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Military service
Service number:
U/2016
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Division:
2 Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit
Birth:
December 26, 1919
Leighton Buzzard, Bedforshire, England
Enlistment:
April 9, 1943
London, England
Death:
October 14, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 4.
Additional information
Son of Irene Kate Knight. Brother of Alwyn T. Knight and Heather F. Emery.
Digital gallery of Private Harry George Thomas Knight
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Photo of Harry Knight
Harry in 'civvies' from my mothers family photograph collection -
Photo of Harry Knight
A better version of the newspaper announcement of his death. From my mothers photo collection - so pleased to have found this link -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator, November 3, 1944 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery 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
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Harry George Thomas Knight
Digital gallery of
Private Harry George Thomas Knight
Digital gallery of
Private Harry George Thomas Knight
Digital gallery of
Private Harry George Thomas Knight
Digital gallery of
Private Harry George Thomas Knight
Digital gallery of
Private Harry George Thomas Knight
Digital gallery of
Private Harry George Thomas Knight
Digital gallery of
Private Harry George Thomas Knight
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 354 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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