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Knossington,  St Peter's Church

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR 
LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918 
H DRAPER OTTEWELL
1ST GLOUCESTERS OCTOBER 5TH 1915
GEORGE H WHEAT
5TH LEICESTERS OCTOBER 13TH 1915
CHARLES FINNEY
4TH LEICESTERS  MARCH 31ST 1916
PERCY HILL
NEW CAVALRY MARCH 31ST 1916
LIEUT C PHILIP TANNER RN
HMS INDEFATIGABLE MAY 31ST 1916
CHARLES BROOME
7TH LEICESTERS  JULY 26TH 1916
HORACE SPENCE
7TH LEICESTERS AUGUST 14TH 1916
WALTER BARNARD
9TH LEICESTERS MAY 3RD 1917
WILLIAM FINNEY
ROYAL SUSSEX REGT MARCH 22ND 1918
WILLIAM CHARLES SPENCE
RNVR OCTOBER 10TH 1918

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED
BY THE PARISHIONERS
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There is a framed hand written paper Roll of Honour
 
The Roll of Honour
Fortior est quam qui mortem timeat
Here and here did England help me!
How can I help England?     Browning
1914 Loyal and True
Not once nor twice in our rough island story
The path of duty was the way to glory    Tennyson

KNOSSINGTON roll of HONOUR
Walter Barnard 7th Leicesters
Francis Cox  Red Cross
Joseph H Churchill 7th Leicesters
James H Grist  7th Leicesters
Percy Hill  New Army Cavalry Killed in action Mar 31st 1916 RIP
Samuel Hudson Bucks. Yeomanry
Herbert Lovering Bucks. Yeomanry
Arthur Percy  
Henry D Ottwell New Army Cavalry Killed in action Oct 8th 1915 RIP
Louis le Poulin  G2nd French Infantry
George W Tanner 2nd Lieut 1st York and Lancaster King’s Birthday (1916) Honours List awarded Military Cross
George Wheat 5th Leicesters  Killed in action Oct 13th 1915 RIP
Edward Vendy Leicester Yeomanry
Charles Broome 7th Leicesters Died of Wounds July 26 1916 RIP
Arthur D Hudson 7th Leicesters
Joseph Maycock 7th Leicesters
Edward Arnold Army Service Corps
Joseph Wheeler Royal Horse Artillery
William H Finney 2nd Sussex
Horace Spence 7th Leicesters Killed in Action Aug 14th 1916 RIP
Stanley Jones  Royal Garrison Artillery
Alexr G Hill  London Imperial Yeomy
Frederic Spence Royal Horse Artillery
Charles Neale  Royal Field Artillery
Lawrence Barry 11th Hussars
Frank Naylor  Army Veterinary Corps
George Hollis  Army Veterinary Corps
William H Summers Army Veterinary Corps
Charles Finney 4th Leicesters Killed in action Mar 31st 1916 RIP
Charles H Vines 10th Leicesters
Edwd G R Wilkinson RMA Woolwich 2nd Lieut RGA 1916 
Alfred Dexter  Leicester Yeomanry   
John H Vines  Royal Garrison Artillery  
Harry Grant  Coldstream Guards 

There is a Printers? name in the margin F Drewett 1915 
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A Brass Plaque

HQ 4TH PARACHUTE BRIGADE 1ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
In proud and everlasting memory of the men of the HQ
4th Parachute Brigade
Stationed at The Grange Knossington Leicestershire Who left the village on the 18th September 1944 to take part in the Battle of Arnhem
And those who made the supreme sacrifice
CAPTAIN GM BLUNDELL            MAJOR C N B DAWSON
PRIVATE F G DOLOGHAN          L/CORPORAL P J DONNELLY
L/CORPORAL A J GOULD           PRIVATE A GUTHRIE
CAPTAIN E D JAMES                 PRIVATE J McGLONE
PRIVATE E SUTTON                  CORPORAL W H WRIGHT
PRIVATE C WATTAM                 PRIVATE G WHYTE

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
The Fallen in WW1

Walter BARNARD
Private, 9th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110
Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 14499
He was killed in action on 3 May 1917 during the third Battle of the Scarpe. He was 27.
He was the son of John and Mary Barnard, Middle Street, Elton, Peterborough.
He is remembered on bay 5 of the Arras Memorial
He enlisted in Oakham

Charles BROOME
Private, 7th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110
Brigade, 21st Division. Army no. 15936
He died from his wounds on 26 July 1916. He was probably wounded in the fighting at Bazentin Ridge on the Somme. He was 21.
He was the son of Charles Robert and Eliza Broome of Knossington
He is buried in grave VIII A 150 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

Charles Geoffrey FINNEY
Private, 1st/4th  Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 138 Brigade, 46th Division. Army no. 4813
He was killed in action on 31 March 1916. He was 18.
He was the son of William and Catherine Finney of Knossington.
He is buried in grave I C 18 Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi

William Henry FINNEY
Private, 11th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, 116 Brigade, 39th Division. Army no. SD/1684
He was killed in action on 3 April 1918. He was 22.
He was the son of William and Catherine Finney, Greystones, Sunningdale
He is buried in grave II A 12 Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon near Peronne
Additional Information
The War Memorial date of death differs from the date in military records
He was born in Knossington

Percival Henry HILL
Corporal, 8th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 8th Brigade, 3rd Division. Army no. 16355
He was killed in action on 31 March 1916 during the capture of the St Eloi Craters. He was 21.
He was the son of John Henry and Elizabeth Ann Hill, 78 Parkstone Avenue, Parkstone, Dorset.
He is remembered on panel 21 and 31 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Henry Draper OTTEWELL
Private, 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 3 Brigade, 1st Division. Army no. 22066. He was formerly with the Reserve Cavalry
He was killed in action on 8 October 1915 during the Battle
of Loos. He was 19.
He was the son of Henry and Bertha Lois Ottewell.
He is remembered on panel 60 to 64 of the Loos Memorial 
 
Horace SPENCE
Private, 7th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment, 110
Brigade, 37th Division. Army no. 16017
He was killed in action on 14 August 1916. He was 22.
He was the son of Charles and Eliza Spence of Knossington 
He is remembered on bay 5 of the Arras Memorial

William Charles SPENCE
Ordinary Seaman, HMS Victory, Royal Naval. RNVR no.
Bristol Z/8150
He died on 10 October 1918. He was 19.
He was the son of Fred and Annie Spence of Knossington.
He is buried in the churchyard of St. Peter’s Church, Knossington

Charles Philip TANNER
Engineer Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Indefatigable, Royal Navy
He died in action on 31 May 1916 during the battle of Jutland. He was 22.
He was the son of the late Rev. George Alfred Tanner and Josephine E Tanner, Ebor House, Godwin Road, Hastings.
He is remembered on panel 10 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial
Additional Information
He was born at Cold Overton Rectory. 
B.Sc. and most importantly educated at Oakham School 

George H WHEAT
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment,
138 Brigade, 46th Division.  Army no. 2340
He was killed in action on 13 October 1915 during the Battle of Loos. He was 23.
He was the son of Alfred Ernest and Mary Jane Wheat of Knossington.
He is remembered on panel 42 to 44 of the Loos Memorial 

The Fallen who are not on the War Memorial

Edward BAINES
Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North
Staffordshire Regiment), 176 Brigade, 59th Division.  Army no. 235067. He was formerly with the Leicestershire Regiment. Army no 4297.
He was killed in action on 21 March 1918 during the Battle of St Quentin. He was 30.
He was the son of Allen Baines of Whissendine and the husband of Emma Baines of Easton on the Hill, Stamford
He is buried in grave I F 17 HAC Cemetery, Ecoust-St.
Mein
Additional Information
He was born in Knossington

Cecil Edward GRAHAM
Private, 1st/2nd North Midland Field Ambulance, Royal
Army Medical Corps. Army no. 419278
He died from his wounds on 10 May 1917. He was 19.
He was the son of George A and Eliza Graham of Knossington
He is buried in grave I R 17 Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, The Somme
Additional Information
He was born in Leicester

The Fallen at Arnhem included on the plaque

George Minto BLUNDELL
Captain, 1st Battalion,  The Parachute Regiment, attached to HQ, 4th Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps. Army no. 
113349.
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 27.   
He was the son of George Walmsley Blundell and Ethel M Blundell of Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
He is buried in grave 27 B 7 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Additional Information
B.A. (Oxon.).
For the fuller story see: http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/george-m-blundell
         
Charles Neville Bruce DAWSON MC MiD
Major, Royal Berkshire Regiment, attached to HQ, 4th Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps. Army no. 69165.
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 27.  
He was the son of Edward Elliot Neville Dawson and Muriel
Simpson Dawson and the husband of Sheila Mosley Dawson of Guildford.
He is buried in grave 6 C 11 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
For a fuller story see:
http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/charles-n-b-dawson

Francis George DOLAGHAN
Private, Parachute Regiment attached to HQ, 4th 
Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps.  Army no. 64880
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 21.
He was the son of James and Maria Dolaghan of Belfast.
He is buried in grave 29 C 10 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Additional Information
DOLOGHAN -  this one was hard to find

Peter John DONNELLY
Private, Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade, The Parachute
Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. 312971 2
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 28.  
He was the husband of May Donnelly of Stalybridge, Cheshire.
He is buried in grave 29 A 9 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Arthur John GOULD
Lance Corporal, Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade, The 
Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. 4690563.
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 23.   
He was the son of Arthur John and Matilda Caroline Gould and the husband of Ellen Riga Arnell Gould of Whitby.
He is buried in grave 5 C 20 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
      
Alfred GUTHRIE
Private, Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no.  4469508
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 27.  
He was the son of John Lyons Guthrie and Ada Rome Guthrie of Newcastle-on-Tyne and the husband of Sarah Greenwell Guthrie of St. Anthony's, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
He is buried grave 28 B 9 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Edmund David JAMES
Captain, South Wales Borderers attached to HQ, 4th Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps. Army no. 85626
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 26
He was the son of Augustine Edmund Lee James and Ella Maxton James of Penally Abbey, Pembrokeshire.
He is buried grave 6 D 19 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

John McGLONE
Private, The Parachute Regiment, attached to HQ 4th Parachute Brigade, Army Air Corps. Army no. 2760448
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 24.  
He is buried in grave 28 A 1 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Edward SUTTON
Private, HQ Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade, The Parachute
Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. 6211927
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944.  He was 27.
He is remembered on panel 9 of the Groesbeek Memorial

William Henry WRIGHT
Lance Corporal, Defence Platoon, 4th Brigade The
Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. 4692899
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem on 20 September 1944. He was 25.
He was the son of William Henry and Jane Wright of Stainforth, Yorkshire.
He is remembered on panel 8 of the Groesbeek Memorial

All the men above died on the same date

​Cyril WATTAM
Private, Royal Army Service Corps, attached to HQ 4th
Brigade, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. S/197199
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem between 25 and 26 September 1944. He was 24.  
He was the son of Joseph and Edith Wattam and the husband of Gwendolen Mary Wattam of Donisthorpe,
Burton-on-Trent.        
He is buried in grave 1 Amerongen (Holleweg) General Cemetery
For a fuller story see: http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/cyril-wattam 

George Rumgay WHYTE
Driver, Royal Army Service Corps, attached to HQ 4th
Brigade, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps. Army no. T/81814
He died on active service during the Battle of Arnhem between 25 and 26 September 1944. He was 23.  
He was the son of George Rumgay and Mary Whyte and the nephew of Timothy Mellay of Muirton, Perth.
He is buried in Sp Mem. C grave 6 Amerongen (Holleweg) General Cemetery.
For a fuller story see: http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/george-r-whyte 
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