Name
Stanley Knight
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/12/1917
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36373
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
2nd Bn
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 105/106.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Walkern War Memorial, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Stanley was the son of James Alfred & Clara Knight.
Before joining the Army he was employed by D.Foster in Walkern. He enlisted in the Hertfordshire Regiment on the 1st November 1915.
Wartime Service
Formerly 5695 in the Hertfordshire Regiment.
After arriving in France as a Machine Gunner he was transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He was wounded on the 20th May 1916 and did not return to France until June 1917.
On the 2nd December 1917 the Battalion were in position North of Passchendaele. They were ordered to take part in an assault on enemy positions and whilst preparing for the attack their positions were shelled by German artillery, causing some casualties.
The attack commenced at 1.55am and the night sky was lit up with gold and green illumination flares. The Germans responded with considerable artillery fire causing numerous further casualties. In total the Battalion lost 88 men killed or missing on this night, one of whom was Stanley Knight.
He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson, Jonty Wild
