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Bombardier JOHN WILLIAM KNOWLES

Service Number: 785002
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"X" 50th T.M. Bty.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. N. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Alice Knowles, of Whinney Lane, Streethouse, Pontefract, Yorks, and the late Albert Knowles.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 303
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