Private Patrick Knight, 240089
- Batt - 9
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 30/10/1917
- Age - 23
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Joseph and Emma Knight, late of Hall Croft, Shepshed, Leics., and the husband of Jane Knight. The War Diary entry for the 30th October 1917 records. TRENCHES. Intermittent shelling during the day, much quieter at night. Hostile aeroplanes again very active, continually flying low and using machine guns.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Tyne Cot Mem., Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Born - Ballbriggan, County Dublin, Ireland
- Enlisted - Shepshed, Leicestershire
- Place of Residence - 79 Charnwood Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - SHEPSHED MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - SHEPSHED CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL MEM., LEICS
