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Private SYDNEY KNOWLES

Service Number: 6268
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALLONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 33.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary E. Knowles, of 30, Broom Terrace, Rotherham.
  • Personal Inscription LIVED NOBLY NOBLY DIED BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART
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Buried or commemorated at

ALLONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 79
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