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VC881 Alfred Joseph Knight
Name Alfred Joseph Knight No. 370995
VC Issue No. 881 Awards VC MBE
Regiment London Regiment (2nd Post Office Rifles), 2/8th (City of London) Battalion, B Company. No. 6 Platoon
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions, The Rifles
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Second Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Ladywood, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Place Of Death At his home, Elvetham Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Buried/Location Ashes Oscott College Road Cemetery, Hawthorn Brook Way, off Court Lane, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section 2B, Grave 328A
Gazetted 8 November 1917
VC Presented 3 January 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Oscott College Road Cemetery, Hawthorn Brook Way, off Court Lane, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
P Named on Roll of Honour, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire
P Alfred Knight Way, Leebank, Birmingham, West Midlands
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Walk of Heroes, Hall of Memory, Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands
By The Way…
The only member of The Post Office Rifles to be awarded the Victoria Cross, and one of 4 Postal Workers to win a Victoria Cross
VC Held By
National Postal Museum, King Edward Building, King Edward Street, London, England
BORN 24 August 1889
DIED 4 December 1960 AGE 72
VC Won 20 September 1917 AGE 29
Place VC Won Hubner Farm, Ypres, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1917
