Ernest Blake Knox studied medicine in Trinity College, Dublin, and acquired a string of impressive letters after his name. In November 1899, the young surgeon joined the Royal Army Medical Corps.
The RAMC was just a year old, formed after the dissolution of the Army Medical Corps which had complained long and loud about its shabby treatment by the defence forces.
The new corps’ recruits were expected to be at least 5’2″ tall and no older than 30 years. At age 22, Ernest met the second criterion, and presumably the first as well, because soon after, Lieutenant Blake Knox was on his way to South Africa for the second Boer War.
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