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Private WILLIAM KNOWLES

Service Number: 2021459
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

III. A. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of George Henry and Eliza Jane Knowles, of 1000, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription I WILL SAY OF THE LORD HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 764
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