Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal W. H. Knight, Devonshire Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3357 Pte. W. H. Knight 1st. Bn. Devon Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (3357 Corpl: W. H. Knight. Devon: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3357 Corpl: W. Knight. Devon: Regt.) heavy contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £500-£700

William Henry Knight was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in March 1873 and attested for the Devonshire Regiment on 9 November 1891. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 17 December 1892 to 20 September 1899, and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 September 1899 to 18 January 1902. He was present at the Battle of Elandslaagte, where the Battalion made the final bayonet charge of the battle. He was discharged on 8 November 1912, after 21 years’ service.

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