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• Name KIRKPATRICK
• Initials JC
• First name JOHN CRICHTON
• Place of birth Kirkintilloch
• Country Dunbarton, Scotland
• Family Son of John and Jean Kirkpatrick, of "Bellfield," Kirkintilloch, Glasgow; two brothers, Thomas and Henry; four sisters, Maria Boyd, Janet McArthur, Mary Grant and Jane Grant;
• Education Glasgow University, Master of Arts
• Profession Teacher at Onslow Drive School, Glasgow

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment September 1914
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 20th Squadron Royal Air Force (Flying Corps)
• Attached or transferred from 11 - Battalion - Scottish Rifles
• Other data related to military career Enlisted with the Cameron Highlanders; gazetted 2nd Lt with Scottish Rifles; to France August 1915; promoted Lt 13 April 1917

Death

• Wounded Northern offensive patrol with Bristol F2b A7299; left 8.26 a.m.; anti-aircraft fire; nose dive; crashed and wrecked; the observer, 2Lt Harmer was injured.
• Type of wounds Killed in action
• Date of death 10 December 1917
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVII - DD - 2

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