Every Name a Story

A. Knighton 1918
Rank : Private

Fence Houses

Arthur  Knighton

Every Name a Story

In Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium is the Commonwealth War Grave of 19542 Private Arthur Knighton, serving with the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment who died 05/01/1918.

Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he was born in Bankhead, enlisted at Houghton le Spring and lived at Fence Houses.

Arthur Knighton is remembered in Burnmoor on B154.01 and in Fence Houses on F47.03

First Name: Arthur

Last Name: Knighton

Service Number: 19542

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 05/01/1918

Rank: Private

Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment

Served in: Army

Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion

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