Rotherham - Clifton Park War Memorial - geograph

Lieutenant Colonel James Edward Knight TD JP, (1867 – 9 June 1930) was an English Architect based in

Rotherham Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...

. He was the son of Henry John Knight (1837–1899) and Alice Ann Barton (1839–1924). He served in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment, and was promoted to second lieutenant on 25 May 1898 and major on 1 April 1908. He was awarded the

Territorial Decoration __NOTOC__ The Territorial Decoration (TD) was a military medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army. This award superseded the Volunteer Officer's Decoration when the Te ...

in 1918. He retired from military service in 1921 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. After his death in 1930, the company continued trading as James E Knight and Co with John Lawton and Arnold Ewart Hollely until 1943, when the partnership was dissolved.

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