Son of Ernest Knight and Kate Haynes who were married on the 24th January 1899 at St. Peter's and St. Clare's Church, Fenny Compton, near Leamington, Warwickshire.
The 1911 Census states that George, 6, lived in the village of Fenny Compton with his father, Ernest, 31, a fish and fruit dealer, his mother, Kate, 31, two brothers, Fred, 8, and Maurice, 1, and two sisters, Ethel, 11, and Olive, 9.
CRASHED INTO LORRY - Birmingham Daily Gazette - 8th May 1929
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A fatal first ride on a motor-cycle combination was described at an inquest at Coventry yesterday on George Knight, an aluminium moulder, of Rose Cottage, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, who was killed on the London Road, Coventry, on Saturday.
Mr. Knight had had a solo motor-cycle for three and a half years but had had no experience of riding a combination-cycle. On Saturday a sidecar was attached to his machine at a garage and within a mile of his taking delivery he had crashed into an approaching 6-ton lorry. Police Constable Ward said Mr. Knight's sidecar wheel struck the grass verge, and in trying to get away from the extreme side the man evidently turned too far and in this way collided with the lorry. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," with no blame attached to the lorry driver.
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George died aged 24.
The 1911 Census states that George, 6, lived in the village of Fenny Compton with his father, Ernest, 31, a fish and fruit dealer, his mother, Kate, 31, two brothers, Fred, 8, and Maurice, 1, and two sisters, Ethel, 11, and Olive, 9.
CRASHED INTO LORRY - Birmingham Daily Gazette - 8th May 1929
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A fatal first ride on a motor-cycle combination was described at an inquest at Coventry yesterday on George Knight, an aluminium moulder, of Rose Cottage, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, who was killed on the London Road, Coventry, on Saturday.
Mr. Knight had had a solo motor-cycle for three and a half years but had had no experience of riding a combination-cycle. On Saturday a sidecar was attached to his machine at a garage and within a mile of his taking delivery he had crashed into an approaching 6-ton lorry. Police Constable Ward said Mr. Knight's sidecar wheel struck the grass verge, and in trying to get away from the extreme side the man evidently turned too far and in this way collided with the lorry. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," with no blame attached to the lorry driver.
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George died aged 24.
Son of Ernest Knight and Kate Haynes who were married on the 24th January 1899 at St. Peter's and St. Clare's Church, Fenny Compton, near Leamington, Warwickshire.
The 1911 Census states that George, 6, lived in the village of Fenny Compton with his father, Ernest, 31, a fish and fruit dealer, his mother, Kate, 31, two brothers, Fred, 8, and Maurice, 1, and two sisters, Ethel, 11, and Olive, 9.
CRASHED INTO LORRY - Birmingham Daily Gazette - 8th May 1929
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A fatal first ride on a motor-cycle combination was described at an inquest at Coventry yesterday on George Knight, an aluminium moulder, of Rose Cottage, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, who was killed on the London Road, Coventry, on Saturday.
Mr. Knight had had a solo motor-cycle for three and a half years but had had no experience of riding a combination-cycle. On Saturday a sidecar was attached to his machine at a garage and within a mile of his taking delivery he had crashed into an approaching 6-ton lorry. Police Constable Ward said Mr. Knight's sidecar wheel struck the grass verge, and in trying to get away from the extreme side the man evidently turned too far and in this way collided with the lorry. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," with no blame attached to the lorry driver.
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George died aged 24.
The 1911 Census states that George, 6, lived in the village of Fenny Compton with his father, Ernest, 31, a fish and fruit dealer, his mother, Kate, 31, two brothers, Fred, 8, and Maurice, 1, and two sisters, Ethel, 11, and Olive, 9.
CRASHED INTO LORRY - Birmingham Daily Gazette - 8th May 1929
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A fatal first ride on a motor-cycle combination was described at an inquest at Coventry yesterday on George Knight, an aluminium moulder, of Rose Cottage, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, who was killed on the London Road, Coventry, on Saturday.
Mr. Knight had had a solo motor-cycle for three and a half years but had had no experience of riding a combination-cycle. On Saturday a sidecar was attached to his machine at a garage and within a mile of his taking delivery he had crashed into an approaching 6-ton lorry. Police Constable Ward said Mr. Knight's sidecar wheel struck the grass verge, and in trying to get away from the extreme side the man evidently turned too far and in this way collided with the lorry. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," with no blame attached to the lorry driver.
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George died aged 24.
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