Photo: James Pasby
Photo: James Pasby
CH/X 111390 Marine
J. Knowles R.M.
H.M.S. Copra
26th December 1943 Age 19
What man can suffer
These have suffered
What man can do
These have did
Son of Ambrose and Mary Elizabeth Knowles, of Spennymoor.
A family headstone reads:-
To the proud memory of Marine J. Knowles R.M.
dearly loved son of Ambrose and Mary E. Knowles
who was killed at sea Dec 26th 1943 aged 19 years
And through the years shall shine his undimed youth
John Knowles is remembered at Spennymoor on S132.02 and S132.04
