261012 Cyril E. Knight British Army 2nd London Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.4th April 1915) Cyril Knight served with the 2nd London Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 84th Field Ambulance, 28th Division, B. E. F.
April 7th, 1915.
Dear Mrs. Knight,
My deepest sympathy goes out to you on the loss of your son C.E. Knight, and to this I honestly add my regret at the loss of such an excellent hard-working man from my Section. I was his Section officer, and as such venture to offer you my sympathy and that of the whole unit. If anything can lessen your grief, the knowledge that he gave his life in an endeavour to assist his comrades who were wounded and needing help may do so. On Sunday night at 20 to 10 the Germans began shelling the town in which we have been living and working for the last two months, and though we lived in a hospital two shells struck us. Your son had left the room just before the first shell struck it, and was outside; but, on hearing the first shell strike and hearing cries of distress, he rushed up the staircase to be of assistance, and the second shell struck him, killing him instantly and also the comrade (named Boyes) whom he was assisting. I need hardly say that all his comrades and all the Field Ambulance honour him for his bravery, and regret his loss more than words can express. Personally I am proud to have been his Section officer, and can only say that he did all and everything connected with his work that any man could do, and did it well. Moreover, he was very much loved as a comrade.
I tender my fellow officers and all his comrades sympathy to you.
Yours faithfully,
Reginald E. Bickerton,
Capt. R.A.M.C.
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