Alfred Knox


Sir Alfred Knox

General Alfred Knox in 1918
Birth nameAlfred William Fortescue Knox
Born(1870-10-30)30 October 1870
Newcastle, County Down, Ireland
Died9 March 1964(1964-03-09) (aged 93)
Windsor, Berkshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
British Indian Army
Years of service1891–
RankMajor-General
UnitRoyal Ulster Rifles
5th Punjab Infantry
Battles / warsFirst World War
Russian Civil War
AwardsMentioned in dispatches
Other workMember of Parliament

Major-General Sir Alfred William Fortescue Knox CB (30 October 1870 – 9 March 1964) was an Ulster-Scots career officer in the British Army and later a Conservative Party politician.[1]

  1. ^ "Obituary: Maj.-Gen. Sir Alfred Knox – Russia in the First World War". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 11 March 1964. p. 15.

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