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Lance Bombardier HORACE WALTER KNAPTON

Service Number: 11053241
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

545 Coast Regt.

Date of Death

Died 13 December 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIRMINGHAM (HANDSWORTH) CEMETERY

Sec. 29. Chapel. Class B. Grave 7808.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Grace Knapton, of Weybridge, Surrey.
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Buried or commemorated at

BIRMINGHAM (HANDSWORTH) CEMETERY
Warwickshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 204
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