Role Armed force officer Rank Captain | Name Henry Knight | |
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Buried at Bournemouth Crematorium (Memorial at Millborne St Andrew Church, Dorset) Years of service 1892 - 1911, 1914 - 1917 Battles/wars Second Boer WarWorld War I Died November 24, 1955, Anderson, United Kingdom Similar People Wilfrith Elstob, John Hogan, Richard William Leslie Wa, Henry Kelly | ||
Henry James Knight VC (5 November 1878 – 24 November 1955) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Born in Yeovil, Somerset (Born James Huntley Knight, Enlisted Henry James Knight) he was 21 years old, and a corporal in the 1st Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. The full citation was published in the London Gazette of 4 January 1901 and reads:
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He later achieved the rank of captain in the Manchester Regiment. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the King's Regiment, Liverpool, England.