Identity
Person No.
12305
Service No.
314
Last Name
First Name
Harold Gordon
Initials
H G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Just inside the entrance to the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4
Notes
Son of Edward Williams Kirby and Emma Kirby, of Rowlandia Farm, Lusaka, Rhodesia. A farmer in North West Rhodesia. Brother of Walter Houx Kirby, wounded in Delville Wood. His brother died in service in WW2
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
13 Sep 2026: Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, Victoria Falls ("Cenotaph") -- Confirms exactly: L/Cpl H.G. Kirby, 4th South African Infantry (South African Scottish), "B" Coy. Named on the memorial's Great War 1914-1918 plaque.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial (Cenotaph, Victoria Falls)
open source ↗
Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, Victoria Falls
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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