In Memory of
Lieutenant HARRY WILFRED KNOWLES MC 1878 - 1917
of The 11th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own)
who died aged 39 on Friday,8th June 1917
Harry started his military career in The Royal Horse Artillery,reaching the rank of Staff Serjeant.
On the 3 January 1916 he was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant and transfered to
The West Yorkshire Regiment
Medal Card
Reported in The London Gazette 25th November 1916
2nd Lt Harry Wilfred Knowles, West Yorkshire Regiment
Awarded the Military Cross
For Conspicuous gallantry in action
With a party of men he cut eight lanes through the barbed wire in order to assist the
Infantry advance. Later he carried out several daring patrols and obtained most valuable information
Harry was killed in a later action and is buried in plot VII.N.5 at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground,
Zillebeke,Ieper,West-Viaanderen,Belgium.
