Memorials : Inverclyde's Great War

Son of Mr & Mrs McKnight, 32 St Lawrence Street, Greenock. Private McKnight was a master hairdresser in the town. He had closed his shop for the duration of the war. He had a brother Edward, admitted with shell shock - he had worked on the Flying Falcon. A third son in Navy

SNWM has a John McKnight S/26488 died 22/01/1917 of Glasgow. Sunday Post of 11 February 1917 reports Greenock soldier killed.