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Frank William Knight

In memory of:

Company Sergeant Major Frank William Knight

September 19, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

9459

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

3rd Bn.

Citation(s):

Military Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

September 26, 1886
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Son of Francis W. and Julia Knight, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 114 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

VIII. A. 24.

Location:

Warloy-Baillon is a village about 21 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 10 kilometres west of Albert. The WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the east side of the village and the EXTENSION is on the eastern side of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Group Photo– A photograph taken in the Fall of 1915 of N.C.O's of the 3rd (Toronto Regiment) Battalion near Ploegsteert Woods, Belgium. Company Sergeant Major Francis Knight, MM #9459 is the man sitting in the middle row left side with his friends. From the Bob Richardson Collection

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    Group Photo – A photograph taken in the Fall of 1915 of N.C.O's of the 3rd (Toronto Regiment) Battalion near Ploegsteert Woods, Belgium. Company Sergeant Major Francis Knight, MM #9459 is the man sitting in the middle row left side with his friends. From the Bob Richardson Collection

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