KNOTT William

  • First Name(s):
    William 
  • Surname:
    KNOTT
  • Service Number:
    31282
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    10th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    18th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Panel 75 to 77.
  • Place of Birth:
    Dudley, Worcestershire, resident Stourbridge, Worcestershire, enlisted Dudley
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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KNOTT William Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge St John’s School now in Stourbridge St John’s Church
Stourbridge War Memorial

Further Information About KNOTT William

William Knott’s date of death is erroneously given as 10th April 1918 on the commonwealth War Graves Commission.  The correct date of death is confirmed as 18th October 1918 on the Worcestershire Regiment’s own Roll of Honour.

William Knott enlisted in the Worcesters and was posted to the 10th Battalion. This battalion endured the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and Passchendaele in 1917. In 1918 it survived the first German Spring offensive of the 21st March 1918, when the battalion was forced into a long retreat. It was then transferred to the quiet front line south of Ypres only to be faced with the second German offensive on the Lys. The troops were driven back from the Messines Ridge and April were holding Neuve Eglise. In the attempt to halt the next German attack Private William Knott was one of many Worcesters who were killed in action.

William Knott has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Tyne Cot Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.