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Company Sergeant Major FRANCIS WILLIAM KNIGHT

Service Number: 9459
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VIII. A. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Francis W. and Julia Knight, of Toronto.
  • Personal Inscription THEY SHALL SHINE THEIR BEAUTY BRIGHT GEMS HIS CROWN
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Buried or commemorated at

WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1351
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