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Second Lieutenant STEPHEN KNOWLES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

5th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

I. B. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Margaret Alice Knowles, of Heaton Grange, Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNALL GRATITUDE FOR THE SHORT ENJOYMENT OF SO SWEET A MERCIE.
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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