In Memory Of
KNOTT, GEORGE CUMMINGS
Service Details
Age:
40
Date of Birth:
1902-01-21
Service No:
8515
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-07-12
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds, received on 10 July when "B" and "C" Coys launched an attack, together with the Australians, on enemy (Italian) positions near El Alamein. He died 2 days later in hospital
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XII. H. 3.
Cemetery:
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Kemp and Louisa Mary Knott. Husband of Margaret Joyce Knott, of Farm "Thorndale" Alice, Cape Province. Born Beaufort West area. A farmer. Commemoration stone in Knott Cemetery in Fish River Nature Reserve
