William Knox

Lieutenant-General Sir William George Knox, (20 October 1847 – 14 December 1916) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 8th Division.

Military career Born the son of General Thomas Edmond Knox, William Knox was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1867. He took part in Expedition to Abyssinia in 1868, in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1874 and in the Russo-Turkish War in 1877. and fought in the Anglo-Zulu War later the same year.

Knox stayed in South Africa until after the war ended in May 1902, and two months later left by the SS Briton for Southampton. For his service in the war, he was mentioned in despatches (including by Lord Kitchener dated 23 June 1902), received the Queen's South Africa Medal, and he was only invested as such after his return home, by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902).

Following his return to the United Kingdom, Knox was on 9 September 1902 appointed a Major-General on the Staff Commanding Royal Artillery of the 3rd Army Corps, stationed in Ireland. He was appointed General Officer Commanding 8th Division in Southern Ireland in 1905 before retiring in 1910.