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Ernest Knowles

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Forename Ernest
Surname Knowles
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 31
Address Monton Green, Eccles
Parents' Address
Township Eccles
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Chief Sanitary Officer, Eccles Corporation
Regiment R.A.M.C 59th Sanitary Section
Day of Death 3
Month of Death November
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Presumed Drowned
Place of Burial Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton
Regiment Number 2754
Name of War First World War
Location Unknown
Additional Information wife's parents Mr & Mrs Morley, 72 Hodges Street, Wigan. Father, Ellis Knowles, head of Wigan Corporation Sanitary Department
killed in ship collision off Ireland

CWGC, Ancestry, WE 11/11/16