Name Arthur George Knight No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1067 Awards VC
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, 10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Acting Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Place Of Death Field Hospital, near Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France
Buried/Location Ashes Dominion Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt,10 miles south-east of Arras, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 4 September 1918
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 1, Row F, Grave 15
Gazetted 15 November 1918
VC Presented 19 December 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his parents, Edward & Ellen
Memorials
P Headstone, Dominion Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt,10 miles south-east of Arras, Pas de Calais, France
P Named on Roll of Honour, St John the Evangelist Church, Meadvale, Redhill, Surrey
P Named on War Memorial, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
P Named on War Memorial, St Wilfreds School, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
P Memorial Plaque, Town Hall, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
P Memorial Plaque, Villers-les-Cagnicourt, Nr Arras, France
Memorial Plaque at his home, 1843 Rae Street, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P Ring of Remembrance (L'Anneau de la Mémoire), Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, Pas-de-Calais, France
Mount Knight, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Knight Crescent, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
P Knight Close, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Barrie Military Heritage Park, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, by War Memorial, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
By The Way…
Learning his trade as a carpenter in Redhill, Surrey, he emigrated to Canada, were he joined up in the Canadian Expeditionary Force
VC Held By
Glenbow Museum, 130 - 9th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
