KNIGHT, Guy Cunninghame
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | England, 12 December 1866 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Wellington College, Sandhurst, Berkshire U.K. |
| Occupation: | Military Officer |
| Died: | Returned, France, 11 September 1914, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Priez Communal Cemetery, France |
| Memorials: | Millers Point South African Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
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| 17 Jan 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, SS "Southern Cross" Transport. | |
| 17 Feb 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
| 26 Dec 1900: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, W.I.A. | |
| 30 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Officer, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, R.T.A. from Cape Town after completing war service. Disembarked in Sydney Harbour on 1 May 1901. | |
| 19 Apr 1901: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette. |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Discharged British Forces (All Conflicts), D.O.W. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Cunninghame Knight was born in 1866 and got his first commission in the Loyal North Lancashires in 1887. He was employed in 1898 with the Colonial forces in New South Wales, and in the South African War raised and commanded the 1st New South Wales Mounted Infantry Regiment. He took part in the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River, Zand River, and Wittebergen and Bothaville, and was slightly wounded in the operations in Cape Colony in 1900. He was mentioned in dispatches and gained his brevet as major and the Queen’s medal with five clasps. He subsequently served on the Staff in Malta and Egypt, and was D.A.A.G. in South Africa in 1909.
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