Private Alfred Knowles

Army Number: 200085 formerly 1450

Battalion: 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Somercotes, Derbyshire and lived at South Normanton, Derbyshire. Son of Edmund and Saran Anne Knowles, of Birchwood Lane, South Normanton. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Ripley, Derbyshire. He died of wounds, on 21st September 1918, at No. 48 Casualty Clearing Station, Brie, France.

Buried: Brie British Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 6.