In Memory Of

KNIGHT, FRANCIS HOWARD

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1893-05-22
Service No:
 4601
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-13
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. G. 22.
Cemetery:
 PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Edward Jukes and Lydia Eleanor Knight. Commemoration stone in Burgersdorp (Old) Cemetery