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Private FRANCIS KNOWLES

Service Number: 3860029
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1945

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY

Brit. Sec. F. D. 2.

Japan

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Edward and Marie Knowles; husband of Helen Knowles.
  • Personal Inscription YOUR MEMORY HONOURED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED. DAUGHTER DOREEN, BROTHER BILL
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Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan
Number of casualties: 1689
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