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Arthur William Knighton

Private

Service No. 2664

Age 25

Died on 1 July 1916

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of A. W. and Elizabeth Knighton, of 186, Pitsford St., Hockley, Birmingham; husband of Edith Lee (formerly Knighton), of 238, Windsor St., Ashted, Birmingham.

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Henry Harrison

Arthur, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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Arthur, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, although so many of our comrades must have been blown...

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