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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Knowles. Husband of Mabel (nee Warren) Knowles of Harper, Ontario. Prior to enlistment, he worked in the offices of the Percival Plow Company of Merrickville, Ontario.
When his brother Private William Graham, 80th Battalion (Belleville Regiment) was ready to go overseas, Hugh went to say farewell and instead joined him. He attested on 22 April 1916 at Belleville, Ontario, stating he was an accountant.
The two brothers went overseas and remained together. They both served in the 102nd Battalion until their deaths at Vimy Ridge, sadly, on the same day. Information courtesy of Merrickville Memorial Project, May 2002.
Digital gallery of Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
Hugh Lloyd Knowles is honoured on page 17 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003.
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War.
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
Photo from The Lanark Era.
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
From the Perth Courier for 4 May 1917.
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
Perth Courier clipping
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
The grave marker at the Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
The Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France.(J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles
From the Lanark Era c. 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Hugh Lloyd Knowles is honoured on page 17 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003.
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This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War.
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Photo from The Lanark Era.
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From the Perth Courier for 4 May 1917.
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Perth Courier clipping
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The grave marker at the Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
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The Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, located on the grounds of the Vimy Memorial Park on Vimy Ridge, just outside of Neuville-St Vaast, France.(J. Stephens)
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the Lanark Era c. 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
GIVENCHY ROAD CANADIAN CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
The Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery at Neuville-St Vaast is a small cemetery situated in the compound of the Vimy Memorial Park which contains the Vimy Memorial. The village of Neuville-St Vaast is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 8 kilometres north of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The cemetery is approximately 260 metres past Canadian Cemetery No.2 following the one-way system to rejoin the avenue leading back to the main road. The cemetery contains the graves of soldiers all of whom fell on the 9th April, 1917, or on one of the four following days. The cemetery covers an area of 849 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. The numerous groups of graves made about this time by the Canadian Corps Burial Officer were, as a rule, not named but serially lettered and numbered. This cemetery was originally called CD 1.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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