Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of George and Ellen Knight. Before the war Edward worked at Stablefords Wagon Works in Coalville, Leics. He was killed in an enemy air raid.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Coalville Times article - Friday January 4th, 1918.

LOCAL CASUALTIES

News has been received that Corporal E. Knight, of Silver Street, Whitwick, met with his death on the night of December 3rd, 1917. Corporal Knight joined the Leicesters on August 22nd, 1914, and after training in various camps, chiefly Aldershot, went to France in July, 1915. He became quite a favourite, and an accomplished marksman. His indomitable courage was recognised by his superiors after a dashing charge. It seems a villa was infested with the Hun, and Corporal Knight, followed by others, entered the building and brought out the foe, this act gaining him his first stripe. In March, 1916, he became attracted to the Royal Engineers, and was at once given his second stripe. His parents, Mr and Mrs G. Knight, of 92, Silver Street, Whitwick, have received the following letter from one of his fellow officers. “Dear Mr and Mrs Knight, I am taking this opportunity of writing to you on behalf of Ted’s mates and myself, who shared the same dug-out together. We express our deepest sympathy with you and your family in your bereavement. Ted’s death was caused by a bomb which was dropped on the dug-out, there being eight of us in at the time. We had gone to bed rather early that night, and we must all have been sound asleep. It was at 11.30 when we were startled by the explosion of a bomb which dropped in the end near where poor Ted was sleeping. The result was this, the four at that end were buried. We got them out very quickly, but unfortunately, Ted was quite dead. He must have succumbed to concussion. There were two doctors on the scene, so you may depend everything was done that was possible. I was present at the burial which took place on December 4th, in the British Military Cemetery. The company have had a nice cross placed on the grave, and it will be well looked after. Ted was thought a lot of by the lads in the company, and his loss is mourned by all who knew him.” Deceased was 22 years of age, and before he joined up at Messrs. Stableford and Co’s works, where his father is also employed.

Coalville Times article - Friday January 11th, 1918.

THANKS

Mr and Mrs G. Knight, 92, Silver Street, Whitwick wish to thank all those who have expressed sympathy with them in the loss of their son, Corporal E. Knight, of the Royal Engineers, killed in action on December 3rd.

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of our dear son, Corporal Edward Knight, who fell in action on December 3rd, 1917. Aged 22 years.

“Could I have raised his dying head,
Or heard his last farewell,
The grief would not have been so hard,
To those who loved him well
He bravely answered duty’s call;
He gave his life for one and all.
Christ will clasp the broken chain
Closer when we meet again.”

Coalville Times article - Friday December 5th, 1919

IN MEMORIAM

Knight – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Corporal Edward Knight, of the R.E. killed in action, December 3rd, 1917.

“No mother’s care, did him attend,
Nor o’er him did a father bend,
No sister by to shed a tear,
No brother his last words to hear.”

From Father and Mother, Brothers and Sisters.
92, Silver Street, Whitwick.

Knight – In loving memory of my dear brother, Corporal Edward Knight, of the R.E. who was killed December 3rd, 1917.

“There is a link Death cannot sever,
Love and remembrance lasts for ever.”

From his loving Sister and Brother.
203, North Street, Hugglescote.

Research undertaken and submitted (including photograph from Coalville Times) by Andy Murby 5/1/2018