Career
Born in Yeovil, Somerset (Born James Huntley Knight, Enlisted Henry James Knight) he was 21 years old, and a corporal in the 1st Battalion, The King"s (Liverpool) Regiment, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. The full citation was published in the London Gazette of 4 January 1901 and reads:.