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Fusilier JOHN LLOYD KNIGHT

Service Number: 3135777
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

11th Bn

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

II. F. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Harriet Knight, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED IN THE PRIDE OF HIS YOUTH AND GLORY FAR FROM HIS HOME AND LAND OF HIS BIRTH
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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