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Private Arthur Edwin Knight

353159 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Regtiment

Son of Mr Charles & Mrs Alice (nee Wooding, of Wymington)

Aged 35 years

Died 31st October 1917

Commemorated on Arras Memorial
Bay 1 and 2.


Born at Rushden. Clicker by trade.
Rushden Echo, 2nd August 1918, transcribed by Kay Collins

Died of Wounds—Official news has now been received by Mrs. Knight, of Wymington, to the effect that her husband, Pte. Arthur Edwin Knight, 353159 Royal Scots Regt., who has been missing since Sept 26th 1917, died of wounds on the battlefield in France on October 31st 1917. Deceased, who was 35 years of age, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knight, of Albion-place, Rushden, and he was formerly a clicker for Messrs. Sanders and Sanders, boot manufacturers, Rushden. He leaves a widow and three children. Deceased, who was last home on leave in July 1917, was well known in Rushden and Wymington, and he was much respected. As a lad he passed through the Park-road Baptist Sunday school at Rushden.


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