A British nobody.

30 September 2000, 01:29 PM

Does anyone have any information about a British observer, Sean W. Knight?

stevedrew · 30 September 2000, 06:59 PM

Nina,
He may be "unsung" or largely "unknown", but any person who fought in this conflict WAS somebody.
"Bless them all, bless them all,
The long and the short and the tall
Bless all the Sargeants and W.O 1's,
Bless all the corporals, and their bloomin' sons"

Steve Drew

30 September 2000, 08:01 PM

Steve,
you're rigth, and thanks for replying.
I do wonder, though... But then it's been quite a while since then.

Vin · 30 September 2000, 08:30 PM

Nina

I am not sure where you are from. If you live in London then you could go to the Public Records Office (Richmond or Kew ? - sounds like the eastern suburbs of Melbourne) to start with. You can get an idea of what is there by looking at

http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk/ListInt/...e=WO&class=394

If you wait patiently, I am sure that others will give you more research avenues. Sean W. Knight. Unusual name for WW 1. If you come with anything, make sure you post it here, won’t you

Vin

30 September 2000, 09:03 PM

Thank you very much for the advice - however, my chances of going to London in the enar future are next to zero. I'm a Dane stationed in Washington State, USA....
But if I solve my mystery, I'll tell you about it, sure.
Nina.

Ginger. · 1 October 2000, 05:42 AM

Nina
Whats your interest in this British nobody? a bit more infomation,if you have any,would help.

1 October 2000, 12:39 PM

Ginger,
I don't have a lot of info. He died in 1916 in a ground battle. I believe he was in Unit 43 and 87 with the RFC but I'm not sure at all. So that's all....
Nina.

2 October 2000, 06:49 AM

Nina,
According to the CWGC site, no-one of that name is listed as missing or killed in that year. There is a S.W. Knight of 7th Batt. London Regiment, but the date of his death was 4th October 1918.
Regards
Paul

2 October 2000, 01:25 PM

Thank you very much for taking the time to find that information - I know I'm hopeless at this, for I am not sure of his date of death; my data has holes, big nasty ones, so he might be my guy, who knows? Is there any more on this S W Knight?
Thank you, Nina V.

2 October 2000, 11:16 PM

Nina,
The information was obtained from the register of missing and killed, held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. you can get to it via the links button on the left hand side of this page.
It only gives basic information of who, when and where buried (or commemorated, in the case of missing). Sometimes there is a last known address of next-of-kin, but not in this case.
Regards
Paul