KNIGHT

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	Robert Bruce Knight and Elizabeth Knight	Yes
Parents	Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bruce			1a	3
Siblings	Brothers Harry, Frank and Walter			1a, 1b
Siblings	Sister Lillie			1c
Where born	Uttoxeter		Yes		3
When born	September 1897			1b
Address	Parents: 31, Cheadle Road, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire	Yes		1c
	Dollis Hill, 31 Cheadle Road, Uttoxeter				3
	Cheadle Road, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire			1a, 1b
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up	North Staffordshire Railway Company			1b
Employment Before Joining up	North Staffordshire Railway Company Electrical Department				3
Where enlisted	Uttoxeter		Yes		3
When enlisted	July 1915				3
Regiment	North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s)	Yes	Yes	1c, 1d, 1e	3
	Initially North Staffordshire Regiment, Then transferred to the Worcestershire Regiment			1b
	Initially 3^rd Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment. Later attached to 9^th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment				3
	2ndry regiment Worcestershire Regiment, attached to 9th Bn.	Yes
Unit	7^th Bn	Yes	Yes	1e
Unit	7th (S) Bn.				3
Rank	Lance Corporal	Yes	Yes	1b, 1c, 1d, 1e
Service Number	17900	Yes	Yes
Date of Death	18 May 1916	Yes	Yes	1b, 1c, 1d, 1e
Date of Death	19 May 1916				3
Age at time of death	19	Yes		1b, 1d
Where Killed or died	Basra Hospital, Mesopotamia			1c, 1d, 1e
Where Killed or died	Mesopotamia (Iraq)			1b
How he died	Illness		Yes
How he died	Enteric fever			1b	3
Location of Grave or Memorial	Basra War Cemetery - Grave V. K 16.	Yes
	UIttoxeter Town War Memorial				3
	North Staffordshire Railway Memorial, Stoke Station				3
	North Staffordshire Railway Cheddleton Railway Museum Roll of Honour				3
Awards

Robert Knight was the youngest of 3 sons serving in the forces and their father was a munitions worker^{[1a, 1b]}.

He was a quiet, unassuming lad who joined the army in July 1915^[1b]. Before the war he worked in the electrical department^[3] of the North Staffordshire Railway^{[1b, 3]}.

He enlisted in the 3rd North Staffordshire Regiment, but while abroad was transferred to the Worcestershire Regiment^[1b].

His early training with the Uttoxeter Volunteers quickly earned him the commendation of his officers^[1a] and he had only been in training for 3 months when he was selected for active service^[1b].

He went to the Dardanelles and Egypt^{[1a, 1b]}, before being sent to the Persian Gulf^[1b].

We do know that on the 17th May 1917, the Uttoxeter Advertiser reported that he was lying dangerously ill in Mesopotamia^{[1a,
3]} and that, unbeknown to his family he died the next day^[1a]. We do not know how long he had been in hospital before his death, but we do know that he died of enteric fever^[1b].

By this time his brothers, Sergeant Harry Knight And Frank Knight were serving with the Royal Flying Corps^{[1a, 1b]}. A fourth brother, Walter, was under military age in May 1916 and was serving with the Uttoxeter Volunteer Force^{[1a, 1b]}.