CLASS OF 1916

Winfield Skidmore Knowles, the first 1916 man to give his life for his country, died at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., April 3, as the result of a fracture of the skull. He was a sergeant in B Company of the 301st Field Signal Battalion.

Win Knowles entered Dartmouth from Lexington High School. All through his college course he was one of the most earnest and hardworking men in the class, and as such had the respect of every one. After the United States entered the war, he enlisted in a signal corps which was formed by a company of fifty students, all of whom later enlisted for active service in the United States Signal Corps. In the early fall he was assigned to Camp Devens for final training in the 301st Field Signal Battalion, in which he was promoted to a sergeantcy. Early in March Sergeant Knowles was kicked by one of the horses of the battalion, the result being a fracture of the skull. He was taken to the base hospital at Ayer, where he developed meningitis, which was the direct cause of his death.