Hyde War Memorial Trust

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James KNOWLES

Private 7614 James KNOWLES
16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

Killed in Action,   Saturday 1st July 1916,   France,   age 20

Home address:Freemasons Arms, Handforth, Cheshire
Born:1896, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:Elizabeth Knowles and John Kowles
123 Back Lane*, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital status:-
Occupation:Barman
Enlisted:Manchester, Lancashire
Remembered:Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France,
pier 13 or 14.
Link to Hyde:Born in Hyde

* Back Lane is now part of Lumn Road.   See our notes on Old Place Names.