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Private HERBERT KNIGHTON

Service Number: 8253
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

III. D. 66.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of G. Knighton (Irish Guards).
  • Personal Inscription NO MORE WAR HE FOUGHT FOR THOSE WHO LOVED HIM A HERO'S DEATH HE DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3233
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