Private Benjamin Marcus Knapp
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Knapp,
Benjamin Marcus
Date of birth: 1898-01-21
Place of birth: Rainey River Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Margaret Knapp (mother), Asquith, Saskatchewan
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Asquith, Saskatchewan
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1917-08-15
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 204577
Highest Rank:
Private
(13th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 13th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack on Hill 70, Loos
Commemoration location: Asquith, Saskatchewan WWI Memorial Plaque
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1570163
LAC ID:
502331
Service file: B5219-S016
Uploader's Notes:
Son of the late Mahlon Knight and Marguerite Louisa Knapp.
He is included in the Town of Asquith Roll of Honour on page 30 and the Asquith and District Roll of Honour on page 31 of The Asquith Record as Knapp, Ben and is highlighted as dying on the "field of honor." He is also commemorated on the WWI Memorial plaque on the gates of the Asquith Cemetery.
Uploader's Research notes:
See biographical information about his family on page 178 of the local history book, The Asquith Record (1982, )
See his memorial page on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial.
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-06-23