Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: 'Fred Knapton, son of John Henry and Martha Jane Knapton, of 10 Wellheads, Thornton, Bradford, Yorks; husband of Mary Elizabeth Knapton, née Gore, of 36, Wakefield Rd., Old Mill, Barnsley. In the 1911 Census he was employed a a Coal Miner / Timberer at Houghton Main Colliery. Served in the South African Campaign. 1899-1903. Private, York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Bn., #15348. Died 8 May 1915, aged 34. Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 36 and 55.'