Harrogate Herald - 17th October 1917

Roll of Honour

Mr & Mrs J Knowles, 58 Dragon Avenue, Harrogate (formerly of Birstwith), have received official notice that their son, Lance Corporal Hubert Knowles, died on September 16th at a casualty clearing station in France from wounds received the same day by a bomb from an enemy aeroplane. Before the war he was manager of one of the Huddersfield branch shops of the Argenta Meat Company. Lance Corporal Knowles joined the Forces last November and went out to France in February. Their youngest son, Driver C Knowles, has been with the RFA in France since January, 1916, and their son-in-law, Private S Ellis, has been missing since May 3rd. Any news of him would be gratefully received by his wife, Mrs Ellis, 51 Cecil Street, Bilton, Harrogate.