When it comes down to it is the small individual stories of those that participated in the Great War which deserve to be brought out of the shadows.
And so it is with Henry Albert Knight who was born in 1885 in Salford and died of wounds just five months after the armistice.
He was buried in Southern Cemetery and I doubt that I would ever have come across him were it not for
David Harrop whose permanent exhibition in the Remembrance Lodge honours those who participated in the conflict.
David told me that recently he had found a World War 1 memorial plaque for a hairdresser born in Salford and lived in Cheetham Hill Manchester.
Now I know very little more about Gunner Knight other than that in 1911 he was living at 12 Ansdell Street and that he was single and a hairdresser and served with the Royal Artillery.
In time I will go looking for his story and perhaps unearth some relatives.
And despite that limited knowledge he will be in my thoughts during the Remembrance services on November 10th and Southern Cemetery, and Remembrance Sunday.
The service at Southern will be at 11 am on Friday November 10 and be attended by the Friends of the Cemetery Group, the British Legion and Bereavement Services along with staff and pupils of local schools.
Location; Southern Cemetery
Picture; memorial plaque of Gunner Henry Albert Knight, 1919, picture of the memorial cross, from the collection of David Harrop
He was buried in Southern Cemetery and I doubt that I would ever have come across him were it not for
David Harrop whose permanent exhibition in the Remembrance Lodge honours those who participated in the conflict.
David told me that recently he had found a World War 1 memorial plaque for a hairdresser born in Salford and lived in Cheetham Hill Manchester.
Now I know very little more about Gunner Knight other than that in 1911 he was living at 12 Ansdell Street and that he was single and a hairdresser and served with the Royal Artillery.
In time I will go looking for his story and perhaps unearth some relatives.
The service at Southern will be at 11 am on Friday November 10 and be attended by the Friends of the Cemetery Group, the British Legion and Bereavement Services along with staff and pupils of local schools.
Location; Southern Cemetery
Picture; memorial plaque of Gunner Henry Albert Knight, 1919, picture of the memorial cross, from the collection of David Harrop
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