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Heroic Score1301019th out of 4481
Number of Medals5
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1361593 of 4481
Canadian Army#28of 73
World War I#360of 928
Western Front#52of 154
Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line †#1of 1
Arthur George Knight
Sergeant, Canadian Army
World War IWestern FrontBattle of Drocourt-Quéant Line †
Awards & Decorations
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Arthur George Knight VC was an English-Canadian soldier. Knight was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Knight was one of seven Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions on one single day, 2 September 1918, for actions across the 30 km long Drocourt-Quéant Line near Arras, France. The other six recipients were Bellenden Hutcheson, William Henry Metcalf, Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney, Cyrus Wesley Peck, Walter Leigh Rayfield and John Francis Young.
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Score Breakdown
Victoria Cross(base 100)
+100Croix de Guerre — 1 citation(1 × 30 (each citation = one heroic action))
+30Heroic Score130 pts