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First Name: | Alfred Alexander | Last Name: | KNIGHT |
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| Date of Death: | 22/07/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Finsbury Park | |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal | Unit: | Middlesex3 | |
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Current Information:
Age-28 23, Pooles Park, Finsbury Park RE Farm Cemetery, Belgium
On 21st July, 1915, the 3rd Middlesex battalion of 85 Brigade, 28th Division moved into the front line near Wulverghem in Belgium where they remained until relieved on 29th July. Alfred Knight was killed on 22nd July when the battalion’s trenches came under trench mortar and rifle grenade fire to which 3rd Middlesex were unable to retaliate due to a shortage of rifle grenades. |
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