[1] He spent the majority of his career in non-League football with Ingleton, whom he captained.
[6] On 1 September 1914, a month after Britain's entry into the First World War, Kirk enlisted as a private in the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
[5][6] In March 1915, Kirk's battalion was posted to the Western Front and entered the trenches near Bailleul.
[6] On 23 April 1915, he was shot through the chest while leading his platoon in an attack and died the following day at Number 3 Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe.
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