Charles Edward – Knapp – Great Western Railway – 2nd Corporal – 16/04/1918

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Title

Charles Edward – Knapp – Great Western Railway – 2nd Corporal – 16/04/1918

Initials / forenames

Charles Edward

Surname

Knapp

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Royal Engineers, 20th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company

Military rank

2nd Corporal

Military number

218907

Railway department

Swindon, Locomotive and Carriage Department

Railway job

Clerk

Date died

16/04/1918

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, June 1918, p92 & July 1918, p109.

Memorial

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

Notes

Age 39, the son of Edward Thomas and Caroline Elizabeth Knapp, and husband of Lilian Knapp of 79 Ashford Road, Swindon.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)

Date entered

15/02/2017

Last updated

15/02/2017

Citation

“Charles Edward – Knapp – Great Western Railway – 2nd Corporal – 16/04/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/51929.