KNIGHT Archie William

  • First Name(s):
    Archie 
    William 
  • Surname:
    KNIGHT
  • Service Number:
    20372
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Unit:
    D Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th October 1916
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France, Grave II. H. 15.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George and Emma Knight, of Corporation Cottages, Droitwich, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

KNIGHT Archie William Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove Independent Order of Oddfellows
Droitwich Council Chamber WW1 Memorial
Droitwich St Andrew’s Church WW1 Memorial
Droitwich St Peter-De-Witton Church
Droitwich St Peter’s School now in Droitwich Community Hall
Droitwich War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Bromsgrove Independent Order of Oddfellows under Pakington Lodge.

Further Information About KNIGHT Archie William

Resident Droitwich, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester.

Arthur Knight was born at Droitwich in 1895, the son of George and Emma Knight nee Harrison.  George was a labourer and the couple had 10 children including:-
Rosanna Knight born 1891.
George Harry Knight born 1892.
Arthur William Knight born 1895
John Knight born 1897.
Thomas Knight born 1901.
Emma Knight born 1903.
Albert Knight born 1906.
The family resided at Holloway Road, Droitwich.

Arthur was known as “Archie” and prior to enlisting at Worcester he was employed as a farmhand. He was formerly Private, 2509, Worcestershire Yeomanry.

Arthur was killed in the trenches at Hebuterne.
Between 16th and 20th October 1916, 1/8th battalion Worcestershire Regiment lost 2 men who were shot in the trenches and died of wounds. Private Knight was one of those men. The other was Private William Henry Leek, also of Droitwich.

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, 4th November 1916:
News has been received, that Private Archie Knight has died in hospital as a result of wounds from a shell as he was leaving the trenches. He has two brothers in the army, one at Salonica and the other in Egypt.

A photograph of Trooper A. W. Knight of Droitwich can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 18th November 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

If you have any information about KNIGHT Archie William, please get in touch
Credits: Researched by Andy Frisby. Berrow's Worcester Journal Supplement researched by Sandra Taylor.