Private PLY/866(S) John KNOWLES

2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry

Killed in Action, Monday 13th November 1916, France, Age 26

Home address:

41 Cross Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Born:

1890, Hyde, Cheshire

Parents:

Mary Knowles and George William
41 Cross Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation:

Cotton Operative

Enlisted:

Manchester, Lancashire

Remembered:

Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France, plot IV, row E, grave 21.

Link to Hyde:

Born in Hyde

Draft for MEF 25/10/1915, joined 2nd RM Battalion 22/11/1915 – 13/11/1916 Discharge Dead