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Corporal WILLIAM McKNIGHT

Service Number: R/7063
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRANKFURT TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

B. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth McKnight, of 3, Bank Terrace, Longshoot, Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

FRANKFURT TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 161
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