Cemetery - Wigston

Non-Combat Deaths

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  • Listing Status: Not Individually Listed
  • District: Oadby & Wigston
  • Parish: Oadby and Wigston

View Further Details Memorial Type:Addition to Gravestone Ref: WMP1265 Other Designation: No UKNIWM Ref: 58321 Verification Required: YES Information Sources: UKNIWM website

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Cemetery - Wigston
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Inscription Reads

OUR
DARLING
ANONA RUTH
BELOVED DAUGHTER OF
ERNEST AND GERTRUDE KNIGHT
WHO FELL ASLEEP MARCH 10TH 1914
AGED 6 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS
OUR DARLING CHILD SO YOUNG AND FAIR
CALLED TO HER EARLY DOOM
JUST GONE TO SHOW HOW SWEET A FLOWER
IN PARADISE COULD BLOOM
ALSO OF OUR DEAR SON CPL LESLIE KNIGHT RA
DROWNED IN ABOUKIR BAY, EGYPT
OCTOBER 7TH 1930 AGED 29 YEARS
LIFE'S SWEETEST GIFT, MEMORY

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died Knight - Leslie Corporal Royal Artillery 07/10/1930
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