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KNOWLES M. H.
Matthew Henry Knowles
Private 31819
17th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Matthew Henry Knowles died on Sunday 3 September 1916, aged 33 years, and is commemorated on the KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART, Somme, France.
He was born on 26th May 1883, at Smedley's End, Sutton-in-Ashfield. He was the son of James & Fanny Knowles. James Knowles was a Miner, and a native of Walton, Derbyshire. Fanny Knowles was originally from Codnor Park. In 1901 the family were living in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
KNOWLES, Matthew Henry. Born
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Enlisted at Mansfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield)
17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 31819, killed in
action, France & Flanders 3rd Sep 1916.
Researched by Heather Faulkes