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Sapper WILLIAM RICHARD JAMES KNOWLES

Service Number: 2113015
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY

C. C. 13.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry John and Kate Knowles, of Southsea, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP, BELOVED, TAKE THY REST. WE LOVED THEE WELL BUT JESUS LOVED THEE BEST. R.I.P.
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