Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private A. Knight, 1/7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment - the ‘Shiny Seventh’, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 25 July 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (353112 Pte. A. Knight. 1/7 Lond: R.) minor edge nicks, therefore very fine £280-£320

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918.

Alexander Knight was the son of Mr and Mrs A. Knight of 120 Leyton Road, Newtown, Stratford, London. He served during the Great War with the 1/7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, and was killed in action aged 19 on the Western Front, 25 July 1918.

Private Knight is buried in the Contay British Cemetery, Somme, France.