Percy Kirke (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Percy Kirke (1684 – 1 January 1741) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot.

Not to be confused with his father Percy Kirke, English Army officer.

Percy Kirke
Born1684
Died1 January 1741
Buried
Westminster Abbey
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsWar of the Spanish Succession

Military career

Kirke was commissioned as an ensign in Trelawny's Regiment in 1686.[1] He was taken as a prisoner of war at the Battle of Almansa in April 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession.[1] He went on to be colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot in 1710.[2] As was usual at the time, this regiment was also named after its current colonel, from one of whom, Percy Kirke, it acquired its nickname Kirke's Lambs.[3]

Kirke died on 1 January 1741 and was buried at Westminster Abbey.[4]

References
  1. "Lieutenant General Percy Kirke 1710-1741". Queen’s Royal Surreys. Archived from the original on 26 June 2004. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  2. Cannon, p. 33
  3. Anon (1916) Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army. London: Gale and Polden. p. 43
  4. "Percy Kirke". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

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