Harry Knox Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Harry Knox
Birth Date:5 November 1873
Birth Place:County Down, Ireland[1]
Death Place:Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1893–1937
Rank:General
Commands:3rd Division
3rd Brigade
Battles:
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches
Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)

General Sir Harry Hugh Sidney Knox, (5 November 1873 – 10 June 1971) was a senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1935 to 1937.

Military career

Educated at St. Columba's College, Harry Knox was commissioned into the Northamptonshire Regiment on 9 September 1893,[2] and promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 26 August 1895. He served on the North-West Frontier between 1897 and 1898, where he took part in the Tirah Campaign, including operations on the Samana Range, the capture of the Sampagha Pass and Arhanga Pass (October 1897), and operations in the Bara valley (December 1897).[3] In January 1900, he was seconded for service under the Foreign Office, and attached to the Uganda Rifles. He returned to regular service with his regiment in March 1902, and was promoted to the rank of captain on 1 April 1902. The following month he was appointed adjutant of the 1st Battalion.

Knox fought in the First World War, and was involved in the British Expeditionary Force.[2] He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour in February 1916. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1917 and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919.[4] For his war service he was also made an Officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown; he received permission to wear his decoration from 7 February 1921.

After the war Knox became a colonel at the Staff College, Camberley.[2] He then became commander of the 3rd Brigade in 1923.[5] He was appointed Director of Military Training at the War Office in 1926 and then became General Officer Commanding of the 3rd Division in 1930.[2] On 20 September 1933 he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London.

In the 1935 New Year Honours, Knox was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He served as Adjutant-General to the Forces between 1935 and 1937.[6]

In retirement Knox was Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1938 to 1943.[5]

Family

Knox married Grace Una Storrs.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: FamilySearch.org. ancestors.familysearch.org.
  2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  3. Hart´s Army list, 1903
  4. Book: Thom's Irish Who's Who . 1923 . Alexander Thom & Co. . Dublin . s:Thom's Irish Who's Who/Knox, Brig.-Gen. Harry Hugh Sidney . Knox, Brig.-Gen. Harry Hugh Sidney.
  5. Web site: Centre for War Studies. University of Birmingham.
  6. Web site: Note by Liddell Hart on discussion with Maj Gen Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart . https://web.archive.org/web/20120919155646/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/parsefile.php?file=%2Flhcma%2Fcats_separate%2Fliddell%2FLIDDELL__11_1937_86.shtml&query=harry%20knox . dead . 19 September 2012 . Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives . 15 June 2020 .