Lives of the First World War

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ID: 2368380

Reference: WO372/11

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/2370938

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5483234

Title: Sgt Alfred Knight

Description: Alfred J Knight in uniform after being awarded the Victoria Cross.

Connected by: Anne2081

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ID: 5483899

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Anne2081

UPP: BMD/B/1888/3/AZ/000321/137

Additional: Surname and first names match. Place and year of birth are correct.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5483905

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Anne2081

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/18104/0163/3

Additional: Name and age are correct. Parents' names and father's occupation match that on original birth certificate.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 5483909

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Anne2081

UPP: GBC/1891/0016219412

Additional: Surname and age are correct. Address, parents' names and father's occupation all match original birth certificate.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5483910

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Anne2081

UPP: BMD/D/1960/4/AZ/000650/076

Additional: Name and age and place of death match those on original death certificate.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5483946

Name: Issue 30372, supplement page 11568-9

Title: The London Gazette

Description: Official announcement of the award of the Victoria Cross to Serjeant Alfred Joseph Knight, including citation of actions for which the award was made.

Connected by: Anne2081

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30372/supplement/11568
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Additional: Name and other military details confirm the match.

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ID: 5484065

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Anne2081

UPP: BMD/M/1915/2/AZ/000807/033

Additional: Surname and first name match. Surname of wife and place of marriage match original marriage certificate held by family.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5484095

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Anne2081

UPP: GBC/1901/0016103908

Additional: Although the middle initial does not match, this is a transcription error on the part of the enumerator. The age, parents and sister all match, as does his father's occupation.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 5485469

Title: Birmingham Tank Week

Description: An account of fund raising during the first week of January 1918 in Birmingham for the War Effort. Sgt Knight spoke on the final day, when a record £2,274,795 was raised.

Connected by: Anne2081

URL: http://www.voicesofwarandpeace.org/portfolio/tank-week/
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Additional: Name and other military details confirm the match.

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ID: 5485832

Title: Alfred Joseph Knight ["Tales of the V.C."]

Description: This account of his actions was written by James Price Lloyd of the Welsh Regiment, who served with Military Intelligence. After the war, the government to destroyed all the archives relating to this propaganda (section MI 7b (1)). They were regarded as being too sensitive to risk being made public. Remarkably these documents have survived in the personal records of Captain Lloyd. - See more at: http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributions/5418#sthash.fsBpsyjx.dpuf

Connected by: Anne2081

URL: http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributions/5418
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Additional: Name and other military details match.

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ID: 8540467

Title: Profile on Wikipedia.

Connected by: Trevor321

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Joseph_Knight
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ID: 8540468

Reference: gbm_victoria_cross

Title: Victoria Cross Recipients 1854-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Trevor321

UPP: GBM/VCR/705

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

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ID: 8646372

Title: Alfred Joseph Knight VC at Birmingham

Description: In his Post Office Riffles uniform Alfred's at a Civic Reception in his home town of Birmingham... " On 3rd January 1918, Sergeant Alfred Knight was awarded the Victoria Cross by King George V in a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace. Knight is the only member from the Post Office Rifles regiment to be awarded with the Victoria Cross. When his award was announced, Knight quickly became a local celebrity in both Birmingham and Nottingham. He was given civic receptions in both cities and adorned with gifts. "

Connected by: Dave1371

Additional: http://beyondthetrenches.co.uk/remembering-the-life-of-sergeant-alfred-knight-vc/

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ID: 8958324

Name: Published: 6 November 1917, Supplement: 30372, Page: 11568

Title: Alfred Knight's Victoria Cross citation, the London Gazette

Description: The London Gazette website

Connected by: Becky117596

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30372/supplement/11568
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ID: 8958341

Name: 0750911085

Reference: IWMN

Title: VCs of the First World War, Passchendaele 1917, by Stephen Snelling

Description: A book containing the details of the Victoria Cross winners from the battle of Passchendaele, 1917.

Connected by: Becky117596

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ID: 9552720

Title: Grave of Alfred Knight VC

Description: Grave of Alfred Knight, VC, and his wife Mabel in Oscott Cemetery, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.

Connected by: Anne2081

Additional: These were my grandparents, and I tool this photo when I visited their grave 1n 2014.