KNIGHT, Charles Edwin

Jerusalem MemorialCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

Charles was born 1898 in Newport to Charles Henry & Ada Beatrice (nee SHEPARD) KNIGHT of 21A Sea Street in Newport.

Charles, aged 18, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 19th of April 1917. His body was never found or identified & so Charles is commemorated by the Commission upon the Jerusalem Memorial to The Missing together with 3,318 of his First World War comrades.

Charles is also remembered on the County, Newport Borough & IW Rifles 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.