Major Edward Lewin Knight
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Regimental Number: |
NA | Survived War: |
No |
Force: |
Army | Regiment: |
Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Battalion: |
Eaton's Motor Machine Gun Battery | Company: |
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Place of Birth: |
Collingwood, Simcoe County, Ontario | Country: |
Canada |
Next of Kin: |
Margaret Allan Knight, wife, of Durham, Ontario | Address at Enlistment: |
Durham, Ontario |
Date of Birth: |
April 23, 1882 | Trade or Calling: |
Superintendant of Bridges |
Marital Status: |
Married | Prior Military Experience: |
Yes |
Place of Enlistment: |
Toronto, Ontario | Date of Enlistment: |
February 24, 1915 |
Age at enlistment: |
32 | Height: |
6 Feet Inches |
Chest: |
43 Inches | Expansion: |
5 Inches |
Religion: |
Church of England | Enlisted or Conscripted: |
Enlisted |
Saw service in: |
Europe | ||
Cause of Death: |
Killed in Action | Battle Died/Wounded: |
Killed by enemy shell. |
Date of Death: |
September 26, 1916 | Age at Death: |
34 |
Buried at: |
Bapaume Post Military Cemetery, France | Plot: |
I. G. 18. |
Commemorated: |
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Prisoner of war: |
No | Interned: |
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Gender: |
Male | Ethnic Origin: |
Caucasian |
| LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5224 - 18 |
| Canadian Virtual War Memorial Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Research Notes |
| FROM CEF Burial Registers: "KILLED IN ACTION The battery was covering attacks on Zollern, Hessian and Regina trenches, near Courcelette. Major Knight and two officers with whom he was conversing were killed instantaneously by an enemy high explosive shell, at 3:40 pm on September 26, 1916, while sitting outside the Headquarters dugout, situated about 500 yards North West of Pozieres, near the Cemetery." |
| Rank | Regiment | Unit | Company |
| Major | Canadian Machine Gun Corps | Eaton's Motor Machine Gun Battery |
| Previous military service with 35th Regiment, Simcoe Foresters; 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles; and, 9th Mississauga Horse. |