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Military service
Service number:
L/13131
Age:
41
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 15, 1900
Roche Percee, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 20, 1940
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 44.
Additional information
Son of Mathew and Frances Knight; husband of Daisy Mae Knight, of Estevan, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William James Knight
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, just outside the Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of WILLIAM JAMES KNIGHT
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William James Knight
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William James Knight
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William James Knight
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William James Knight
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 87 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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