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Private JOHN RICHARD KNOWLES

Service Number: 50547
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE

VIII. A. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eli and Margaret Knowles, of 41, Jenning St., Edgeley, Stockport.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3047
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