Arthur Knechtel Image

Name

Arthur Knechtel

Born

1889-08-27

Birth Place

Occupation

Carpenter

Religion

Baptist

Died

1917-10-19

Death

Killed in Action

Monument

Cemetery

Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium







Service Record 1


Conflict

Battalion



Service Record 2


Regimental Number

503058

Highest Rank

Second Corporal

Conflict

Battalion

Canadian Engineers

Enlisted

Edmonton, AB

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1916-02-10

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Artefacts, Photographs & Resources

Visit the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre's Online Collections, through the link below, for more information related to this soldier.


Online Collections Link




Sources & Links

- "History of the County of Bruce" vol. 2
- "Roll of Honour, For King and Empire with Canadian Expeditionary Force," Southampton Baptist Church (A2003.040.002).
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial



News Clippings



"In honoured memory of the men of Southampton and Saugeen Reserve," 1922, p. 7

"In honoured memory of the men of Southampton and Saugeen Reserve," 1922, p. 9
Arthur Knechtel
Arthur Knechtel
The Beacon Southampton, November 8, 1917
The Beacon Southampton, November 8, 1917
The Beacon Southampton, November 22, 1917
The Beacon Southampton, November 22, 1917