Sergeant Arthur George Knight
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Knight,
Arthur George
Date of birth: 1886-06-26
Place of birth: Haywards Heath Sussex England England
Next of kin: Edward Henry Knight, father, Mead Vale, Red Hill, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Carpenter
Occupation (normalized): Carpenter, General
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-09-03
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Dominion Cemetery, I. F. 15.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 426402
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(10th Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant, 10th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France Buissy Smith Line
Awards
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Date of award: 1917-11-01
Victoria Cross (Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France)
Date of award: 1918-09-02
Notes: Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 316391
LAC ID:
507196
Service file: B5223-S005
Uploader's Notes: Native of Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, born 26 June 1886. Son of Edward Henry Knight of Mead Vale, Red Hill, England. Sgt Knight lived and worked as a carpenter at Regina, Saskatchewan before the war. He attested at Regina on 19 December 1914. A plaque has been erected at his former residence 1843 Rae St. It is attached to an older apartment block. Two streets have been named in his honour, Knight and Sussex Crescents which are located in Coventry Park, a subdivision in west central Regina that was developed just after the Second World War. Coventry Park was named for the English cathedral city that took such a blasting from German bombers.
Uploader's Research notes:
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
Find a Grave Memorial 9760923
Mentioned in the book " The Suicide Battalion "
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Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-11-11