KNOTT, Sydney James

Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme FranceCredit: CWGC

Second Lieutenant
3rd Battalion
Worcestershire Regiment

Sydney was born 1884 in Newport, the youngest son of William & Sarah Jane (nee WISE) KNOTT. William was a well- known local Brewer. He married Harriette Amy CHEVERTON. The family lived at one time in 45 Orchard Street & ‘Fernlee’, Castle Road both in Newport. Before the War Sydney worked for the Newport Corporation.

Sydney, aged 32, Died from Wounds at the 7th Field Ambulance Aid Station on the 8th of July 1916 during the Battle of The Somme. He is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension on the Somme in France, beneath a Commission Headstone alongside 1,361 of his First World War Comrades.

Sydney is also remembered on the County, Newport Borough & Carisbrooke 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.