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Adam Brown
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 Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:46 pm Post subject: Harry Knight memorial Kilmadock graveyard, Doune |
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This man is commemorated by a private memorial in Kilmadock graveyard, near Doune, Scotland. It was unveiled on 25 Aug 1943.
I don't know if this memorial will look like a grave but it should be on the forum, hence the post in the requests section. If anyone is able to get to Kilmadock Graveyard and look for it, it would be good to get because I don't think he's commemorated anywhere else locally.
KNIGHT, Harold
Service number 69093
Date of death 17/06/1941
Decoration
Place of birth London
Other
SNWM roll SCOTS GUARDS
Rank Capt
Theatre of death Middle East
KNIGHT, HAROLD
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 17/06/1941
Service No: 69093
Additional information: Adopted son of Lady (Ian) Hamilton, of Paddington, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 21. A. 4.
Cemetery: HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
He died of wounds after an attack by 2nd Bn Scots Guards on Axis troops at Musaid Fort and Salum Barracks, Libya, on 16th June 1941.
He was the adopted son of General Sir Ian and Lady Hamilton. Lady Hamilton died before her adopted son so the family details on the CWGC are confusing. I can only assume that was the way Sir Ian wanted it listed. He lived until 1947.
As far as I can see Captain Knight wasn't listed on any other local memorials. The Hamiltons adopted Harry Knight after WW1 and had a home in (or near) Doune.
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Adam Brown
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Just bumping this one back up again.
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Kenneth Morrison
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Adam Brown
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Thanks Ken. Good to know the old General's plot has been refurbished.
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apanderson
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I have no idea how to get to this burial ground much as I would like to visit.
I know where it is, but I don't fancy traipsing through fields to get to it and from aerial/bird's eye views, there doesn't seem to be any other way.
Anyone know an alternative route?
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apanderson
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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My mystery solved .....
Kilmadock Burial Ground is in the middle of fields near Buchany and has no CWGC graves.
Kilmadock CEMETERY is on the B826 (Thornhill Road) as has 7 CWGC graves - 2 WW1, 5 WW2.
Two completely different locations miles apart - no wonder I was confused!
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apanderson
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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Harold Knight's Memorial, Kilmadock Cemetery.
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Kenneth Morrison
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Great photos Anne.
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Adam Brown
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Great stuff Anne, thanks for that.
I will now move this to the Stirling Individuals section.
Kind regards
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apanderson
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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I think Kilmadock might have been in Perthshire albeit now Stirlingshire?
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Adam Brown
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Stirlingshire's boundaries seem to have been quite moveable over the years!
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Kenneth Morrison
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Adam Brown wrote: | Stirlingshire's boundaries seem to have been quite moveable over the years!
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It's not that they are moveable Adam it's just the administrative structures that change. I lived in Dunblane for some years under many "Cooncil" titles and everyone ignored them and called it Perthshire.
It had the additional benefit of the entitlement to the wearing of a White rather than Black tie at formal doos. (don't ask)
The Wikipedia entry for Doune gives you some idea of the "mess"
Doune (/duːn/; Gaelic: An Dłn, 'the fort') is a burgh in the district of Stirling, Scotland. Doune's postal address places the town in Perthshire which is also its Registration County, although administratively Doune is under the control of Stirling Council. Doune is assigned Falkirk postcodes starting 'FK'. The village lies within the parish of Kilmadock and mainly within the area surrounded by the River Teith and Ardoch Burn.
Is that all clear?
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apanderson
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yup - clear as mud thanks!!
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