Private Hughie Lloyd Knowles

Name: Knowles, Hughie Lloyd

Address: Merrickville, Ontario

Religion: Presbyterian

Date of death: 1917-04-09

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, A. 10.

Highest Rank: Private (102nd Battalion)

Battle wounded/killed: While on duty with a Lewis gun crew during the attack on Vimy Ridge and shortly after the first objective had been taken, he was instantly killed when an enemy shell made a direct hit on the gun

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LAC ID: 507431

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B5236-S028

Uploader's Notes: Born 28 September 1888 in Poland, Ontario. He was the husband of Mabel (née Warren) Knowles of Harper, Ontario. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Knowles. Prior to enlistment, he worked in the offices of the Percival Plow Company of Merrickville, Ontario. When his brother 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.

Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 80th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 102nd Battalion ]

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2014-07-31