Queens Sudan Medal (4412 PTE. A. KNOX. 1/SEA: HRS.); Queens South Africa Medal clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (4412 PTE. A. KNOX. SEA. HIGHRS.); 1914-15 Star (3-7841 SJT (A.S.MJR) A. KNOX. SEA. HIGHRS.); British War Medal (3-7841 A.W.CL.2. A. KNOX. SEAFORTH.); Victory Medal (3-7841 A.W.CL.2. A. KNOX. SEAFORTH.); Khedive's Sudan Medal clasps The Atbara, Khartoum (4412 PTE. A. KNOX. 1ST SEA.HIGH.)
Alexander Knox was born in Sunderland, Durham in 1874. A Labourer, he attested for service with the Seaforth Highlanders on 22 November 1892 and was saw service in the Sudan campaign/Nile Expedition at Atbara and in the Khartoum from 10 January 1898. He was Court Martialled for Drunkenness on Duty in May 1900 and arrived in South Africa on 4 January 1902 when the Boer War had only five more months to go. He was discharged on 21 November 1908 on expiry of his term of engegement.
At the age of 40 and now a Police Sergeant, he signed up for service in WWI on 1 September 1914 and was posted to his old regiment with no, 3-7841. On 3 October 1914 he was posted to the 9th Battalion and was sent to France on 10 May 1915 seeing service there until returning to the UK on 22 June 1916. The remainder of his service was at Home before he took his discharge on 22 February 1919. His rise through the ranks had been meteoric and he left the service as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the 9th battalion Seaforth Highlanders.
He died in Winchester, Hampshire in April 1928.
Medals are in good condition unless otherwise indicated. Sold with research and with a 1914-1919 commemorative medal with ribbon and a Sir Isambart Marc Brunel medallion commemorating the opening of the Thames Tunnel.
