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Grave: I. O. 1.

Isolated Burial

An inscribed Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial headstone commemorating Lieutenant Arthur George Knight; his personal inscription "A verray parfit gentil knyght" translates to "a truly perfect, noble knight" in modern English. It's a phrase from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, describing the Knight.

Source of photo: www.findagrave.com

Monument Text:

 

LIEUTENANT

A. G. KNIGHT

ROYAL FUSILIERS

29TH JUNE 1915 AGE 25

 

A VERRYE PARFIT GENTIL KNYGHTE

( A VERY PERFECT, NOBLE KNIGHT)

Commemorates:

People:

Arthur George Knight

Units:

9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

British Army

Wars:

WWI