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Soldat Hugh Lloyd Knowles

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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.

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.

Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).

 

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