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Private JOHN KNIGHT

Service Number: 5727687
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

XIV. B. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Doris May Knight, of Nympsfield, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription ABSENCE CANNOT TAKE AWAY WHAT TO THE HEART IS EVER DEAR. LOVING WIFE DORIS

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Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2175
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