Pioneer William T Knott Royal Engineers
Victory Medal
The Man William T Knott enlisted into the Royal Engineers with service number 133089 and saw service during World War I on the Western Front, entering France on 11th November 1915. He was discharged to the Z Class reserve on 7th June 1919 and awarded the 1914-15 Star, 1914-18 British War Medal & Victory Medals.
The Story The single Victory Medal awarded to William Knott was acquired on a wet, dark, cold and miserable late Sunday afternoon on 23rd December 2018 from a Christmas Fair on the Parade in Leamington Spa. The medal was acquired together with two other single Victory Medals to Gunner Peter Devlin and Private George Clark. It was considered that as these men had each fought through World War I, most likely given their all, and as 2018 was the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, they should be ‘rescued’ from their obscurity on a dealers table and at least given some memorial to their lives, even though very brief. It has not been possible to find any more detail on Ancestry.UK due to the sheer number of William Knotts. The 1915-15 Star and British War Medals are missing thus this is a broken group
The Story The single Victory Medal awarded to William Knott was acquired on a wet, dark, cold and miserable late Sunday afternoon on 23rd December 2018 from a Christmas Fair on the Parade in Leamington Spa. The medal was acquired together with two other single Victory Medals to Gunner Peter Devlin and Private George Clark. It was considered that as these men had each fought through World War I, most likely given their all, and as 2018 was the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, they should be ‘rescued’ from their obscurity on a dealers table and at least given some memorial to their lives, even though very brief. It has not been possible to find any more detail on Ancestry.UK due to the sheer number of William Knotts. The 1915-15 Star and British War Medals are missing thus this is a broken group
William Knott's World War I Medal Index Card
Medal Details:
- Victory Medal: 133089. PNR. W.T.KNOTT. R.E.
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