KNAPP, Thomas Victor George

Gaza War CemeteryCredit: CWGC

Private
163 Company
Machine Gun Corps

Thomas was born in Newport in 1897 to Edward & Rose (nee FRY) KNAPP who were living at 24 Crocker Street, Newport around the time of Thomas’ death.

Thomas took part in the Third Battle of Gaza, which begun on the 27th October 1917, & ended with the capture of the ruined & deserted city on the 7th of November 1917. Casualty Clearing Stations arrived later that month & General & Stationary Hospitals in 1918.

Thomas, aged 20, was killed in the fighting on the 2nd November 1917, & is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery beneath a Commission Headstone.

Gaza War Cemetery contains 3,217 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 781 of them unidentified. Second World War burials number 210. There are also 30 post war burials & 234 War Graves of other nationalities.

Thomas is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.