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Personal data

• Name KNIGHT
• Initials WR
• First name WILFRID RATCLIFFE
• Place of birth Gunthorpe
• Country Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
• Last residence Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire
• Family Son of Martin and Jane Knight, of School House, Gunthorpe, Nottingham.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Nottingham
• Service number 45254
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 24th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 8th Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds head and right side, in n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 27 June 1917
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XV - D - 20

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