Photo submitted by Gerald Napier - (from the Royal Engineers Library with permission)

Cecil Leonard Knox VC (9 May 1889-4 February 1943) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Photo of Victoria Cross recipient Cecil Leonard Knox, migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference site with permission. ... Photo of Victoria Cross recipient Cecil Leonard Knox, migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference site with permission. ... For other uses, see Victoria Cross (disambiguation). ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Victoria Cross (disambiguation). ... The Commonwealth of Nations as of 2007 Headquarters Marlborough House, London, UK Official languages English Membership 53 sovereign states Leaders  -  Queen Elizabeth II  -  Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma Appointed 24 November 2007 Establishment  -  Balfour Declaration 18 November 1926   -  Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931   -  London Declaration 28 April 1949  Area  -  Total...

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He was 29 years old, and a temporary second lieutenant in the 150th Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers (RE), commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

On 22 March 1918 at Tugny, Aisne, France, Second Lieutenant Knox was entrusted with the demolition of 12 bridges. He successfully carried out this task, but in the case of one steel girder bridge the time fuse failed to act, and without hesitation he ran to the bridge under heavy fire, and when the enemy were actually on it, he tore away the time fuse and lit the instantaneous fuse, to do which he had to get under the bridge. As a practical civil engineer, Second Lieutenant Knox undoubtedly realised the grave risk he took in doing this. is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Aisne is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River. ...

Further information

He later achieved the rank of major. Major is a military rank the use of which varies according to country. ...

References

• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
• The Sapper VCs (Gerald Napier, 1998)
• VCs of the First World War - Spring Offensive 1918 (Gerald Gliddon, 1997)

Monuments To Courage is a book by David Harvey, published in 1999. ... The Register of the Victoria Cross A list of all 1350 Victoria Crosses with details of each recipient ISBN 0906324033 Publisher: Cheltenham: This England Books; 1981 Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 - 9 3/4 Pagination: 303 + 4. ... The Sapper VCs is a book by Colonel GWA Napier. ... VCs of the First World War - Spring Offensive 1918 Gerald Gliddon, 213 pages, hardback, Sutton Publishing (Phoenix Mill, Stroud, Gloucestershire), 1997 ISBN 0-7509-1107-7 ...

External links

• Royal Engineers Museum Sappers VCs
• Location of grave and VC medal (Leicestershire)