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Lieutenant Malcolm Knowles, 1st Royal Dragoons - died at Klerksdorp 28.3.1902 4 years 1 month ago #72159
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In St Anne's Church, Chapeltown, between Darwen and Bolton/Bury.
MALCOLM KNOWLES,
LIEUTENANT 1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS, SON OF ANDREW AND ELENORA MARGARET KNOWLES, LATE OF SWINTON OLD HALL. AFTER SERVING ONE YEAR IN SOUTH AFRICA HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING HIS TROOP IN ACTION AND DIED AT KLERKSDORP ON MARCH 28TH 1902.................................AGE 20.
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"A GOOD LIFE HATH BUT A FEW DAYS
BUT A GOOD NAME ENDURETH FOR EVER" 
"A good life hath..." is from Ecclesiasticus 41:13
A DARLINGTON OFFICER KILLED.
....A telegram received at Darlington announces the death in South Africa, on Friday last, from wounds received in action at Leeuwbosch four days previously, of Lieut. Malcolm Knowles, of the 1st Royal Dragoons, only son of Mr Knowles, of Thorpe Hall, Wycliffe, Darlington. Lieut. Knowles was only 20 years of age, and had joined the regiment quite recently, receiving his commission on the 17th of April last year. Shields Daily Gazette, Monday 31st March 1902 |
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Lieutenant Malcolm Knowles, 1st Royal Dragoons - died at Klerksdorp 28.3.1902 3 years 10 months ago #74375
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Lieutenant Malcolm Knowles, 1st Royal Dragoons - died at Klerksdorp 28.3.1902 3 years 10 months ago #74377
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Klerksdorp Cemetery
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