Historical records matching William Charles Knight
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About William Charles Knight
William Knight served in both World War I and World War II in the Navy as a petty officer or stoker. He was on the Royal Oak, not when it sank and he was in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. His son Horace was in the fleet air arms in WWII. He ran away to the Navy at 17 by lying about his age.
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William Charles Knight's Timeline
1892 |
1892
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Bethnal Green
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1918 |
December 21, 1918
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1964 |
May 1964
Age 72
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