Knight Family, England

My dad, Peter Knight, was born in Kent in 1942.

In his memoir, the first sentence in the chapter about his early life reads, “I enjoyed generally a very happy childhood.”

Pam, Peter and Nigel Knight at Brushing House, Kent, circa 1945

George (Edward Robert) Knight (my grandfather) in Royal Marines Uniform (captain) holding my dad and my Aunt Pam, 1942

Peter Knight — Peter Knight, 1945

At Brushing House, Hollingbourne, Kent (where my Dad was born) - Knight cousins from left to right: Pamela K., Annabel K., Bobby K., John Rudd, David Maby in front: Nigel K., Peter K. Annabel and Bobby spent some school holidays with us as their parents were overseas in the colonial service. Circa 1948. — At Brushing House, Hollingbourne, Kent (where my Dad was born). Knight cousins from left to right: Pamela K., Annabel K., Bobby K., John Rudd, David Maby
in front: Nigel K., Peter K. Annabel and Bobby spent some school holidays with my dad as their parents were overseas in the colonial service. Circa 1948.

My dad, Peter, and Uncle Nigel and Auntie Pam during a vacation in Scotland

Cool Peter Knight

Peter Knight — Peter R. C. Knight

At beach with Keppel Family, Lucy in centre and Judith to her left. (Judith won £ 1 million on English TV quiz show. Restored family fortune.)

Peter Knight with his cousin Diana Stead

Ursula Knight, at a restaurant in Jersey, Channel Islands — Ursula Knight, at a restaurant in Jersey, Channel Islands, circa late ’70s/early ’80s

Bleak Cottage, Maidstone, Kent Gwen Knight (my grandmother) with Edward and Stella — Bleak Cottage, Maidstone, Kent
Gwen Knight (my grandmother) with Edward and Stella

I found this photo in one of my dad’s old albums and the caption read “Maurice Day, son of Noeline Day, nee Massie, cousin of DGK (Gwen Knight, my grandmother). Joined Royal Navy, second to Fleet Air Arm. Jet reconnaissance plane crashed into the North Sea. Died aged 27 about 1963.”