Name
James Thomas Knightley (*1)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/05/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
7237
Bedfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BLARGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
I. E. 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford, Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans (*1), Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans (*1), Not on the Hoddesdon memorials
Pre War
Born in 1895 in Hoddesdon son of James and Elizabeth (Murphy) Knightley and living in Baker Street, Hertford in 1901 and in 43 Cromwell Road, Hertford in 1911.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford formerly 7237 Bedfordshire Regiment and then became 399778 in the Labour Corpswas killed in action.
Additional Information
*1 J Knightley and J T Knightley appear on the Hertford Town Memorial, and a James Thomas Knightley on the All Saints Church Memorial in Hertford. The St Albans Cathedral Diocese records also list both names, but does offer some additional information, it records J Knightley as a Private in the Bedfordshire Regiment and J T Knightley as a Private in the Labour Corps.
Research has identified that 'James Knightley' (SDITGW) was formerly 7237 in the Bedfordshire Regiment before being transferred as Private 399778 to the Labour Corps. We have looked for another man with a similar name, but have yet to find anyone. For these reasons we believe that they are one and the same man and that the change of regiment/corps has resulted in confusion and therefore duplication. Such transfers were relatively common and due to a man being no longer fit for active service due to wounding, injury or illness.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
