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A black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of a young man with dark, side-parted hair, wearing a suit and patterned tie.

Geoffrey S Kirk

8 Park Terrace

History of 8 Park Terrace

1913

Rev David Herbert Somerset Cranage

1962

Geoffrey S Kirk [classicist]

Wikipedia: He joined the Royal Navy in 1941 and was commissioned as an officer one year later. He spent much of his service in the Aegean Sea with the Levant Schooner Flotilla commanded by Adrian C. C. Seligman. The unit included schooners and caïques engaged in irregular operations in support of Allied special forces. Kirk fought on many Greek islands and along a wide section of the Turkish coast. He was engaged in operations at Tekegas Barnu, Didyma, Icaria and Andros. He was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) in 1945.

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