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Kaplan, B.
to
Kohn, G.

 

B. Kaplan  to  G. Kohn
Kaplan,
Barnett
B. Kaplan 		?
-
Lt.
 		30.03.1939
WS/Capt.
30.03.1940



late Officer Cadet, University of London Contingent,
Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
30.03.1939

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial
Army
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
(04.1944)
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Unemployed List, RAMC
Kay,
James McKay Gilmour
J.M.G. Kay
From Glasgow.
 10.05.1911
-
11.2002
South & West Dorset district
SQMS
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		23.07.1941 [211823]
WS/Lt.
 		23.07.1941
A/Capt.
 		09.03.1942-08.06.1942
T/Capt.
 		09.06.1942-24.04.1944
WS/Capt.
 		25.04.1944
Capt.
 		01.12.1946, seniority 25.04.1944
A/Maj.
 		25.01.1944-24.04.1944
T/Maj.
 		25.04.1944-13.02.1946,
14.03.1946-19.04.1949
T/Lt.Col.
 		20.04.1949-02.09.1951
Lt. QM
 		13.07.1950
Capt. QM
 		13.07.1950
T/Maj. QM
 		06.03.1952-09.05.1953
Maj. QM
 		23.07.1953 (retd 10.05.1964; age)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		10.05.1964
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 18.02.1943
 Middle East 05.42-10.42
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.12.1939
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.07.1941
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 30.06.1942
 Middle East 07.41-10.41
Mention in Despatches MID
 27.04.1951
 Malaya 07.50-12.50



served in the ranks, Royal Army Service Corps [8 years, 268 days]



served as Warrant Officer, Class 2 [1 year, 65 days]
23.07.1941
  
 		 
 		commissioned, General List [emergency commission to 30.11.1946]
01.12.1946
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [short service commission]
13.07.1950
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [permanent commission]
10.05.1964
 -
 		10.05.1966
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Kealy,
Michael Robert Bayley
"Mike"
M.R.B. Kealy M.R.B. Kealy		 28.01.1912
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		28.01.1932 [50892]
Lt.
 		28.01.1935
A/Capt.
 		03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Capt.
 		03.12.1939-21.01.1940
Capt.
 		28.01.1940
A/Maj.
 		07.01.1942-27.01.1942,
12.03.1942-21.05.1942
T/Maj.
22.05.1942-08.07.1943,
15.12.1943-(04.1946)
Maj.
 		01.07.1946 (retd 16.07.1949; receiving a gratuity)
T/Lt.Col.
 		?
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		16.07.1949
Mention in Despatches MID
 15.11.1945
 gallant and distinguished services in the field
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.01.1946
 Burma
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst
28.01.1932

commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment
23.09.1936
 		-
 		27.08.1938
 		employed with Royal West African Frontier Force



8 Commando



Commanding Officer, Special Boat Squadron Middle East
16.07.1949
 		-
 		28.01.1962
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Keene,
Thomas Patrick
T.P. Keene		 08.11.1907
-
died between 1967 and 1985
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1927
Maj.
 		01.09.1944
A/Lt.Col.
 		30.09.1942-11.11.1942,
06.03.1945-22.04.1945
T/Lt.Col.
 		23.04.1945-28.12.1945,
22.04.1947-11.03.1950
Brig.
 		27.08.1957 (retd 25.08.1960)
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.11.1945
 ?
Education: psc

01.09.1927



commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
18.12.1939
 -
 		20.10.1940
 		Instructor in gunnery
16.11.1940
 -
 		12.10.1941
 		Instructor in gunnery
13.10.1941
 -
 		29.09.1942
 		Instructor OCTU
30.09.1942
 -
 		11.11.1942
 		Chief Instructor
12.11.1942
 -
 		27.12.1942
 		Instructor



Commanding Officer, 181st Field Regiment RA
Keightley,
Sir Charles Frederic
C.F. Keightley
Son of late Rev. C.A. Keightley.
Married (1932) Joan Lydia, daughter of late Brig.­Gen. G.N.T. Smyth Osbourne, CB, CMG, DSO, Ash, Iddesleigh, N. Devon; two sons.
 24.06.1901
-
17.06.1974
2nd Lt.
 		23.12.1921
...
 		...
Maj.
 		18.05.1938
local Lt.Col.
 		06.12.1938-18.05.1940
A/Lt.Col.
 		19.05.1940-18.08.1940
T/Lt.Col.
 		19.08.1940-12.11.1941
WS/Lt.Col.
 		13.11.1941
Lt.Col.
 		06.09.1943
A/Col.
 		13.05.1941-12.11.1941
T/Col.
 		13.11.1941-26.12.1942
WS/Col.
 		27.12.1942
Col.
 		27.04.1944, seniority 27.12.1942
A/Brig.
 		13.05.1941-12.11.1941
T/Brig.
 		13.11.1941-26.12.1942
A/Maj.Gen.
 		27.12.1941-26.12.1942
T/Maj.Gen.
 		27.12.1942-01.01.1945
Maj.Gen.
 		02.01.1945, seniority 21.10.1944
A/Lt.Gen.
 		02.08.1944-01.08.1945
T/Lt.Gen.
 		02.08.1945-31.10.1945
Lt.Gen.
 		30.01.1948, seniority 01.10.1946
Gen.
 		29.08.1951 (retd 22.10.1962)

GCB 1953 (KCB 1950; CB 05.08.1943); GBE 1957 (KBE 05.07.1945; OBE 1941); DSO 03.08.1944; DL
MID (3x): 20.12.1940, 29.11.1945
Officer, Legion of Merit 10.08.1943
Commander, Legion of Merit 23.05.1947

23.12.1921

commissioned, 5th Dragoon Guards - Royal Armoured Corps
...
 		-
 		...
 		...
06.12.1938
 -
 		18.05.1940
 		Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College, Camberley
19.05.1940
 -
 		11.05.1941
 		Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AAQMG), 1st Armoured Division (France)
13.05.1941
 -
 		26.12.1941
 		Commander, 30th Armoured Brigade
27.12.1941
 -
 		20.04.1942
 		Commander, RAC Training Establishment
21.04.1942
 -
 		17.05.1942
 		General Officer Commanding, 11th Armoured Division (Tunisia) 
19.05.1942
 -
 		13.12.1943
 		General Officer Commanding,  6th Armoured Division (UK, Tunisia [N Africa])
13.12.1943
 -
 		01.08.1944
 		General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division(Italy, Egypt) [except for 9-30.7.1944]
02.08.1944
 -
 		29.09.1945
 		Commander, V Corps (Italy & Austria)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Keith,
Cecil Graham
C.G. Keith
From London.
 (06?).1896
Kensington, Greater London
-
Prob. 2nd Lt.
 		17.11.1915
2nd Lt.
 		25.02.1916, seniority 17.11.1915
A/Capt.
 		13.12.1916-01.09.1918
T/Capt.
 		02.09.1918-...
Lt.
 		12.06.1940 [136564]
T/Capt.
 		12.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
 		26.10.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		26.10.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Lt.Col.
 		09.06.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Col.
 		09.12.1943-(04.1944)
T/Col.
 		1945?
T/Brig.
 		?
Hon. Brig.
 		< 04.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.02.1945
 NW Europe
Military Cross MC
 14.11.1916
 *
Mention in Despatches MID
 09.08.1945
 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 NW Europe
* For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led his men with the greatest dash, and, when he gained his objective, took complete charge of the situation. He not only beat off two counter-attacks, but pushed his line forward, and sent in an excellent report. He is only nineteen years of age, and set a fine example.
17.11.1915

commissioned, Grenadier Guards - Special Reserve of Officers
02.09.1918
 		-
 		?
 		Staff Captain
12.06.1940

commissioned, Grenadier Guards [emergency commission]
Kell,
Sir Vernon George Waldegrave
V.G.W. Kell
Son of late Maj. Waldegrave C.F. Kell.
Married Constance Rawdon, daughter of late James Scott,
Westlands, Queenstown; two sons, one daughter.
 21.11.1873
Mutford, Suffolk
-
27.03.1942
2nd Lt.
 		01.10.1894
Capt.
 		1901 (retd 16.10.1909)
Maj. RoO
 		1913
Col. RoO
 		01.04.1924
Hon. Maj.Gen.
27.09.1939
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 1919
 ?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 1917
 ?
Knight, 1st Class, Order of St Olaf (Norway); American Order of the Chinese Dragon; Officer Legion of Honour; Officer Order of Leopold; Officer Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus; Jubilee Medal, 1935
 		Education: Home; Sandhurst
01.10.1894

commissioned, South Staffordshire Regiment
1900

served China, Boxer Campaign (medal with clasp, despatches)
1902
 -
 		1903
 		Language Officer in China
1904
 -
 		1907
 		Staff Captain, War Office
1907
 -
 		1909
 		Imperial Defence Committee
1909

Reserve of Officers
1909

co-founded the Secret Service Bureau, the first incarnation of the Security Service
1909
 -
 		1914
 		re­employed, War Office
1914
 -
 		1924
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Directorate of Military Intelligence, War Office (despatches, CB, Bt Lt­Col, KBE)
1924
 -
 		1940
 		re­employed, War Office:
1931
 -
 		06.1940
 		first Director-General of the Security Service
Commandant War Department Constabulary; late Chairman, Japan Society.
Kelly,
Denis Howard
D.H. Kelly (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark C.D. Ashdown)
25.07.1909
Kensington district, (Greater) London / Middlesex
-
04.1996
Chichester district, Sussex
2nd Lt.
 		29.08.1929 [44136]
Lt.
 		29.08.1932
T/Capt.
 		04.11.1937-31.07.1938
Capt.
 		01.08.1938
A/Maj.
 		06.02.1941-05.05.1941
T/Maj.
 		06.05.1941-22.07.1941,
15.11.1941-01.04.1943
WS/Maj.
 		02.04.1943
Maj.
 		01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.
 		02.01.1943-01.04.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		02.04.1943-22.04.1944
Lt.Col.
 		09.09.1952 (supernumerary 09.09.1955) (retd 01.01.1956)
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (No. 5 Company).
29.08.1929
  
 		 
 		commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
(03.1931)
  
 		 
 		1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Shorncliffe)
(06.1933)
  
 		 
 		1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Lichfield)
13.08.1936
 -
 		11.09.1939
 		specially employed: Company Officer & Company Commander, The King's African Rifles (Northern Brigade)
12.09.1939
 -
 		(04.1941)
 		served The King's African Rifles (Northern Brigade)
01.01.1956
 -
 		25.07.1964
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Kelly,
William George
W.G. Kelly (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		?
-
Cadet
 		? [14442542]
2nd Lt.
 		21.04.1945 [346162]
WS/Lt.
 		21.10.1945
T/Capt.
 		(1947)
21.04.1945

commissioned, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [emergency commission]
15.07.1946
 -
 		(04.1947)
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade, General Staff, Southern Army, India
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Kendrew,
[Sir] Douglas Anthony
D.A. Kendraw
Elder son of Alexander John Kendrew, MC, MD, Barnstaple, North Devon.
Married (1936) Nora Elizabeth, daughter of John Harvey, Malin Hall, County Donegal; one son, one daughter.
Residence: (1943) Malin, Co. Donegal
 22.07.1910
Barnstaple, North Devon
-
28.02.1989
Islip, Nottingham, Northants
2nd Lt. SRO
 		18.01.1930
2nd Lt.
 		28.08.1931 [44766]
Lt.
 		28.08.1934
Capt.
 		28.08.1939
A/Maj.
 		12.08.1940-11.11.1940
T/Maj.
 		12.11.1940-24.02.1941,
15.04.1941-22.10.1941,
28.02.1942-18.06.1943
WS/Maj.
 		19.06.1943
Maj.
 		01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.
 		19.03.1943-18.06.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		19.06.1943-23.07.1944
WS/Lt.Col.
 		24.07.1944
A/Col.
 		24.01.1944-23.07.1944
T/Col.
 		24.07.1944-31.05.1946,
04.11.1946-27.07.1951
Col.
 		28.07.1951
A/Brig.
 		24.01.1944-23.07.1944
T/Brig.
 		24.07.1944-31.05.1946,
30.11.1952-18.10.1956
Brig.
 		19.04.1957
T/Maj.Gen.
 		19.10.1956-28.06.1957
Maj.Gen.
 		29.06.1957 (retd 01.09.1963)
Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George KCMG
 12.07.1963
 Governor W Australia
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 01.01.1958
 New Year 58
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 21.12.1944
 Italy
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 01.06.1943
 North Africa
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 13.01.1944
 Italy
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 04.05.1944
 Italy
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 08.12.1953
 Korea
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.09.1943
 North Africa
Education: Uppingham School; psc, idc



late Cadet Under Officer, Uppingham School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

18.01.1930

commissioned, The Leicestershire Regiment - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
28.08.1931

joined Royal The Leicestershire Regiment
(06.1933)

2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment (Londonderry)
23.11.1936
 -
 		31.03.1937
 		Assistant Instructor (Class GG), Tank Driving and Maintenance School (temporary) (Bovington Camp)
01.04.1937
 -
 		14.12.1938
 		Instructor (Class GG to 31.07.1938), Driving & Maintenance Wing, Armoured Fighting Vehicle School (Bovington Camp)
18.12.1938
 -
 		01.09.1939
 		Instructor, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
28.02.1942
 -
 		11.02.1943
 		Brigade Major, ... (North Africa)
12.02.1943
 -
 		18.03.1943
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Operations), HQ 1st Army
1943
 -
 		1944
 		Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (North Africa and Italy)
24.01.1944
28.01.1945
30.11.1945
 -
-
-
 		22.12.1944
22.10.1945
31.05.1946
 		Commander, 128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade (Italy, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Italy, Greece, Italy, Austria)
01.06.1946
 -
 		03.11.1946
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Infantry), GHQ, Central Mediterranean Forces
04.11.1946
 -
 		16.08.1948
 		Commandant, School of Infantry, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR)
17.08.1948
 -
 		13.09.1950
 		Commandant, Army Apprentice School, Harrogate
03.10.1950
 -
 		27.09.1952
 		Colonel A/Q (Adjutant General's & Quartermaster General's Staff), Northern Ireland District
30.11.1952
 -
 		05.11.1953
 		Commander, 29th British Infantry Brigade (Korea)
1954
 -
 		1955
 		Imperial Defence College
10.03.1955
 -
 		28.09.1956
 		Brigadier A/Q (Adjutant General's & Quartermaster General's Staff), HQ Northern Command (York)
19.10.1956
 -
 		11.10.1958
 		General Officer Commanding, Cyprus District and Director of Operations
15.12.1958
 -
 		01.12.1960
 		Director of Infantry, War Office (London)
21.03.1961
 -
 		22.03.1963
 		Chief Liaison Officer, Joint Servies Liaison Staff, Australia
Colonel, Royal Leicestershire Regiment 20.05.1963-1965; Governor, Western Australia 23.09.1963-1973.
Honorary Colonel, SAS Regiment, RWAR Australia, 1965. President, Knights of the Round Table, 1975-83. Commissioner, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1974-80. Honorary LLD University of WA, 1969. KStJ 06.1964.
Kennedy,
F
F. Kennedy		 ?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 07.12.1940
WS/Capt. 18.01.1946
T/Maj. 18.01.1946
07.12.1940     commissioned, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [emergency commission]
Kennedy,
Sir John Ralph Bayly;
4th Baronet
J.R.B. Kennedy
Edest son (with one brother and two sisters) of Sir John Charles Kennedy, 3rd Bt (1856-1923), and Harriett Sydney Maude Higginson.
Succeeded father, 1923.
Unmarried.		 09.04.1896
-
09.08.1968
Johnstown Kennedy, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 23.11.1916
Lt. 23.05.1918 (half-pay 18.12.1919; ill-health) (retd 29.04.1920; ill-health)
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Education: Uppingham (1910-15; senior prefect, 1st XV, Captain of Games); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
23.11.1916     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Field Artillery) (served in Salonica 04.01.1917 to 24.11.1917, and later in France 21.12.1917 to 14.02.1918 as A.D.C. to the G.O.C. 5th Corps)
05.07.1940 - 1942 re-employed
Farming (about 500 acres).
Kennedy,
John Ross
J.R. Kennedy
Son of Robert Sinclair Kennedy and Annie Flora Kennedy, of Ferring, Sussex.
Husband of Lucretia Thrale Kennedy. 
 (03?).1905
lslington, Greater London, Middlesex
-
14.06.1942
(KIA) [age 37]
[Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya, 1.A.2]
2nd Lt.
 		? [34033]
Lt.
 		01.11.1928
Capt.
 		18.03.1931
Maj.
 		09.03.1934
Lt.Col.
05.05.1939
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 11.07.1940
 for gallant & distinguished services in recent operations
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 16.04.1942
 Middle East 07.41-10.41
Education: BSc
?

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
(03.1931)

50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Engineers (Newcastle-on-Tyne)
(06.1933)
 -
 		(01.1939)
 		232nd (Northumbrian) Field Company RE, 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Engineers (Newcastle-on-Tyne)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
05.05.1939
 -
 		14.06.1942
 		Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
AMICE, AMIEE. Military Member, County of Durham Territorial Army and Air Force Association.
Kennett,
Brian Bishop
"Bill"
J.R. Kennedy
Married (1919, Barnet, Greater London) ... Smith.
 18.02.1899
Hastings district, Sussex
-
died between 1985 and 1990 ?
2nd Lt.
 		06.06.1917
Lt.
 		06.12.1918
Capt.
 		06.06.1928 (regimental seniority 11.09.1922)
Maj.
 		06.06.1937
A/Lt.Col.
 		17.04.1940-20.05.1940,
12.06.1940-07.08.1940
T/Lt.Col.
 		08.08.1940-31.07.1942
Lt.Col.
 		01.08.1942 (supernumerary 01.08.1945)
A/Col.
 		15.03.1942-14.09.1942
T/Col.
 		15.09.1942-(01.1946)
A/Brig.
 		07.09.1943-06.03.1944
T/Brig.
 		07.03.1944-(04.1946)
Brig.
 		01.12.1949 (retd 09.09.1952)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
 21.06.1945
 ?
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 ?
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.12.1918
 ?
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
General Service Medal GenSM
 -
 & clasp Palestine
Education: long survey course, School of Artillery
06.06.1917
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
13.01.1918
 -
 		11.11.1918
 		served in France & Belgium (wounded)
01.10.1920
 -
 		11.07.1924
 		posted to Royal Signals
12.07.1924
  
 		 
 		transferred, Royal Corps of Signals
01.1931
  
 		 
 		qualified as interpreter 2nd class in Arabic
28.01.1931
 -
 		10.01.1935
 		Staff Captain, Signal Training Centre (Catterick Camp)
26.09.1935
 -
 		08.08.1936
 		employed with Egytian Frontiers Administration
08.09.1936
 -
 		15.12.1936
 		special appointment (Class FF), Palestine and Trans-Jordan (temporary)
(01.1939)
  
 		 
 		servved in Egypt
15.03.1942
 -
 		16.08.1942
 		Chief Signal Officer, Home Forces
17.08.1942
 -
 		14.12.1942
 		Deputy Chief Signal Officer, Home Forces
Served for 11 years in civil capacity with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Honorary Colonel, 16th & 40th Signal Regiments, 06.04.1952-06.04.1957.
Published: (with J.A. Tatman) Craftsmen of the Army : the story of the Royal Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers (1970)
Kenny,
John Edmund
J.E. Kenny 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		13.06.1942 [235556]
WS/Lt.
13.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
1941
 -
 		13.06.1942
 		No. 31 Class, 141 Officer Cadet Training Unit (Aldershot)
13.06.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Kent,
Geoffrey
G. Kent (Photo courtesy of Mr Paul Kent) G. Kent (Photo courtesy of Mr Paul Kent)
Originally:
Kohn, Gershon
(changed name (1945?) after he joined the Britsh Army; 09.09.1947 naturalized, then living at Coniston, Lancashire)
 		30.01.1914
Leipzig, Germany
-
Lt.
24.03.1945 [342691] (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt. ?
 		?
A/Maj. ?
 		?
24.03.1945

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]



possibly served with the 7th Armoured Division ('Desert Rats') (Holland)
Medical practitioner (MD).
Kenyon,
John Frederick
J.F. Kenyon
Married & divorced three times; two sons.

30.12.1921
Pradoe estate near Oswestry, Shropshire
-
12.2006
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		04.01.1942 [222758]
...
 		...
T/Maj.
28.06.1945-29.11.1948
...
 		...
Lt.Col.
 		31.12.1966
Col.
 		31.12.1970, seniority 30.06.1970 (retd 02.02.1974)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 ?
 ?
Military Cross MC
 05.10.1944
 ?
Education: Marlborough
04.01.1942

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 27.04.1945]
1941?
 -
 		1945?
 		5 (Bombay) Indian Mountain Battery (India & Burma)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Kershaw,
[Sir] John Anthony
J.A. Kershaw

 

 14.12.1915
Cairo
-
29.04.2008
Didmarton, Badminton, Gloucestershire
2nd Lt.
 		15.06.1940 [134983]
...
 		...
WS/Capt.
 		15.06.1943
T/Maj.
15.06.1943-(04.1946)
Knight Bachelor Kt
 1981
 ?
Military Cross MC
 23.09.1943
 North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
15.06.1940

commissioned, 16th/5th Lancers - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1943)

HQ 26th Armoured Brigade
Kettle,
Harold Eric George
H.E.G. Kettle		 14.01.1906
Burton upon Trent district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire
-
10.1993
Surrey Mid-Eastern
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		12.07.1941 [200328]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
20.02.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.
 		< 04.1946
12.07.1941

commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment [emergency commission]
18.01.1942

transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery
23.09.1942

transferred to The Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps
Post-war Secretary of the Glider Pilots' Association.
Keyes,
Geoffrey Charles Tasker
G.C.T. Keyes G.C.T. Keyes
Son of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes, GCB, KCVO, CMG, DSO and Eva Mary Salvin Bowlby (died 1973), Red Cross Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, daughter
of late Edward Salvin Bowlby, DL, of Gilston Park, Herts, and Knoydart, Inverness­shire.
Brother of Lt. Roger G.B. Keyes, RN.
18.05.1917
Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
-
17.11.1941
Beda Littoria, Libya 
(KIA) [age 24] [Benghazi War Cemetery, 7.D.5]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		28.01.1937 [71081]
Lt.
 		28.01.1940
T/Capt.
 		13.06.1940
Maj.
 		?
T/Lt.Col.
?
Victoria Cross VC
 19.06.1942
 *
Military Cross MC
 ?
 ?
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 ?
 ?
* Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes commanded a detachment of a force which landed some 250 miles behind the enemy lines, in North Africa, to attack Headquarters Base installations and communications. Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes deliberately selected the command of the party detailed to attack the residence and Headquarters of the General Officer commanding the German Forces in North Africa. This attack meant almost certain death for those who took part in it. The disposition of his detachment left him only one officer and a N.C.O. with whom to break into General Rommel's residence. On the night 17/18 November, 1941, he boldly led his party to the front door and demanded entrance. It was unfortunately necessary to shoot the sentry; the noise aroused the house, so that speed became of the first importance. Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes instinctively took the lead and emptied his revolver with great success into the first room. He then entered the second room but was mortally wounded almost immediately. By his fearless disregard of the dangers which he ran and of which he was fully aware, and by his magnificent leadership and outstanding gallantry Lieutenant Colonel Keyes set an example of supreme self-sacrifice and devotion to duty.
 		Education: Royal Military College
28.01.1937

commissioned into The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
?
 		-
 		17.11.1941
 		No. 11 (Scottish) Commando
Literature: Elizabeth Keyes. Geoffrey Keyes, V.C., M.C., Croix de Guerre, Royal Scots Greys, Lieut.-Colonel, 11th Scottish Commando (London : G. Newnes, [1956])
Kidston,
Antony Noel Wallace
A.N.W. Kidston		 17.07.1913
-
died between 02.1957 and 02.1967
2nd Lt.
 		31.08.1933 [56738]
Lt.
 		31.08.1936
A/Capt.
 		15.05.1940-14.08.1940
T/Capt.
 		15.08.1940-30.08.1941
Capt.
 		31.08.1941
A/Maj.
 		29.05.1942-12.07.1942,
06.08.1942-20.09.1942
T/Maj.
 		21.09.1942-08.05.1945
WS/Maj.
 		09.05.1945
Maj.
 		31.08.1946 (retd 24.05.1956; disability)
A/Lt.Col.
 		09.02.1945-08.05.1945
T/Lt.Col.
 		09.05.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		24.05.1946
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 NW Europe
Education: psc
31.08.1933

commissioned into the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
11.09.1937
 -
 		30.12.1940
 		Assistant Instructor (Class GG to 31.07.1938)
(01.1944)
 -
 		(06.1944)
 		Officer Commanding, A Company, 1st/8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
09.02.1945
 -
 		(1945?)
 		Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
06.1947
 -
 		07.1947
 		acting Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Palestine)
Kidston,
Robert Alexander Patrick Richard
R.A.P.R. Kidston		 ?
-
2nd Lt.
 		04.09.1914 [20442]
Lt.
 		22.05.1917, seniority 01.06.1916
A/Capt.
 		06.09.1918-29.07.1919
Capt.
 		29.05.1920
T/Maj.
 		?
Maj.
 		31.01.1922
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		01.01.1930
Lt.Col.
 		03.06.1939, seniority 31.08.1931
Bt. Col.
 		31.08.1935
Territorial Decoration TD
 ?
 ? (3rd Clasp 08.05.1953)
04.09.1914

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
?
 -
 		03.06.1939
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
03.06.1939
 -
 		?
 		Territorial Army
24.08.1939

mobilized TA



Commanding Officer, 131st Field Regiment RA
?
 -
 		19.12.1956
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Kilkelly,
Gerald *
"Smash"
G. Kilkelly
Son of Lt.-Col. Charles Randolph Kilkelly, CMG, MVO, MB, and of Florence Mary Kilkelly (née Petre), of Menengai, Kenya.
Brother of Lt.Col. R.G.P. Kilkelly, Indian Army.

* The CWGC database lists him (erroneously?) as:
Gerald Patrick Kilkelly
 28.08.1900
St George Hanover Square, London
-
24.08.1944
[age 43]
[Hanover War Cemetery, Germany, 15.B.15]
2nd Lt.
 		17.12.1919 [6770]
Lt.
 		17.12.1921
Capt.
 		03.04.1932
Maj.
 		30.04.1938
T/Lt.Col.
23.04.1941-24.08.1944
17.12.1919

commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps (8th King's Royal Irish Hussars)
09.09.1932
 -
 		08.09.1934
 		attached to Sudan Defence Force
09.12.1934
 -
 		29.04.1938
 		Depot Officer, Remount Depot, Abbassia, Cairo (Egypt)
23.04.1941
 -
 		(06?).1942
 		Commanding Officer, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (Battle of Gazala; unit wipde out, taken prisoner)
(06?).1942
 -
 		24.08.1944
 		POW in German captivity (killed by an American shell in a German POW camp just outside Brunswick)
Kind,
Robert William
R.W. Kind
Son of ... Kind, and ... Cox.
 26.01.1918
Blaby district, Leicestershire
-
09.1987
Leicestershire Central district, Leicestershire
Lt.
 		07.08.1943 [287901]
WS/Capt.
07.08.1944
07.08.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
Kindersley,
the Hon. Hugh Kenyon Molesworth;
2nd Baron Kindersley of West Hoathly (1954)
H.K.M. Kindersley (Source: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/Biog/Richard_Gale_13.jpg) H.K.M. Kindersley (Source: http://www.http://www.pegasusarchive.org)
H.K.M. Kindersley 
Son of Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley, GBE (1871-1954), and Gladys Margaret Beadle.
Succeeded father 1954.
Married (12.10.1921) Nancy Farnsworth, daughter of Dr Geoffrey Boyd, Toronto; one
son, two daughters.

07.05.1899
Kensington, London
-
06.10.1976
Tonbridge, Kent
2nd Lt.
 		1917 [61108]
Lt.
 		28.02.1919 (reld 01.04.1920)
Lt. RARO
 		12.11.1938, seniority 11.04.1936
T/Capt.
 		?
A/Maj.
 		?
T/Maj.
 		09.12.1940
WS/Lt.Col.
 		24.11.1943
A/Brig.
 		24.05.1943-23.11.1943
T/Brig.
 		24.11.1943-(04.1944)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.02.1945
 NW Europe
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41
Military Cross MC
 15.02.1919
 ? *
Commander, Order of St Olav (Norway) StOlav
 1958
 ?
* For great gallantry and able leadership during October 11th, 12th and 13th, 1918. When sent by night to support the advance to the railway line west of St. Python, his platoon captured an obstinately defended machinegun post. Next morning, when leading two platoons in the western and southern half of the village, he handled the house to house fighting admirably. The ground was won and held with few casualties largely through his work. His gallant conduct was a fine example to all ranks.
 		Education: Eton
1917

commissioned, Scots Guards (Special Reserve)
1917
 -
 		1919
 		served European War, Scots Guards (MC)
12.11.1938

Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class II)



served World War II: Scots Guards, 6th Airborne Division (MBE, CBE)
(04.1941)

specially employed
24.05.1943
 -
 		12.06.1944
 		Commander, 6th Airlanding Brigade (UK, NW Europe [Normandy; wounded])
Chairman: Rolls Royce Ltd, 1956-1968; Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Ltd,  1968-1969; Governor, Royal Exchange Assurance, 1955-1969; Director, Bank of England, 01.03.1947-01.03.1967. Chairman, Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, 1962-1970. President and Past Chairman, Arthritis and Rheumatism Council. Honorary FRCS, 1959; Member, Court of Patrons, RCS, 1960; Honorary Gold Medal, RCS, 1975. High Sheriff of the County of London, 1951. Director, Lazard Brothers & Co. Ltd, 1965-1971 (Chairman, 1953-1964; Managing Director, 1927-1964).
Honorary Colonel, 10th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, 08.10.1947-08.10.1952.
King,
Norris Hampden
 N.H. King
Residence: Clifton, Bristol, Somerset [1942], then Congresbury, Somerset [1944], then Berridale, Cooma, NSW, Australia [1948].
Married (1934, Cooma, NSW) Jean H. Harnett (born 1905). 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		29.11.1939 [108409]
Lt.
 		?  (reld 08.11.1950)
WS/Capt.
 		22.02.1942
T/Maj.
 		14.05.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
22.11.1944
T/Lt.Col.
 		22.11.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		08.11.1950
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 11.10.1945
 NW Europe ("Fine record, personality & coolness under hazardous conditions")
Military Cross MC
 12.02.1942
 Middle East ("Extreme gallantry & initiative Sidi Rezegh 22/23.11.1941")
Military Cross MC
 19.10.1944
 NW Europe ("Efficiency, courage & example Gavrus & Bougy, 1944")
29.11.1939

commissioned, 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
11.1944
 -
 		12.1945
 		Commanding Officer, 49th Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment (RTR)
King,
William Charles Frederick
 W.F.C. King
Married; one son, one daughter.
 		17.02.1916
-
23.02.2007
Gnr.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		09.03.1940 [124621]
WS/Capt.
16.12.1945
T/Maj.
 		16.12.1945-(04.1946)
Capt. TA
 		01.05.1947, seniority 16.12.1945
Maj. TA
 		11.10.1955 (retd 01.05.1961)
Territorial Decoration TD
 22.08.1952
 ?
Territorial Decoration TD
 18.11.1958
 1st clasp
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 18.02.1949
 ?
09.03.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.05.1961
 -
 		17.02.1967
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
King,
William Henry
 W.H. King 		?
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		11.01.1941 [166110]
WS/Lt.
 		11.07.1942
T/Capt.
 		14.03.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Capt.
 		1946?
T/Maj.
 		?
Capt.
 		27.02.1948, seniority 17.05.1946 (retd 27.08.1950)
Hon. Maj.
 		27.08.1950
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 28.11.1946
 ?
1939-19145 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 -
Italy Star It St
 -
 -
Defence Medal DefM
 -
 -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -
?
 -
 		10.01.1941
 		122nd or 123rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
11.01.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



served under 6 Army Group RA & 1st Army (Africa)
(04.1943)

654 Air Observation Post Squadron (operating with 8th Army)
27.02.1948
 -
 		27.08.1950
 		Territorial Army
27.08.1950
 -
 		?
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Kingstone,
James Joseph
 J.J. Kingstone J.J. Kingstone
Only son of late William John Kingstone, of Milton, Wiltshire.
Married Dorothy Constance, daughter of late Colonel E.G.
Hardy, CMG, DL; one son, one daughter.

26.08.1892
Milton-Lilborne, Wiltshire
-
20.09.1966
[Upton Lovel, Warminster, Wiltshire ?]
2nd Lt.
 		04.09.1912 [4968]
T/Lt.
 		15.11.1914-20.01.1916
Lt.
 		21.01.1916
A/Capt.
 		11.12.1916-21.10.1917
Capt.
 		22.10.1917
Bt. Maj.
 		01.01.1929
Maj.
 		26.02.1929
Lt.Col.
 		04.03.1932 (half-pay 04.03.1936)
Col.
 		04.03.1936, seniority 04.03.1935 (full-pay 03.04.1936) (supernumerary 31.12.1943) (retd 15.11.1945)
T/Brig.
 		24.11.1937-(04.1941)
Hon. Brig.
 		15.11.1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
 29.03.1945
 NW Europe 44-45
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 1919
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 19.08.1941
 Middle East (Syria, Iraq and Iran)
Military Cross MC
 ?
 ?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 & clasp
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1916
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.07.1919
 ?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.03.1945
 NW Europe
Jubilee Medal 1935 Jub M 35
 -
 -
Coronation Medal 1937 Cor M 37
 -
 -
Coronation Medal 1953 Cor M 53
 -
 -
Knight Commander of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) OON
 16.01.1948
 ?
Education:  Sherborne School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
04.09.1912
  
 		 
 		commissioned, The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
08.1914
 -
 		11.1918
 		served in France & Belgium:
01.05.1915
 -
 		25.11.1916
 		Adjutant, ...
10.01.1918
 -
 		21.04.1919
 		Staf Captain, ... (France)
16.08.1922
 -
 		14.12.1923
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (India)
25.04.1924
 -
 		13.08.1928
 		Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
04.03.1932
  
transferred, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers - Royal Armoured Corps
04.03.1932
 -
 		04.03.1936 
 		Commanding Officer, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
03.04.1936
 -
 		10.08.1938
 		Commander, 5th Cavalry Brigade TA (Northern Command, UK)
11.08.1938
 -
 		31.08.1939
 		Commandant, School of Equitation (Weedon)
23.10.1939
 -
 		29.06.1941
 		Commander, 4th Cavalry Brigade (UK, Palestine, Iraq, Syria) [except for 28.6-2.7.1940 & 27.2-9.5.1941]
02.1941?
 -
 		05.1941?
 		Commanded Kingcol, the mobile force drawn from Habforce to lead the drive to relieve Habbaniya
27.06.1940
 -
 		01.07.1940
 		acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Cavalry Division (Palestine)
26.02.1941
 -
 		08.05.1941
 		acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Cavalry Division (Palestine)
24.12.1941
 -
 		04.03.1942
 		Commander, 30th Armoured Brigade (UK)
1944?
 -
 		1945?
 		Civil Affairs Military Government Headquarters, 1 Corps District
29.07.1944
 -
 		1945
 		also: Aide-de-Camp to the King
1945
 -
 		26.08.1950
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
25.09.1951
 -
 		25.09.1954
 		Lieutenant, Wiltshire Army Cadet Force
Colonel, The Queen's Bays, 21.04.1945-1954. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Wiltshire, 30.09.1952.
Kinross,
James Macalister
 J.M. Kinross 		?
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		18.05.1940 [130041]
WS/Lt.
 		18.11.1941 (reld 23.03.1948; disability)
A/Capt.
 		22.04.1941-(04.1944)
T/Capt.
 		?
Hon. Capt.
 		23.03.1948
?
 -
 		17.05.1940
 		Officer Cadet Training Unit
18.05.1940

commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [emergency commission]



POW
Published: No longer wings to fly (1949)
Kirby,
Stanley Woodburn
 S.W. Kirby S.W. Kirby
Son of late Sir Woodburn Kirby.
Married 1st (1924) Rosabel Gell (died 1954); one son.
Married 2nd (1955) Mrs Joan Catherine.

13.02.1895
Hendon district, Middlesex
-
19.07.1968
Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		17.07.1914 [8398]
Lt.
 		09.06.1915
Capt.
 		03.11.1917
Maj.
 		08.02.1929
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1934
Lt.Col.
 		08.02.1937
Bt. Col.
 		10.10.1937, seniority 10.10.1936
Col.
 		01.07.1938, seniority 10.10.1936
T/Brig.
 		03.09.1939-12.03.1941
A/Maj.Gen.
 		13.03.1940-12.03.1941
T/Maj.Gen.
 		13.03.1941-11.02.1942
Maj.Gen.
12.02.1942, seniority 30.10.1941 (retd 22.02.1947)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 02.06.1943
 HM's birthday 43
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG
 01.01.1947
 New Year 47: Control Commission for Germany
Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE
 11.07.1940
 Deputy Master of the Ordnance, India
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 03.06.1927
 HM's birthday 27
Military Cross MC
 14.01.1916
 ?
Military Cross MC
 WW I
 *
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1916
 ?
Grand Officer Order of Orange Nassau, with Swords (Netherlands) OON

 ?

 ?
Commander, Legion of Merit (USA) LM
 14.05.1948
 ?
Commander, Order of the Crown (Belgium) Crwn
 ?
 ?
* Attached 46th (North Midland) Divisional Signal Company, R.E., T.F., attd. R.A., 46th Divisional H.Q.: Near Bellenglise, on 2nd October, 1918, and two following1 days, he worked night and day under very trying conditions, and was mainly instrumental in keeping the Signal communications of the 46th Division through during the attack on 'Ramicourt and Montbrehain. His efficiency, courage and enthusiasm were a fine example to those under him.
 		Education: Charterhouse; Imperial Defence College (idc, 1936), Staff College (psc, 1927-1928).
17.07.1914

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
1914
 -
 		1918
 		served European War, Egypt (1915), France (21.02.1915-21.10.1915), Macedonia (01.12.1915-07.09.1917) (despatches, MC and Bar)
24.05.1920
 -
 		15.07.1923
 		Assistant Instructor in Survey, School of Military Engineering
1923
 -
 		1926
 		served Singapore
02.06.1927
 -
 		20.01.1928
 		specially employed, War Office
09.02.1931
 -
 		31.12.1932
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office
01.01.1933
 -
 		18.01.1935
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office
10.10.1937
 -
 		12.03.1940
 		Assistant Master-General of Ordnance, GHQ India
13.03.1940
 -
 		30.09.1941
 		Deputy Master-General of Ordnance, GHQ, India
01.10.1941
 -
 		19.06.1943
 		Director of Staff Duties, GHQ India
1942
 -
 		1943
 		Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India
20.06.1943
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		Director of Civil Affairs, Directorate of Civil Affairs, Department of the Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for War, War Office
1945

Deputy Chief of Staff (Organisation), British Element, Control Commission for Germany
Historian, 1950.
Published: The War Against Japan (with others), Vol. I 1957, Vol. II 1958, Vol. III 1962, Vol. IV 1965.
Kirk *,
Keith Kenelm
 K.K. Kirk
Son of Maj. James Robert Kirk, MBE, JP (1878-1943), and Haidee Emily Helen Kathleen Robinson (1888-1960).
Married Ingeborg Hildegard Friedenberger; two daughters.

* later used as last name:
Keith-Kirk
 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		07.08.1944 [325406]
WS/Lt.
?
Lt.
 		01.11.1947, seniority 07.02.1945 (reld 25.09.1949)
WS/Capt.
 		11.12.1945
T/Maj.
 		11.12.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.
 		25.09.1949
07.08.1944

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]



served British Army of the Rhine
Kirke,
Sir Walter Mervyn St George
 W.M.St.G. Kirke
 Son of late Col St G. M. Kirke, RE.
Married Lilian Ethel (died 1945), only daughter of J. Macliesh; two sons, four daughters.
 		16.01.1877
-
02.09.1949
2nd Lt.
 		?
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		01.01.1924
Lt.Gen.
 		30.06.1931 (half-pay 30.09.1931, full-pay 13.05.1933)
Gen.
20.04.1936 (retd 01.07.1940)

GCB, 1939 (KCB, 1934; CB 1919); CMG 1918; DSO 1916
DL (29.01.1942), JP, Surrey.

Education: Haileybury; RM Academy, Woolwich
Entered Royal Artillery, 1896; Capt. 1901; Bt Major, 1914; Major, 1914; Bt Lt­Col 1915; Bt Col 1917; served in Waziristan Campaign, 1901-1902 (medal and clasp); Commandant Bhamo Bn Burma Military Police; commanded Wellaung, Punitive Expedition in S. Chin Hills, 1905-1906; psc; GSO, 3rd Grade, at War Office, 1912; 2nd Grade on mobilisation, 1914; served European War, 1914-1918 (despatches six times, Bt Lt­Col, Bt Col, CB, DSO, CMG, Order of the Crown of Belgium, Officer Legion of Honour, French and Belgian Croix de Guerre, White Eagle of Serbia, Comdr, George I of Greece); Deputy Director Military Operations, 1918-1922; Colonel on the Staff, GS Aldershot, 1922-1924; head of British Naval, Military, and Air Force Mission to Finland, 1924-1925 (Commander White Rose of Finland, Grand Cross 1939 and Finnish Meritorious Service Medal 1939); President Inter­Allied Commission of Investigation for Hungary; Deputy Chief of the General Staff in India, 1926-1929; Commander 5th Division and Catterick Area, 1929-1931; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command, 1933-1936
01.04.1936
 -
 		30.06.1939
 		Director­General of Territorial Army, War Office
01.07.1939
 -
 		03.09.1939
 		Inspector­General of Home Defences
04.09.1939
 -
 		1940
 		Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces
12.10.1937
 -
 		1940
 		also: ADC General to the King
Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, 07.01.1934-1946; Honorary Colonel 70th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (now 470th HAA Regiment TA) 1934-1939; and 2/5th The Queen's Royal Regiment, 1939; Pres. Witley and District Branch of British Legion and RA Assoc., Surrey; Vice-President, RUSI and Old Contemptibles, Godalming.
Knatchbull-Hugessen,
Robin John Kay
 		see:

 Indian Army section  
Knight,
Sidney Thomas
 S.T. Knight 		?
 -
?
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		01.10.1943 [294540]
A/Capt.
 		(1945)
WS/Capt.
 		02.04.1945
T/Maj.
 		02.04.1945-(04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.03.1945
 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.11.1945
 NW Europe
01.10.1943

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Knights,
Douglas Robert
 D.R. Knights
Son of ... Knights, and ... Mountney.
From Clifton, Bristol.
 		07.02.1918
Swindon district, Wiltshire
-
died between 1967 and 1984
2nd Lt.
 		15.02.1941 [170977]
A/Capt.
 		09.06.1942-08.09.1942
T/Capt.
 		09.09.1942-26.12.1943
A/Maj.
 		27.09.1943-26.12.1943
T/Maj.
 		27.12.1943-05.02.1946
Capt.
 		21.10.1946, seniority 27.12.1943
T/Maj.
 		15.01.1947-29.09.1953
Lt.
 		30.08.1947, seniority 30.03.1942
Capt.
 		30.08.1947, seniority 30.09.1946
Maj.
 		30.09.1953 (retd 29.07.1959)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 20.09.1945
 Italy
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.07.1945
 Italy
Education: completed the Long Transportation Course at the Transportation Centre RE
1943
 -
 		20.11.1943
 		served in the ranks for 276 days
21.11.1943

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 20.10.1946]
(1945)

154th Railway Operating Company Royal Engineers (Italy)
21.10.1946
  
 		 
 		short service commission
30.08.1947
  
 		 
 		permanent commission
Knowles,
Edgar John [S]
 E.J. Knowles
 		07.11.1917
-
05.03.1975
Vale Royal district
2nd Lt.
 		21.11.1943 [300855]
WS/Lt.
21.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 NW Europe
Chevalier, Order of Leopold II with Palm (Belgium) LeoII
 16.01.1947
 ?
Croix de guerre with Palm (Belgium) CdeG
 16.01.1947
 ?
21.11.1943

commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(06.1944)

13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) (Normandy)
Knowles,
Joseph Theodore
 J.T. Knowles
 		?
-
?
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		29.03.1941 [180292]
WS/Lt.
 		29.09.1942
T/Capt.
 		18.05.1943-17.11.1943
WS/Capt.
 		18.11.1943 (reld 31.10.1953)
T/Maj.
 		09.03.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.
 		31.10.1953
?
 -
 		29.03.1941
 		Officer Cadet Training Unit
29.03.1941

commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) [emergency commission]
Knowles,
Norman Wilfred
 J.T. Knowles
 		(09?).1904
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
-
Lt. *
 		26.08.1939 [94789]
T/Capt. **
 		26.07.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
 		06.10.1943
T/Maj.
 		06.10.1943-(04.1946)
Capt.
 		01.03.1947, seniority 06.10.1943 (reld 20.03.1948)
Hon. Maj.
 		20.03.1948
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 ?
 ?
Territorial Decoration TD
 20.06.1950
 ?
* Ordnance [later Electrical]  Mechanical Engineer 4th Class
** Ordnance Mechanical Engineer 3rd Class
26.08.1939

commissioned,  Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army
01.10.1942

transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(1944)
 -
 		(1945)
 		Officer Commanding, 129th Brigade REME Workshops (43rd Wessex Infantry Division) (NW Europe)
01.03.1947
 -
 		20.03.1948
 		short service commission, Regular Army
Knowles,
Ralph David
 R.D. Knowles
Son of Ralph Geoffrey and Winifred Knowles, of Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire.
Residence: (1944) Amersham.
 		1921 ?
-
20.03.1944
(KIA) [age 23]
[Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, VIII.D.3]
2nd Lt.
 		24.07.1938 [76578]
WS/Lt.
 		01.01.1941
T/Capt.
28.05.1942-20.03.1944
Military Cross MC
 29.06.1944
 Italy [posthumously]



late Cadet Serjeant, Westminster School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
24.07.1938

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army (92nd (5th London) Field Brigade RA)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
?
 -
 		20.03.1944
 		368th Battery, 92nd Field Regiment RA (killed in action, Anzio, Italy)
Knox,
Henry George
 H.G. Knox
Married Winnifred Baynton, working for the Red Cross.
. 		?
-
WS/QMS
 		?
  Lt. QM
05.12.1943 [301154]



served in the ranks
05.12.1943
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]



served at Catterick Camp
Kohn,
Gershon		 see: Kent,
Geoffrey 		 
 
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