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William Knight
Informationen zu Geburt
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Geburtsdatum: 29/09/1885 |
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Geburtsort: Barnsbury, Middlesex, England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
Allgemeine Informationen
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Beruf: Justizangestellter |
Informationen zum Armeedienst
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Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
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Truppe: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Private |
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Dienstnummer: G/22457 |
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Einberufung ort: London (City), Middlesex, England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
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Einheiten: — The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 7th Bn. (Letzte bekannte Einheit) |
Informationen zu Tod
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Sterbedatum: 13/10/1917 |
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Sterbeort: Poelkapelle Church - Gloster House, Belgien |
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Todesursache: Missing in action |
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Alter: 32 |
Gedenkstätte
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Tyne Cot Memorial Tafel: 37A |
Auszeichnungen und Orden 2
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British War Medal Medaille |
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Victory Medal Medaille |
Punkte von Interesse 2
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Meine Geschichte
The 7th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) took over the front roughly between Poelcappelle Chruch and Gloster Farm. They took part in the attack on 12 October near Poelcapelle but the attack failed and they could only andvance a little. They suffered heavy German shelling and the field of operations was a moon landscape filled with mud. On the evening of the 13th the troops were relieved. William must have died during this attack or trying to consolidate the little ground they had gained.
Quellen 3
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7 Battalion Buffs (East Kent Regiment) (The National Archives, Kew (TNA) WO 95/2049/1). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Verwendete Quellen |
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McCarthy Chris, Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018). Verwendete Quellen |
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Nichols G.H.F. ,The 18th Division in the Great War (Edinburgh, William Blackwood & Sons, 1922). Verwendete Quellen |
Weitere Informationen 3
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/835112 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=196766c0-6604-41e1-ae60-e6471f230bcf |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2022457 |