Life story: Frederick James Knight | Lives of the First World War

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1869

sibling Robert Heath Knight Source:9355865 26th January 1869

1871

sibling Frank Leopold Knight Source:9355865 1871

1873

sibling Amy Jane Knight Source:9355865 16th August 1873

1877

sibling Edith Louisa Knight Source:9355865 25th February 1877

1878

sibling Beatrice Maud Knight Source:9355865 9th April 1878

1879

birth Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom Source:9270027 5th November 1879

1881

location 9 Winchester Road, Portsmouth United Kingdom parents address Source:9355865 3rd April 1881

1898

enlistment Portsmouth United Kingdom Source:9355744 3rd October 1898

1898

service Royal Navy Carpenters Crew 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 3rd October 1898 - 16th January 1899

1899

service Royal Navy Carpenters Crew 342354 HMS Majestic Source:9355744 17th January 1899 - 10th March 1899

1899

service Royal Navy Carpenters Crew 342354 HMS Alexandria Source:9355744 11th March 1899 - 18th March 1899

1899

service Royal Navy Stoker - 2nd Class 342354 HMS Duke of Wellington 2 Source:9355744 8th May 1899 - 8th November 1899

1899

service Royal Navy Stoker - 2nd Class 342354 HMS Vernon Source:9355744 9th November 1899 - 28th February 1900

1900

service Royal Navy Stoker 342354 HMS Vernon Source:9355744 1st March 1900 - 15th May 1900

1900

service Royal Navy Stoker 342354 HMS Duke of Wellington 2 Source:9355744 16th May 1900 - 4th March 1901

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service Royal Navy Stoker 342354 HMS Gibraltar Source:9355744 5th March 1901 - 20th January 1902

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service Royal Navy Stoker 342354 HMS Thrush Source:9355744 21st January 1902 - 29th May 1903

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service Royal Navy Stoker 342354 HMS Duke of Wekkington 2 Source:9355744 30th May 1903 - 30th September 1903

1903

service Royal Navy Stoker 342354 HMS Firequeen 2 Source:9355744 1st October 1903 - 14th April 1904

1904

service Royal Navy Stoker 342354 HMS Revenge Source:9355744 15th April 1904 - 31st March 1905

1905

service Royal Navy Stoker 342354 HMS Victory Source:9355744 1st April 1905 - 30th June 1906

1905

marriage Majorie Hickman Source:9355912 1905

1906

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory Source:9355744 1st July 1906 - 22nd July 1906

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory Source:9355744 28th July 1906 - 6th November 1906

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Prince of Wales Source:9355744 7th November 1906 - 13th November 1906

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory Source:9355744 14th November 1906 - 13th December 1906

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Hecla Source:9355744 14th December 1906 - 25th January 1907

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 26th January 1907 - 3rd February 1907

1907

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Gladiator Source:9355744 4th February 1907 - 14th February 1907

1907

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Vulcan Source:9355744 15th February 1907 - 31st March 1907

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Orion Source:9355744 1st April 1907 - 1st June 1908

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children Ronald Frederick Arthur Knight Source:9355921 15th January 1908

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Crescent Source:9355744 2nd June 1908 - 19th June 1908

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory Source:9355744 20th June 1908 - 11th August 1908

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Nelson Source:9355744 12th August 1908 - 9th August 1909

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Eclipse Source:9355744 10th August 1909 - 15th January 1910

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 16th January 1910 - 2nd May 1910

1910

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS St. Vincent Source:9355744 3rd May 1910 - 27th May 1912

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 18th May 1912 - 12th June 1912

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Topaze 2 Source:9355744 13th June 1912 - 29th July 1912

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service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 30th July 1912 - 12th September 1912

1912

service Royal Navy Boatman 342354 Penarth Coastguard Station - Wales Western Division Source:9355744 13th September 1912 - 1st July 1914

1914

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 2nd July 1914 - 7th January 1916

1914

children Leslie Vernon Knight Source:9355921 3rd September 1914

1915

service Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class 342354 HMS Sparrowhawk Source:9270027 8th January 1915 - 4th June 1916

1916

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Sparrowhawk Source:9355744 8th January 1916 - 4th June 1916

1916

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 5th June 1916 - 20th December 1916

1916

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Vernon Source:9355744 21st December 1916 - 14th October 1918

1917

children Joyce I. A. Knight Source:9355921 1917

1917

children Majorie Irene Joyce Avril Knight Source:9355921 1917

1918

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 15th October 1918 - 23rd October 1918

1918

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Venerable Source:9355744 24th October 1918 - 22nd February 1919

1919

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Gibraltar Source:9355744 23rd February 1919 - 31st March 1919

1919

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 1st April 1919 - 12th June 1919

1919

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Greenwich Source:9355744 13th June 1919 - 18th December 1919

1919

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Columbine Source:9355744 19th December 1919 - 14th May 1920

1920

service Royal Navy Stoker - 1st Class 342354 HMS Victory 2 Source:9355744 15th May 1920 - 24th June 1920

1920

hospitalisation Invalided - Right Inguinal Hernia Hospital/Institution Source:9355744 20th June 1920

1920

discharge Source:9355744 24th June 1920

1921

children Joan R. E. Knight Source:9355921 28th April 1921

1924

children Thelma B. A. Knight Source:9355921 1924

1940

death Not War Related Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom Source:9355903 1940

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Frederick James
Initials	FJ
Last Name	Knight
Source	9270026

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
9 Winchester Road, Portsmouth	United Kingdom	parents address	known 3rd April 1881

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Sparrowhawk		Stoker 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Carpenters Crew
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Majestic		Carpenters Crew
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Alexandria		Carpenters Crew
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Duke of Wellington 2		Stoker - 2nd Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Vernon		Stoker - 2nd Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Vernon		Stoker
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Duke of Wellington 2		Stoker
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Gibraltar		Stoker
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Thrush		Stoker
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Duke of Wekkington 2		Stoker
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Firequeen 2		Stoker
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Revenge		Stoker
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory		Stoker
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Prince of Wales		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Hecla		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Gladiator		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Vulcan		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Orion		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Crescent		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Nelson		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Eclipse		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS St. Vincent		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Topaze 2		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	Penarth Coastguard Station - Wales	Western Division	Boatman
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Sparrowhawk		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Vernon		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Venerable		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Gibraltar		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Greenwich		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Columbine		Stoker - 1st Class
Royal Navy	342354	HMS Victory 2		Stoker - 1st Class

Awards

Award	Type	Source
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Children

Name	Relationship	Dates
Ronald Frederick Arthur Knight	son	15th January 1908
Leslie Vernon Knight	son	3rd September 1914
Joyce I. A. Knight	daughter	1917
Majorie Irene Joyce Avril Knight	daughter	1917
Joan R. E. Knight	daughter	28th April 1921
Thelma B. A. Knight	daughter	1924

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Mary Jane Williams	mother
Robert Heath Knight	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
Robert Heath Knight	brother	26th January 1869
Frank Leopold Knight	brother	1871
Amy Jane Knight	sister	16th August 1873
Edith Louisa Knight	sister	25th February 1877
Beatrice Maud Knight	sister	9th April 1878

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Majorie Hickman	wife	1905

Physical

Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Source
Fair	Blue	Light Brown

Date	Height	Source
1898-10-03	5'7"

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Service Record at The National Archives	Trevor321
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GRO Marriage ref for Frederick James Knight 1905	Lee138222
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