A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kirkes, Martin Stockdale

by William Richard O'Byrne

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KIRKES. (Lieutenant, 1840.)

Martin Stockdale Kirkes died 9 Feb. 1845, at Glasgow, aged 31.

This officer entered the Navy 17 April, 1829; passed his examination in 1835; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, as a reward for his services on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, 4 Nov. 1840. He did not afterwards go afloat. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.

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