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Private GEORGE OWEN KNIGHT

Service Number: 14510466
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY

Sec. Q.Q. Grave 238.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Agnes Knight, of Leicester; husband of Lily Florence Knight, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GIVES AND TAKES AWAY BUT MEMORIES REMAIN OF MY EVERLOVING HUSBAND
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Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 275
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