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{{Personnel
|id=2170
|Surname and forenames=Knell Ronald George William
|Army number=4452910
|Rank=Pte
|Age=20
|Unit=10 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Date of birth=Research suggests Pte Knell was born in 1921 in Hull, mother's maiden surname Skey.
 |Age=20
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, possibly as a Regular soldier, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1st September 1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry in Hull, possibly as a Regular soldier, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted ?  Battalion DLI.  Posted 10th Battalion DLI - probably 1st September 1939.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Posted Missing 10 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Joined Brigade=Possibly 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8, Row H, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
-|Home address=Resident of Hull.  No further family information as yet.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8, Row H, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Knell_R_G_W_4452910.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte R G W Knell's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=10DLI
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 DLI Roll of Honour shows his date of death as 11/5/1940 - this appears to be an error.  War Office casualty list shows only 5/40 without a day.  CWGC date of 20th May is likely to be more accurate.

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 |Joined Brigade=Possibly 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Resident of Hull.  No further family information as yet.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8, Row H, Grave 6, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Resident of Hull.  No further family information as yet.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8, Row H, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Knell_R_G_W_4452910.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte R G W Knell's CWGC headstone.

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 |Date of birth=Research suggests Pte Knell was born in 1921 in Hull, mother's maiden surname Skey.
 |Age=20
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, possibly as a Regular soldier, no enlistment date, Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably September 1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, possibly as a Regular soldier, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1st September 1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 |Home address=Resident of Hull.  No further family information as yet.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8, Row H, Grave 6, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 }}
 DLI Roll of Honour shows his date of death as 11/5/1940 - this appears to be an error.  War Office casualty list shows only 5/40 without a day.  CWGC date of 20th May is likely to be more accurate.

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 |Army number=4452910
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=20
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Posted Missing 10 - 31/5/40, Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, possibly as a Regular soldier, no enlistment date, Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably September 1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10 - 31/5/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 |Source table=10DLI
-|Home address=Research suggests Knell was born in 1921 in Hull, mother's maiden surname Skey.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8, Row H, Grave 6, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Resident of Hull.  No further family information as yet.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8, Row H, Grave 6, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 }}