| Regiment/Service: |
2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment (New Zealand Army) |
| Date Of Birth: |
08/05/1891
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| Died: |
05/10/1918 (Killed in Action) |
| Age: |
27 |
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William Richard McKnight was the son of Thomas and Margaret McKnight. He was born on 8th May 1891 in Fivemiletown. They were a farming family from Derrynavogy, which straddles the Fermanagh – Tyrone county boundary. William McKnight emigrated to New Zealand. Prior to enlisting, William worked as an iron monger for a Mr J Darragh in Fielding, New Zealand. Private McKnight was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Canterbury Regiment when he was killed in action in Le Cateau, France on 5th October 1918.
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Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial is situated in Grevillers British Cemetery. Grevillers is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3 kilometres west of Bapaume. From Bapaume take the RD929 in the direction of Amiens, turn immediately right onto the RD7, where a signpost indicates the direction of the cemetery. After 500 metres turn left at junction onto RD29, where a signpost again indicates the cemetery, which is on the right after a further 50 metres
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