Frank Knox (cricketer) explained

Frank Pery Knox (23 January 1880 – 1 February 1960) was an English first-class cricketer active 1899–1902 who played for Surrey.[1]

He was born in Clapham, the fifth son of Sir Ralph Henry Knox, a civil servant and former cricketer, and Georgina Augusta Chance. Neville Knox was his younger brother.[2] He was educated at Dulwich College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and died in Hove.

During World War I, he was an officer in the Army Service Corps; along with many other officers he was awarded the DSO in the 1918 Birthday Honours "for services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders."[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16097.html Frank Knox at ESPNcricinfo
  2. Book: Lodge . Edmund . The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire for 1907 . 1907 . Kelly's Directories . 1905 . 2 December 2024 . en.
  3. Book: Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918 . 522. 9781408832363 . Renshaw . Andrew . 8 May 2014 . A&C Black .