Lance Corporal Robert Andrew Knox
Robert Andrew Knox was born (an hour after his twin brother Norman) on 14 November 1896, the second of eight children of farmer John Bailie Knox and his wife Jane (née West). By the time of the 1911 Census he was living at Dromore with his parents and five siblings.
Knox enlisted in the North Irish Horse at some point following the declaration of war in August 1914 (regimental number unknown). He trained at the regiment's Antrim reserve camp until November 1916, when he and around 100 other North Irish Horsemen volunteered to transfer to the Royal Irish Rifles. The formal transfer took place on 7 December (Knox was issued regimental number 40888), and on that day the men embarked for France. There they were posted to the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, joining it on the Somme front on 12 December.
It appears that by 1918 Knox had been posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He was captured near Cugny on 24 March during the retreat from St Quentin at the beginning of the German spring offensive, remaining a prisoner (held at the Stendal camp) until the end of the war.
Following his repatriation, on 14 December 1918 Knox was discharged. Soon after he re-enlisted in the Corps of Dragoons (No. D/31915), purchasing his discharge on 6 September 1920.