Harry Samuel Kneller

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772665

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London

Address at enlistment:

288 Grey Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

288 Grey Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX November 3, 1917

Returned Invalided Soldiers

In all probability the following men will leave for Brantford on Sunday next, the 4th inst.: R.W. Brooks, 21 Ontario Street; H.E. Freeman, General Delivery; H. Kneller, General Delivery; A.E. Teague, 154 Elgin Street.

BX February 3, 1956

Harry Samuel Kneller

Harry S. Kneller, 58 Maitland Street, died Thursday at the Brantford General Hospital, in his 80th year. He was born in London, England and came to Brantford 43 years ago. He was a former employee at the Board of Works. Mr. Kneller served in the First World War, leaving Brantford with the 125th Battalion. He was a member of the Canadian Legion, Telephone City Branch 90 and attended the Anglican Church. Surviving, besides his widow, the former Sarah Wilson, are three sons, Charles, George and Ernest all of Brantford; four daughters, Mrs. D. (Elizabeth) Stewart, Mrs. R. (Dorothy) Palmer and Mrs. J. (Winnifred) Walker, all of Brantford, and Mrs. W. (Agnes) Allison, Innerkip; 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Mr. Kneller is resting at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home, where the service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Chapel. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX February 7, 1956

Harry Kneller

The funeral of Harry Kneller was conducted Monday afternoon at the Hill and Robinson Chapel, with Rev. C.V. Tomkins of St. Luke’s Anglican Church officiating. There was a gathering of relatives and friends from the city and outside points, and there was a profusion of flowers. The pallbearers were Albert, Roy and David Steward, Reginald Schram, William Kneller and Edward Groves. Interment was in the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery.