Lieutenant HARRY WILFRED KNOWLES MC.1878 - 1917

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
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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

2nd Lt Harry Wilfred Knowles, West Yorkshire Regiment.Awarded the Military Cross

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.

Rest in Peace