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Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 13, 1911
Picton, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 16, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 19, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 8.
Additional information
Son of Frederick Temple Knight and Grace Elmo Knight; husband of Helen Carter Knight, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Donald Trumpour Knight
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2166 Lt Donald Trumpour Knight (RMC 1930) was the son of Frederick Temple Knight and Grace Elmo Knight. He was the husband of Helen Carter Knight, of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C. He died on Sep 19, 1944 at 32 years of age. He was buried in the Schoonselhof Cemetery in Belgium II. C. 8. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2166 Lt Donald Trumpour Knight (RMC 1930) was the son of Frederick Temple Knight and Grace Elmo Knight. He was the husband of Helen Carter Knight, of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C. He died on Sep 19, 1944 at 32 years of age. He was buried in the Schoonselhof Cemetery in Belgium II. C. 8. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2166 Lt Donald Trumpour Knight (RMC 1930) was the son of Frederick Temple Knight and Grace Elmo Knight. He was the husband of Helen Carter Knight, of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C. He died on Sep 19, 1944 at 32 years of age. He was buried in the Schoonselhof Cemetery in Belgium II. C. 8. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Stained Glass
Memorial Window, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial Stained Glass
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial Arch
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Photo of DONALD TRUMPOUR KNIGHT
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Crest
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 354 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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