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Corporal ERIC WILKINSON KNOWLES

Service Number: 120586
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

"N" Special Coy.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVI. B. 8A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Mason Knowles and Laura Knowles, of Ben Rhydding, Yorks. Enlisted in R.A.M.C., Jan., 1915. Transferred to Royal Engineers Sept., 1915; left at once for France.
  • Personal Inscription OUR COUNTRY IN THE STORM OF WAR HAS FOUND HIM FIT TO FIGHT AND DIE FOR HER
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