17143 Private Fred Knowles of the 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment:

 

He was killed in action on the 1 July 1916, aged 25 years, and he is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, France.

 

Fred Knowles was born at Denton in 1892 and he is the son of Robert Knowles and Lizzie Mayers (aka Lizzie Hannah) who were married at St Paul’s Church, Portwood, Stockport, in 1887. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on George Street West, Hyde, employed in the cotton industry.

Peter Whitehead