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• Name KNOWLES
• Initials G
• First name GEORGE
• Place of birth Stockport
• Country Cheshire, England
• Last residence Stockport
• Family Son of James and Frances Knowles. His brother Willie also served in the army and survived the war.
• Profession Employee in a spinning mill
• Extra info Husband of E. Pickersgill (formerly Knowles), of 10, Colonial Rd., Heaviley, Stockport, Cheshire;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 1915 Stockport
• Service number 266499
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st/6th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 118th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 39th Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds in the head and arm
• Date of death 6 July 1917
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XV - C - 18A

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