BORN HULL 1886. KNOWN AS ‘HENRY’ KNAGGS. SON OF JOSEPH KNAGGS & SARAH ELIZABETH (WALKER), OF 8 CHARLOTTE’S BUILDINGS, SOUTH PARADE, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED WITH THE 2ND EYR IN 1911. KILLED IN ACTION ON 20/09/1914, AGED 28.
PTE. H KNAGGS. 1ST EYR, WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, SEINE-ET-MARNE, FRANCE
First name:
FRANCIS HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
8234
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/09/1914
Place died:
LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, SEINE-ET-MARNE, FRANCE
Age:
28
8 CHARLOTTE'S BUILDINGS, SOUTH PARADE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK