Awards & Winners

Alfred Joseph Knight

Date of Birth 24-August-1888
Place of Birth Ladywood
(West Midlands)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Alfred Joseph Knight VC MBE was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He is currently the only Post Office Rifleman ever to receive this award.

Awards by Alfred Joseph Knight

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1917


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 20 September 1917 as Sergeant of the 2/8th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), British Army, during the First World War.)