sons, David and James Kirton, lost their lives in World War II.

Kirkwood, G. F.
George Felix Kirkwood, 12064, was a Private in The Buffs, 2nd battalion. He died when he was 19 on 27 March 1920, at Gibralter, and is buried ther in the North Front cemetery, B 4718.

He was the son of Mrs S Kirkwood, 45 Tower Street, Tower Hamlets, Dover.

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