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|Date of birth=06-Mar-12
 
|Date of birth=06-Mar-12
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=DLI - Emer Comm as 2/Lt 9th Bn 12/8/1939, ? 12th Bn DLI 12/8/39, Embodied 24/8/1939, Trf Black Watch 20/12/1939, Posted 1 TS 1/2/1940, Iceland, Posted 7th Bn Black Watch Aug 1944 , 51 Div BAOR, Demobilised 1945. Royal Artillery 1947, Commanded 670 LAA Regiment 49-52.
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|Unit=Cadet - Aldershot OCTU.  DLI - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt in the 9th Bn 12/8/1939. Posted 12th Bn DLI 12/8/39. Embodied 24/8/1939. Trf Black Watch 20/12/1939. Posted 1 TS 1/2/1940. B.E.F.  Dunkirk.  Served Iceland.  Attended Winter Warfare School at Akureyri November 1941.  Posted No 32 Replacement Holding Unit.  Served Normandy.  Rejoined Battalion from RHU 15/8/1944.  Proposed posting to 7th Bn Black Watch Aug 1944 cancelled. Posted HQ 51 Div BAOR, Demobilised 1945. Royal Artillery 1947, Commanded 670 LAA Regiment 1949-1952.
|Company/Battery=D Coy
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|Company/Battery=D Coy 18/3/1940.  HQ Company.  C Company 29/3/1943.
|Task or role=Duty Officer, D.A.D.W.S.
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|Task or role=Duty Officer.  Messing Officer 6/11/1939.  D.A.D.W.S.
 
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
 
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
|Promotions=W/S Lt 2/10/40, T/Capt 2/10/40, W/S Captain & T/Major 18/12/43, Lt Col 1/4/49 - 1/3/52
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|Promotions=W/S Lt 2/10/40, T/Capt 2/10/40, W/S Captain & T/Major 18/12/43, Lt Col 1/4/49 - 1/3/52.
|Home address=Educated Durham School, Addresses: Hampton Fields, Minchinhampton, Stroud,  c/o 7, Grey St. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Died 1991
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|Died/Killed in action=Death registered February 2005, Wokingham, Berkshire.
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|Home address=Educated Durham School, Addresses: Hampton Fields, Minchinhampton, Stroud,  c/o 7, Grey St. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Personnel Entry

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Name Angus William Knox
Army number 94667
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations O.B.E. 1973
Date of birth 06-Mar-12
Age 0
Unit Cadet - Aldershot OCTU. DLI - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt in the 9th Bn 12/8/1939. Posted 12th Bn DLI 12/8/39. Embodied 24/8/1939. Trf Black Watch 20/12/1939. Posted 1 TS 1/2/1940. B.E.F. Dunkirk. Served Iceland. Attended Winter Warfare School at Akureyri November 1941. Posted No 32 Replacement Holding Unit. Served Normandy. Rejoined Battalion from RHU 15/8/1944. Proposed posting to 7th Bn Black Watch Aug 1944 cancelled. Posted HQ 51 Div BAOR, Demobilised 1945. Royal Artillery 1947, Commanded 670 LAA Regiment 1949-1952.
Company/Battery D Coy 18/3/1940. HQ Company. C Company 29/3/1943.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Duty Officer. Messing Officer 6/11/1939. D.A.D.W.S.
Joined Brigade 01-Sep-39
Promotions W/S Lt 2/10/40, T/Capt 2/10/40, W/S Captain & T/Major 18/12/43, Lt Col 1/4/49 - 1/3/52.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered February 2005, Wokingham, Berkshire.
Home address Educated Durham School, Addresses: Hampton Fields, Minchinhampton, Stroud, c/o 7, Grey St. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Source table 1TS