A Collection of Medals to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines formed by Commander Ron Champion, RN

Pair: Able Seaman W. B. Knight, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (159700 A.B., H.M.S. Terrible); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (A.B., H.M.S. Terrible) good very fine (2) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines formed by Commander Ron Champion, RN.

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William Benjamin Knight was born in Solihull, Warwickshire in February 1876 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in March 1891. Advanced to Able Seaman in October 1894, he went on to witness active service with H.M.S. Terrible in the Boer War and Boxer Rebellion, being landed in Natal and for the relief of Pekin operations. Transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1906, Knight was recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 and served in the cruiser Europa until May 1915.