Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he was born in Gateshead, enlisted in Cardiff and lived in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Steve Smith has supplied the following:
"James is our relative. He was the son of John and Catherine Kirton of Saltmeadows and lived at 6 Sunderland Street. Newcastle. When he died in 1917, therefore, as a resident of the parish, is named on the memorial in St John's Church, Newcastle."
James Kirton is remembered in Newcastle on NUT087
