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James Logan Kneen

Rifleman
James Logan Kneen

Military Details

Service Number: 372636

Regiment & Unit / Ship

8th London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Awards and Medals

The Victory Medal

The Victory Medal

The British War Medal, 1914-18

The British War Medal, 1914-18

Enlistment Details

Place of Enlistment

Carlisle

Residence at Enlistment

Carlisle

Rank at Enlistment

Rifleman

Battalion at Enlistment

8th (City of London)

Service Number at Enlistment

372636

Service History

Transfer Details

Battalion Transferred To

posted to 2nd/10th Bn. London Regiment

Personal Details

Date of Birth

1891

Place of Birth

Frizington

Address

3 Lindow Street , Frizington

Residence (Census)

Arlecdon, Frizington

Residence (Roll of Honour)

3 Lindow Street , Frizington

Parents

John & Isobella Kneen nee Logan

Siblings

Louisa, John A, Henry E, Isabella, Eileen E

Death and Memorial

Date of Death

8th August 1918

Age at Death

27

Circumstances of Death

Killed in action

Place of Death

France

Regiment at Death

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Battalion/Vessel at Death

8th

Rank at Death

Rifleman

Notes

A Post Office employee for 12 years.

Buried or Commemorated at

VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL

France

Grave Position: Panel 10.

Private Memorial: Methodists Roll of Honour, Cleator Moor Methodists church/Frizington War Memorial

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