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John James Knight

Serjeant

Service No. 305551

Age 36

Died on 1 July 1916

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Husband of Annie Knight, of 122, Avondale Rd., Sparkhill, Birmingham.

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Henry Harrison

John, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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We will remember them.

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Lynda Simpson

Remembered with love and gratitude for his sacrifice by the grand daughters he never knew.

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John, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, although so many of our comrades must have been blown t...

Henry Harrison

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John James Knight was husband to Annie and father to Ivy and James. His death at 36 years of age left his son James, still just a boy, as th...

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