Private 2833 Joseph Knowles

Regiment/Unit: Welsh Guards - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 31st of July 1917 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Artillery Wood Cemetery - II. A. 10.

Family details:
Son of John and Margaret Knowles, of 81, Raglan St., St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1901 - 3 years old Joseph is living at 9 Peter Street, St Helens with parents John (39), Margaret (36) and five siblings: Margaret A (13), Martha (11), Ellen (9), Sarah (7), John (9 Mths). 1911 - Sees 13 years old schoolboy Joseph living at 81 Raglan Street, St Helens with parents John (49), Margaret (46) and seven siblings: Margaret Ann (23), Martha (21), Ellen (19), Sarah (17), John (10), Florence (5), Henry (1).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=12]Remembered On the Ormskirk Street Memorial, St Helens.[/url]

[pic]imgs/coop/1914-1918_War24.jpg[/pic] [caption]From St Helens Co-operative Book of Remembrance[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Knowles_J_2833_Welsh_Gds.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Joseph Knowles at Artillery Wood Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/2833KnowlesJ.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/2833KnowlesJ2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private Joseph Knowles at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]