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Alfred Charles Knight[1]

Male 1905 - 1940  (35 years)


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  • Name Alfred Charles Knight  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Birth April 1905  Southampton, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Birth April 1905  South Stoneham, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 02 Apr 1911  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Relation to Head of House: Son <> 39 Bond Street, Northam, Southampton 
    Occupation 1940  [3, 4, 6, 7] 
    Merchant Navy - Greaser 
    Residence 1940  St Mary, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    3 Popes Buildings, St Mary Street, Southampton 
    Death 26 Oct 1940  RMS Empress of Britain, At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 7] 
    • Tower Hill Memorial Wiki - RMS Empress of Britain was torpedoed on 28 October 1940 by U-32 and sank. At 42,348 gross tons, she was the largest liner lost during the Second World War and the largest ship sunk by a U-boat.
    Burial London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Memorial Location <> Missing, presumed drowned at Sea
    Person ID I320071237968  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2022 

    Father William G Blake,   b. Abt 1878, Lymington, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Stepchild 
    Mother Magdalena,   b. Abt 1873, Sawbridgeworth, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Aft. 1911  [2] 
    Family ID F420  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Knight,   b. Abt 1873, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Magdalena,   b. Abt 1873, Sawbridgeworth, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1893  Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S-1639762725] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. ), Class: RG14; Piece: 5964; Schedule Number: 162.

    3. [S1108470247] Ancestry.com, UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Peter Singlehurst; The Tower Hill Memorial Part 8 (I'an-Kyt).

    4. [S-997064824] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    5. [S-2081219547] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro).

    6. [S1108470382] Ancestry.com, UK, Merchant Seamen Deaths, 1939 -1953, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc.), National Maritime Museum; Greenwich, England; Merchant Seamen Deaths at Sea.

    7. [S1108470645] Ancestry.com, UK, Shipping and Seamen WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, 1914-1945, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Shipping and Seamen Rolls of Honour WWI and WWII; Class: BT 339; Piece: 4; Piece Description: Piece 4 (1939 - 1947).


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