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Private WILLIAM KNOWLES

Service Number: 22750
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

VII. D. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Knowles, of Leigh, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM

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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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