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In memory of:

Private Hugh Lloyd Knowles

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Military service

Service number: 219014
Age: 28
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division: 102nd Bn.
Birth: September 28, 1888 Poland, Ontario
Death: April 9, 1917

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: A. 10.
Additional information
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.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 270 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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