The Knox Brothers. Penelope Fitzgerald

      Copyright © 1977, 2000 by Penelope Fitzgerald

      First published in Great Britain in 1977 by Macmillan.

      This new edition, corrected and reset, first published in the United States of America in 2000 by Counterpoint.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the Publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

       Fitzgerald, Penelope.

       The Knox brothers : Edmund 1881–1971, Dillwyn 1884–1943, Wilfred 1886–1950, Ronald 1888–1957 / Penelope Fitzgerald.

      p. cm.

      Originally published: London : Macmillan, 1977.

      Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

      ISBN 978-1-61902-269-0

      1. Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott, 1888–1957. 2. Knox, E. V. (Edmund Valpy), 1881–1971. 3. Knox, Wilfred L. (Wilfred Lawrence), 1886–1950. 4. Knox, A. D. (Alfred Dillwyn), 1884–1943. 5. England—Biography.

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      FOR MY FATHER

      “Evoe”

      OF PUNCH

      Contents

Illustrations

Genealogy

Foreword

I. Beginnings

II. The Sterner Realities of Life: 1891–1901

      III. “We imagined other people might think we were peculiar”: 1901–1907

      IV. Knoxes and Brother: 1907–1914

      V. Brothers at War: 1914–1918

      VI. The Twenties: 1919–1929

      VII. “The Fascination of What’s Difficult”: 1930–1938

      VIII. The Uses of Intelligence: 1939–1945

      IX. Endings: 1945–1971

       Bibliography

       Index

Illustrations

       (With two exceptions, noted below, the photographs are from the personal collections of the author and her family.)

       following page 176:

      Mrs. French in the Punjab

      Ronnie and his mother

      Two of the Knox boys, Wilfred and Ronnie

      The Knox family, c. 1903

       (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin)

      Dilly, by Gilbert Spencer, R.A.

      Wilfred on his motor-bike with his fishing tackle

      Eddie (“Evoe”)

      Ronnie with the Waugh family

       page 223:

       Enigma

       (Royal Signal Corps Museum, Dorset)

Genealogy