Percy Knight OBE (1891 – January 1969) was a Welsh trade unionist and political activist.
As a youth, he jumped on board the Antiope ship as it was leaving port, heading to Naples, and thereby found work as a seaman.
During World War I, he served with the 10th Cruiser Squadron, and was involved in rescue work following the Halifax Explosion.
[1][2] Knight was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1952, and in 1954 served as vice-chair of the Labour Party.
He was expected to become the party's chair for 1955/56, but he refused the position, instead taking up work as Assistant General Secretary of the NUS.