Basic Details
Surname
Knight
Forenames
Walter
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
91662
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Longthorpe.

(CWGC records that Driver W Knight, regimental number 91662, died aged 22 on 17/8/1917 serving in 135th Battery of the Royal Field Artillery, and is buried in grave G.20 at St Pol Communal Cemetery Extension in France. They record him as the son of William and Elizabeth Knight of Sibson, Wansford, Northamptonshire. Soldiers Died in the Great War record him as Gunner Walter Knight, regimental number 91662, a native of Peterborough, and that he had formerly served in the Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 1312. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Driver Walter Knight of 135th Battery 32nd Brigade died at No 12 Stationary Hospital in France).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Field Artillery
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Driver
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
August
Day of death
17
Manner of death as stated
"Died of burns 17th August 1917 at No 12 C.C.S. France"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
LONGTHORPE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial