Thomas Ucher Caulfield Knox

Captain

Additional Information:

Viscount Northland. Son of 5th Earl and Countess of Ranfurly; husband of Lady Northland (now Mrs. Wardell, of 24, Gilbert St., Grosvenor Square, London).

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Thomas Uchter Caulfeild Knox was the son of Uchter John Mark Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly and Hon. Constance Elizabeth Caulfield. The family lived at Northland House, Dungannon. Viscount Northland was educated at Eton and then at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He joined the Coldstream Guards in 1900. He and Hilda Cooper were married on 12th June 1912. On the outbreak of the war, Captain Viscount Northland immediately rejoined the Coldstream Guards.

Thomas served as aide-de-camp to his father, Lord Ranfurly in NZ between 1903-1907. His title, Viscount Northland, does not refer to Northland NZ, but is a heredity title bestowed on his family and refers to the family estate in Ireland.

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Casualty

Name:

Thomas Ucher Caulfield Knox

Name variation:

Viscount Northland

Rank:

Captain

Date of Birth:

13 June 1882

Place of Birth:

Dungannon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Coldstream Guards, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

02 January 1915

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Cuinchy Communal Cemetery

Cemetery Location:

Pas de Calais,

France