William Frederick Knight

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772918

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Park Baptist Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

80 Brighton Row, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Shellards Lane, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Bricklayer

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX May 17, 1917

Private William Frederick Knight, a member of the first overseas battalion of the Dufferin Rifles, is reported to be in the 30th General Hospital, Calais, having been wounded on May 4. He was a bricklayer here, residing on Shellard’s Lane. He was 31 years of age and unmarried.

BX December 26, 1964

Fred Knight

William Fred Knight, 79, of 305 Dalhousie Street, died Wednesday in the Brantford General Hospital. He was born in Shellards Lane, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Knight and resided here all his life. Mr. Knight was a bricklayer, retiring in 1948. He was a member of Park Baptist Church, Gore Lodge I.O.O.F., and the International Union of Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers. During the First World War he served with the 125th Battalion. His wife died June 1964. Mr. Knight is at the Beckett Funeral Home for service Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev. H.A. Stibbards of Park Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.