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Major JAMES LEADBITTER KNOTT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

V. B. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Sir James Knott, 1st Bart., and Lady Knott, of Close House, Wylam-on-Tyne. Brother of Capt. H.B. Knott who also fell and is buried next to him.
  • Personal Inscription DEVOTED IN LIFE IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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