Private Frank Knight
Regiment Unknown
Frank Knight was born at Pye Hill in 1901, son of Edward Knight a Pye Hill Colliery mining deputy, born 1855 Ramsholt, Suffolk and his wife Amelia (nee Roberts) from Codnor. The 1911 Census indicates that Frank was one of 12 children of whom 7 had survived. His siblings were Arthur b.1879, Jane b. 1884, Edward b. 1887, Ernest b. 1892, Albert b. 1898 and Ettie, b 1906. In 1911 the family were living at Pye Hill, Jacksdale, Notts.
Frank’s elder brother Ernest Knight was killed in action on 4th July 1916 and is listed on the Jacksdale War Memorial.
Further information would be welcome.