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Lawrence Scot Knowles

In memory of:

Corporal Lawrence Scot Knowles

September 9, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

B/64345

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Son of John Thomas Knowles and Lulu May Knowles, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 354 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (Leubringhen)
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

5. F. 11.

Location:

Leubringhen is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, halfway between Calais and Boulogne. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery is in Leubringhen and is situated on the east side of the Calais-Boulogne road, 14 kilometres from Calais. From Calais leave the motorway at junction 9 and turn left onto the N3-E402 toward St Inglevert. Proceed through the village and immediately after, turn first left over motorway bridge and follow the road for approximately 250 metres. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery will be found on the left.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Lawrence Scot Knowles

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    Photo of Lawrence Scot Knowles
    Photo of Lawrence Scot Knowles
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • Photo of Lawrence Scot Knowles– Corporal Knowles enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 and served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He was killed near the town of La Capelle in northern France.

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    Photo of Lawrence Scot Knowles
    Photo of Lawrence Scot Knowles – Corporal Knowles enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 and served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He was killed near the town of La Capelle in northern France.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Monument– Cpl Knowles is commemorated on this memorial at R.H.McGregor Public School on Coxwell Ave, in Toronto (East York).

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    Monument
    Monument – Cpl Knowles is commemorated on this memorial at R.H.McGregor Public School on Coxwell Ave, in Toronto (East York).
  • Gravemarker– Padre Cameron took this photo of Corporal Knowles' gravemarker during a trip to France in June 1997.

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    Gravemarker
    Gravemarker – Padre Cameron took this photo of Corporal Knowles' gravemarker during a trip to France in June 1997.

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