James Kirk (VC)
Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military person Second Lieutenant James Kirk VC (27 January 1897 – 4 November 1918) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
Kirk was born on 27 January 1897 in Cheadle Hulme, CheshireTemplate:Sfn to James and Rachel Kirk.<ref name=cwgc>Kirk, James, Commonwealth War Graves Commission</ref>Template:Sfn He enlisted as a private in the Manchester Regiment in 1915, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 1918.<ref>Template:Usurped</ref> Kirk was a 21-year-old second lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, British Army, attached to the 2nd Battalion during the First World War when the actions that led to his recognition took place.
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- British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross
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- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
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