JERSEY DE KNOOP 

Jersey DE KNOOP
Rank: Captain
Service Number:N/A.
Regiment: 1st Imperial camel corps Cheshire Yeomanry
Killed In Action Saturday 8th July 1916
Age 40
County Memorial Bunbury
Commemorated\Buried Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Grave\Panel Ref: E. 59.
CountryEgypt

Jersey's Story.

Husband of Evelyn de Knoop of Calveley Hall. Attended New College Oxford, where he rowed (at bow) in the winning 1896 and 1897 Oxford varsity boat race teams. He was also the president for Witton Albion and Barnton football teams and was also a Cheshire Justice of the Peace. Killed when shot through the head while sheltering in sand dunes at Bir El Aweida.

Loaded by Mark A. Potts on April 28, 2020.