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Knight, David Francis, son of Francis Charles Knight, cigar shipper, of Putney, and Bertha Clara, d. of Frank Davis, author and sculptor, of St Ives, Cornwall; b. 6 Feb. 1902; adm. Jan. 1916 (H); left Dec. 1920; HAC 1921-8; joined The Buffs 1939; Maj. RAF Regt 1944, retd 1946; a cigar shipper; m. 2 Apr. 1949 Alice, d. of S. J. Housley of Tours, France; d. 6 Dec. 1996.

Knight, Esmond Pennington, brother of David Francis Knight (qv); b. 4 May 1906; adm. Jan. 1921 (H); left July 1925; an actor; Old Vic. Company 1925-7, Birmingham Rep. 1927-8; fre­quent appearances on West End stage 1928-40; RNVR 1940-1, discharged after being blinded in HMS Hood during action with Bismarck in 1941; regained partial sight 1943; returned to stage March 1945; appeared in Olivier's films Henry V, Richard lll and Hamlet, later in Sink the Bismarck and The Spy who came in from the Cold; many further stage appearances in London, Stratford and Edinburgh 1945-67; acted in BBC TV series Nicholas Nickleby and Our Mutual Friend; also a painter, one-man exhibition New Town Gallery Uckfield, Sussex; author of Seeking the Bubble (autobiog.) 1943; m. 1st 19 Jan. 1929 Frances, d. of Maj. James Sabben Clare; 2nd 1946 Nora Swinburne, actress, d. of Henry Swinburne Johnson; d. 23 Feb. 1987.

Knight, Gilbert Barrett, brother of David Francis Knight (qv); b. 22 Sept. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left July 1927; a film and TV cameraman; joined Gaumont British Film Studios 1935; RAFVR 1941-5 (Flt Lieut.), personal pilot to AOC W. Africa; cameraman for Ass. Rediffusion Ltd, later Thames TV; m. 5 Oct. 1935 Dorothv York, d. of Capt. William Hall, Marine Supt, of Calcutta; d. Dec. 1994.

Knight, Robert Duncan, brother of David Francis Knight (q.v.); b. Dec. 26, 1903; adm. April 26, 1918 (H); left July 1920; drowned at Funchal, Madeira, June 24, 1922.

Knight, Vivian Berkeley Howard, brother of Cecil Bertie Howard Knight (q.v.); b. May 23, 1886; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left July 1901; King's Coll. London; A. K.C.; an electrical engineer; chief engineer of Messrs. John Knight, Ltd., soap makers at Silvertown; m. April 15, 1914, Ida Mary, daughter of. John Scott, of Tillington, Stafford; d. April 20, 1917.

Knowles, Macpherson, son of Frank Clements Knowles MIEE, of Ealing, and Catherine Maria, d. of Edward Miller of Clapton, Essex; b. 26 June 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H); left July 1938; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB BS 1943; RAMC 1944-6 (Capt.), despatches (Med.) May 1946; MRCGP 1953; in gen. med. practice at Worcester, retd 1984; m. 20 Dec. 1947 Joan Mary, d. of John Shearman (qv); d. 1 Feb. 2007.

Knox, John Stuart, son of Lieut.-Col. Sir James Stuart Knox Kt OBE, HM Prison Commissioner, and Ursula Mary Iremonger, d. of Francis Watts, solicitor; b. 23 Mar. 1907; adm. Apr. 1920 (H); left Mar. 1923; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1931; DPM 1938; MO Broadmoor Asy­lum 1932, dep. Med. Supt 1938-53; SMO Holloway Prison 1963-7; m. 27 Apr. 1933 Joan Norwood, d. of Sir William Norwood East Kt MD FRCP, Med. Commissioner of Prisons; d. 18 July 1995.

Koenig-Pennington, John Paul, son of Capt. Koenig, of the German Navy, by Muriel Pennington; b. Sept. 18, 1902; assumed the additional surname of Pennington; adm. May 4, 1916 (H); left July 1920; a clerk in Brown Shipley and Co., Founders Court, London, mer­chants; d. Feb. 17, 1922.

Laing, Thomas Elliot, son of James Laing, of Sunderland, Durham, by Emily Cecilia, daughter of Thomas Elliot Harrison, of Sunderland; b. Aug. 28, 1889; adm. Sept. 22, 1904, from Wellington Coll. (H); left Easter 1905; Brasenose Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; 2nd Lieut. R. F. C. Nov. 11, 1914; Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) April 1, 1918; served in France; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1 1916.