John Knight

Private John Knight enlisted at Atherton he initially served with the service number 23136 Wiltshire Regiment. He was later transferred to the 9th battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was captured and died as a prisoner of war on 16th April 1918. He is buried at Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany.

Courtesy of Worksop Guardian 12 July 1918: 'Budby, in common with larger places, has felt the shadow cast by the war, and has lost another promising young soldier in Pte. John Knight of the K.O.Y.L.I., only son of Mr. and Mrs. Knight, Daisy Cottage, Budby. He was 22 years of age, and joined up in January1916. He was in France in the following August, and was home on leave in January of this year. This was the last time his parents saw him. After the offensive in March, they were notified that he was a prisoner of war at Anhalt, Germany, and last week they received information that he had died on April 22nd, at the above hospital, from pneumonia, following a bullet wound in the chest. Letters have also been received from the President of the Hospital, likewise a letter stating that he was well cared for by the English patients and German doctors, and that he was buried in the cemetery attached to the hospital. Poor fellow, his friends little thought that when he left Budby in January, he was leaving the little village for the last time. Prior to enlisting, young Knight had worked at Merevale Hall Gardens, Atherstone, for nine months, and previous to this he was employed for four years at Thorsby Gardens. His parents will have the sympathy of all who read these lines on the loss of their only son.'