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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 20/02/2020
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 7th Battery, 5 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery (British Army)
Date Of Birth: 18/09/1911
Died: 14/03/1944 (Prisoner of War)
Age: 32
Summary      
Hubert Kyle was the son of Robert and Jennie Kyle. He was born on 18th September 1911 in the Clogher – Fivemiletown area. Hubert Kyle served with the Royal Artillery in World War Two. Gunner Hubert Kyle became a Japanese prisoner of war. Gunner Hubert Kyle was with 7 Battery, part of the 5th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (H.A.A.) when he died of acute colitis in Sakurajima Prisoner of War camp (Os-04D) on 14th March 1944.
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Cemetery Details
Grave
Cemetery: Yokohama War Cemetery
  Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama, 
Grave Ref: Brit Sec. F-B-6
CWGC Casualty 2208299
Summary      
Yokohama War Cemetery is 9 kilometres west of the city centre on Jido-Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches about 3.00 metres left off the old Tokaido highway.
Local Memorial Details

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1 Clogher War Memorial - WWII - East Face - Panel 2b Clogher
References and Links
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1 1911 Census lists Kyle family Lists family at house 1 in Townagh, Aghintain, Tyrone
2 Far East Prisoners of War Gunner Hubert Kyle died of acute colitis
3 FindAGrave.com Photo of Gunner Hubert Kyle's gravestone. Photo of Hubert Kyle.
4 Os-04D-Sakurajima POW deaths Lists Gunner Hubert Kyle
5 War Graves Photographic Project Photo of Gunner Hubert Kyle's gravestone can be purchased here
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