British Army Officers
1939-1945

 

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Kaplan, B.
to
Kyle, B.B.

 

B. Kaplan  to  B.B. Kyle
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
Kark,
Norman Benjamin
N.B. Kark

10.02.1898
South Africa
-
03.2000
Islington district, London
2nd Lt. 06.01.1940 [110555]
WS/Capt. 20.09.1940 (dismissed the service by sentence of a general court-martial 14.11.1942, which notification was cancelled 12.11.1946)
T/Maj. 03.10.1941-14.11.1942
06.01.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
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]
Kay,
Leslie Thomas
L.T. Kay
Son of ... Kay, and ... Allen.
04.09.1916
Derby district, Derbyshire
-
17.06.2014
Plymouth, Devon
C.Sgt. ?
Lt. 11.12.1940 [159733]
T/Capt. 27.12.1941-(04.1946)
WS/Capt. 1946? (reld < 04.1947)
T/Maj. (1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46
      enlisted service with The Derbyshire Regiment (95th of Foot) as a boy bugler, then 2nd Battalion
? - 11.12.1940 164th Officer Cadet Training Unit
11.12.1940     commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [emergency commission]
30.07.1942     transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
Kay,
William
"Bill"
W. Kay
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
06.1908
-
07.1975/6?
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 10.05.1941 [186661]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 26.11.1943-(12.1946)
Capt. 01.05.1947
Mention in Despatches MID 09.05.1946 Burma
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 08.09.1953 -
Bronze Star Medal (United States of America) BSM 14.11.1947 noteworthy service to the air supply mission of the Combat Cargo Task Force [recommendation available upon request]
      Officer Cadet Training Unit
10.05.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.12.1944 - 01.04.1945 Assistant Forward Airfield Maintenance Officer (Burma)
01.05.1947 - 01.05.1948 Territorial Army
01.05.1948 - 07.10.1959 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Kealy,
Michael Robert Bayley
"Mike"
M.R.B. Kealy M.R.B. Kealy
28.01.1912
-
12.06.1987
Mhangura, South Africa
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]
Keays,
Hastings de Jersey
H. de J. Keays H. de J. Keays
H. de J. Keays H. de J. Keays
H. de J. Keays
Son (with three brothers and three sisters) of Lt.Col. William Keays, RAMC (1851-1037), and Margaret Adeline McCarthy (1869-1942).
Married (03.10.1933, Chelwood. Clutton district, Somerset) Eleanor Mary Taylor (31.05.1908 - 13.11.1981, daughter of William Peach Taylor, MB (1866-1958), and Charlotte Elsie Kinnersley (1879-1954), of Keynsham; three daughters, two sons.
18.05.1905
St Heliers, Jersey
-
17.12.1995
Bath, Somerset
Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (OME) 4th cl. & Lt. (on prob) 01.09.1931
1946, seniority 18.05.1930
07.01.1948, seniority 18.05.1928
OME 4th cl. & Lt. 19.05.1933, seniority 01.09.1931
OME 3rd cl. & Capt. 01.09.1937
OME 2nd cl. & Maj. 01.04.1939
Maj. 01.10.1942, seniority 01.04.1939
A/Lt.Col. 17.12.1941-16.03.1942
T/Lt.Col. 17.03.1942-07.04.1944
WS/Lt.Col. 08.04.1944
Lt.Col. 29.01.1950, seniority 11.08.1948 (retd 18.01.1957)
A/Col. 08.10.1943-07.04.1944
T/Col. 08.04.1944-(01.1946),
28.02.1946-(04.1947)
Hon. Col. 18.01.1957
Education: Bristol Grammar School (1910-1923); Bristol University (1923-06.1927; BSc (Electrical and Mechanical Engineering)).
Apprenticeship British Thomson-Houston Co., Rugby, 1927-1930, followed by one year on construction staff of the company. Assistant Control Engineer, Central Electricity Board, S.E. England District, 1930-1931.
01.09.1931     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
1931 - 1932 one year course of study of army equipments
1932 - 1936 four years general workshop duties at Aldershot (under Lt.Col. B.H. Penn)
21.05.1936 - 30.11.1939 an Assistant Superintendent (Class CC) of Design, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich (general design work in connection with armoured fighting vehicles)
(1940)     a Senior Technical Officer, Department of Tank Design
01.10.1942     transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
09.10.1943     flew to Washington, DC (USA) to join British Supply Mission, Washington (Liason Officer with the Office of the Chief of Ordnance in Detroit)
(1952)     Chief Inspector, REME Inspectorate, British Middle East Land Forces
18.01.1957 - 18.05.1962 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
AMIEE (1938?). Secretary and Director of the Engineering Equipment Users Association, (in succession in 1959 to Brigadier L F S Dawes) until about 1976.
Published: Logical methods in tank development. In: British Army Journal (July 1951).
Keble,
Cleveland Mervyn
C.M. Keble
Only son of Col. Alfred Ernest Conquer Keble, CB, CMG, CBE, DSO (1869-1940), and Violet Miller, of Ringwood, Hampshire.
Married (29.11.1927) Iona Rebecca Trollope (21.07.1907 - 14.04.1994) [she remarried (1953) Stephen Philp], daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Arthur Grant Trollope, 13th Bt. (1866-1937), and Anna Georgina Prestage (?-1956), of Stamford, Lincolnshire; two daughters.
03.11.1904
Medway district, Kent
-
18.01.1948
London
2nd Lt. 28.08.1924 [31060]
Lt. 28.08.1926
Capt. 28.08.1937
A/Maj. 15.05.1940-14.08.1940
T/Maj. 15.08.1940-27.08.1941
Maj. 28.08.1941
A/Lt.Col. 04.07.1941-03.10.1941
T/Lt.Col. 04.10.1941-28.02.1943
WS/Lt.Col. 01.03.1943
Lt.Col. 01.08.1945
A/Col. 01.09.1942-28.02.1943
T/Col. 01.03.1943-09.12.1943
A/Brig. 25.09.1942-24.03.1943
T/Brig. 25.03.1943-09.12.1943
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 16.04.1942 Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
Mention in Despatches MID 13.01.1944 Middle East
Education: Cheltenham College (1918.3-...); Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (psc).
28.08.1924     commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
(03.1931)     1st Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (Egypt)
(06.1933)     1st Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (Singapore)
(09.1935) - (10.1935) 2nd Battalion, attached, 1st Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (Singapore, for Bangalore)
02.11.1936 - 11.11.1936 Camp Commandant (Class GG), 1st Division (Palestine & Trans-Jordan) (temporarily)
22.01.1937 - 21.01.1939 Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (Palestine, then Aldershot, then Catterick Camp)
02.01.1941 - (04.1941) Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, ...
1941 - 1943 served in Middle East [25.09.1942-09.12.1943 Chief of Staff, Special Operations Executive (SOE), Cairo ["MO4"]] (OBE, despatches)
(12.1945)     Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment
Keeley,
Leonard George
L.G. Keeley
1908/09 ?
-
1978/83 ?
WS/BSM (AIG) ?
Lt. (District Officer) 14.11.1942 [254682] (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt. < 04.1946
Capt. 13.05.1948
14.11.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
13.05.1948     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
01.01.1950     Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Keeling,
Cyril Desmond Evans
C.D.E. Keeling (Photo courtesy of Mr Hywel George)

Son of Cyril F.J. Keeling, MC, and Susan Evans.
Married ((03?).1947, Rochford district, Essex) Melba Megan M. Miles; one daughter.
13.04.1921
Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire
-
06.06.1979
Oxshott, Surrey Northern district, Surrey
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 07.03.1942 [228411]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 08.11.1944
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 11.06.1977 HM's birthday 77: Secretary, Price Commission
Mention in Despatches MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe
Education: Southend High School, Peterhouse, Cambridge. Parts I and II, Economics, Cambridge, 1939-41 and 1945-46.
07.03.1942     commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission]
1944 - 1945 Adjutant, 5th Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (wounded)
Research, LSE, 1946; Ministry of Works, 1947; Assistant Secretary, 1960; Director, Treasury Centre for Administrative Studies, 1963-65; Under-Secretary, Treasury, and Director of Training, 1965-68; Under-Secretary, Civil Service Department, 1968-69, MAFF, 1970-4; Deputy Secretary, 1975. Fellow-Commoner, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Michaelmas 1969; Study at London Graduate Business School, 1970. Chairman Council, RIPA, 1977-. Secretary to the Price Commission, 1975-78.
Published: Management in Government, 1972; articles in public administration journals.
Keeling,
Herbert George
H.G. Keeling
Son of John James Keeling (1876-1958), and Alice Emily Smith (1883-).
Married (03.09.1927, Addington, Croydon district, London) Gladys Elizabeth Baker (19.11.1906 - 04.1997), daughter of Thomas Lucas Baker (1883-1967), and Ada Alice Goulder (1882-); two sons, one daughter.
28.01.1906
-
06.04.1979
Felixstowe, Ipswich district, Suffolk
WS/Mechanical SM ?
Lt. (Mechanist Officer) 16.08.1942 [241752]
WS/Capt. (MO) 16.08.1945
Mention in Despatches MID 04.04.1946 NW Europe
16.08.1942     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
Keen,
Richard Ernest
F. Kennedy
Married (24.12.1948, New York, USA) Juliet Selma Raport (23.06.1920 - 07.1997); one son, two daughters.

27.05.1921
Le Vesinet, France
-
18.12.2000
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 02.05.1942 [233221]
WS/Lt. 02.11.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Education: Trinity College, Cambridge University (awarded John Stewart of Rannoch Scholarship in Greek and Latin, 05.1942; graduated post-war).
1941?     trained at Catterick in Yorkshire
02.05.1942     commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission]
      served in Sudan, Egypt, Libya and then Italy – where he was captured by the Germans in late 1944, having been wounded in a firefight during the Autumn campaign
1944 - 1945 POW (No. 140290) in German captivity (Stalag VII-A, Moosburg an der Isar, Bayern)
BBC broadcaster (Radio Talks producer, 1949; Head of Radio Training, 1972).
Keene,
Thomas Patrick
T.P. Keene
08.11.1907
-
01.1979
Barnstaple, Devon
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
Keep,
Raymond Walter
R.W. Keep
Son (with one sister and one half-sister) of Pte. Walter Frederick Keep (1892-1917), and May Evelyn Ann Simpson (1890-1973).
Married ((06?).1952, Amersham district, Buckinghamshire) Betty Clara Wiggins (29.04.1914 - ); one daughter.
05.10.1914
Wantage district, Berkshire / Oxfordshire
-
09.1996
Surrey South-Western district, Surrey
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 17.05.1941 [187000]
WS/Lt. ?
A/Maj. ?
Military Cross MC 22.02.1945 consistent gallant and distinguished service during operations at Scaletta, Salerno, Brac, Solta, Miljet, and Hvar *
* Major Keep landed in Sicily with No.2 Commando in July 1943. He took part in the Commando raid at Scaletta which led to the capture of Messina. He has since taken part in all the actions of this Commando, including the landing at Salerno in Sept 1943, the raid on Hvar Island, Dalmatia, in January 1944, the raid on Solta Island in March 1944, the raid on Mljet Island in May 1944 and the raid on Brac Island in June 1944. During the bitter fighting on the beach head at Salerno from 9th to 20th Sept 1943 this officer was a section leader who distinguished himself by leading a series of small patrols behind the enemy's lines which brought back nine prisoners in all and much valuable information. His leadership and fearlessness won the admiration of his section and his offensive spirit and anxiety to go forward at a time when most of the troops in the beach head were on the defensive had an excellent effect on the morale of his unit. On the move of No. 2 Commando to Dalmatia Major Keep was appointed Adjutant, and again distinguished himself as a leader in all raids in which he took part. In action he has always displayed a keen offensive and truculent spirit and was always the first to volunteer for any duty which involved the penetration of the enemy's lines. In the raid on Brac in June 1944 the Colonel of No. 2 Commando was taken prisoner by the enemy while leading an assault on the final objective. After its capture the island was evacuated, but Major Keep volunteered to remain behind with one man in order to attempt to release his Colonel. He remained on the island for three days, during which time he personally killed two Germans with his Tommy Gun and reconnoitred the enemy positions which were heavily mined and wired. Not content with keeping these features under close observation he actually penetrated them both, crawling through the minefields and listening to the German conversations in their weapon pits. He did not leave the island until it seemed beyond doubt that the Colonel had already been evacuated to the mainland of Yugoslavia by sea. This officer was previously recommended for an immediate award after Salerno. His spirit and leadership has consistently been of the highest order, and he has maintained his high standard over 12 months of hard fighting.
[Recommended 11.07.1944 by Brig. T.B.L. Churchill, Commander 2nd Special Service Brigade]
      Officer Cadet Training Unit
17.05.1941     commissioned, The West Yorkshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(10.)1944 - (07.1945) General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3), RM Commando Group
(10./11.1944)     Officer Commanding, Keepforce
Company director (in Nairobi, Kenya for a while).
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.
01.06.1896
Kensington, Greater London
-
03.11.1973
Rusper, Horsham district, West Sussex
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]
Keith,
Norman Alistair
N.A. Keith (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury) N.A. Keith
N.A. Keith N.A. Keith
N.A. Keith N.A. Keith

Married ((12?).1936, Thanet district, Kent) Monica Margaret Price (1912 - 1988); two sons.
08.04.1910
Radlett, Hertfordshire
-
21.12.1982
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
2nd Lt. 15.02.1939 [85293]
... ...
WS/Capt. 07.03.1942
T/Maj. 19.07.1942-11.06.1944
WS/Maj. 12.06.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
local Lt.Col. 21.05.1943-(10.1943)
T/Lt.Col. 12.06.1944-(10.1945)
Hon. Lt.Col. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
Education: Tonbridge School (1923-1928).
15.02.1939     commissioned, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
21.05.1943 - (04.1944) General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Staff College, Camberley
Director, J & G Oldfield Ltd, 1946.
Keith-Jones,
Richard
see: Jones,
Richard Keith
 
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,
Geoffrey Scott
G.S. Kelly (Photo courtesy of Mrs Angela Kelly)
31.03.1916
Dublin North district, Ireland
-
07.1999
Builth Wells, Mid Powys district, Wales
Gnr. ?
2nd Lt. 01.04.1939 [86481]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 13.10.1941-(04.1945),
11.06.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Territorial Decoration TD 16.09.1960 -
Architect. FRIBA (1938).
      served in the ranks, 69th (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
01.04.1939     commissioned, 46th (North Midland) Corps Troops Engineers - Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
      served in France (BEF), Crete (Aide-de-camp to Major-General E.C. Weston RM, commander of the forces in Crete), Maldives (in order to camouflage large store of ammunition), Ceylon, India
? - 31.03.1966 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Kelly,
John Austin Patrick
J.A.P. Kelly (Photo courtesy of Patrick Kelly)
Eldest son (with two brothers and one sister) of Gerald Patrick Kelly (1885-1968), tea plantation manager, and Agnes Mary Fieldsend (1897-1972).
Brother of Maj. Michael Peter Kelly, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Married ((09?).1951, Middlesborough district, Yorkshire) Sheila Frances Barry (10.06.1924 - 12.1990); two daughters, four sons.
06.02.1921
Colombo, Ceylon
-
22.02.2007
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Cadet ? [3532290]
2nd Lt. 17.08.1940 [143580]
WS/Lt. 17.02.1942 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Capt. 06.11.1944-(08.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 08.1946, < 12.1946
? - 17.08.1940 164th Officer Cadet Training Unit (Colchester)
17.08.1940     commissioned, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) [emergency commission]
His sons write: "Served Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Foot, North Rhodesian Regiment, King's African Rifles. General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3) at some point. He played many roles a public school boy, a captain in the military, plant manager (works manager of Messrs. Cohn Stewart), rugby player and fan, and lay preacher,"
Kelly,
Michael Peter
M.P. Kelly
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Gerald Patrick Kelly (1885-1968), tea plantation manager, and Agnes Mary Fieldsend (1897-1972).
Brother of Capt. John Austin Patrick Kelly, South Lancashire Regiment.
07.04.1922
-
06.10.1983
Cheadle, Cheshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 13.09.1941 [204314]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 27.06.1944-11.09.1945
WS/Capt. 12.09.1945
T/Maj. 12.09.1945-26.09.1948 (reld 26.09.1948)
Hon. Maj. 26.09.1948
Burma Star Bur St ? ?
Education: Mount St. Mary's College, Spinkhill, Eckington near Sheffield.
1941 - 1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit
13.09.1941     commissioned, Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission]
      attached, 2nd Punjab Regiment - Indian Army (with Hdqr. M.S.)
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)
Kemp,
Oliver
O. Kemp
Son of ... Kemp,, and ... Steele ?
Married ((12?).1940, Wakefield district, West Yorkshire) Henrietta Taylor ?
12.09.1916 ?
Wakefiled district, West Yorkshire ?
-
11.1996 ?
Scarborough district, Yorkshire ?
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [137950]
WS/Lt. 04.01.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
04.07.1940     commissioned, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) [emergency commission]
Kempthorne,
John Philip
J.P. Kempthorne (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin)
Only son of Maj. & Mrs H.N. Kempthorne, of Nairobi, Kenya.
Married (18.01.1945, St John's Church, Boxmoor) Iris Marion "Pin" Fletcher, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Henry Fletcher, of Southridge, Boxmoor, Hertfordshire.
Of Swanage, Dorset; four sons, two daughters.
09.05.1919
-
?
Russell, Jill Bay, New Zealand
2nd Lt. 12.05.1937 [71668]
WS/Lt. 12.05.1940
T/Capt. 11.08.1942-(04.1946)
WS/Capt. ?
Capt. 01.11.1947, seniority 12.05.1947 (reld 21.05.1949)
A?/Maj. (1944)
Hon. Maj. 01.11.1947
Education: Wellington College (1933.1-1935.3).
12.05.1937     commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939     mobilized SRO
? - 05.1940 Assistant Motor Transport Officer, HQ Company, 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (France & Belgium) (wounded & evacuated)
1942     special service (British North Africa Force, Corsica, South East Asia Command)
01.11.1947 - 21.05.1949 Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Farming in New Zealand. Motel proprietor.
Kendall,
Stanley Stone
S.S. Kendall
23.08.1906
Maidstone district, Kent
-
(12?).1974
North Walsham district, Norfolk
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 10.01.1943 [265572]
WS/Lt. 10.07.1943
A/Capt. 12.11.1943-(04.1944)
T/Capt. 22.10.1945-(04.1947)
10.01.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      served in 8th Army
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 Services 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.
Kennard,
Noel Gerard
F. Kennedy
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Capt. Vivian George Kennard (1874-1945), late Dorset Yeomanry, and Mildred Clarke Hawkshaw (?-1927), of Frith, Stalbridge.
Married (17.08.1948) Renée Mary Musson (06.09.1915 - 31.05.1997), daughter of Harold Methven Musson (1884?-1917), and Constance Mary Williams (1885-); one son, three daughters.
27.12.1905
-
25.11.1983
Newton Abbot district, Devon
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 09.08.1941
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 05.09.1944-(04.1946)
Education: Cheltenham College (09.1919-07.1924); Peterhouse College, Cambridge (1924-1926).
Fruit farmer, Patagonia, Argentina.
09.08.1941     commissioned, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [emergency commission]
(1942)     No. 2 Special Boat Squadron (Ardrossan-Saltcoats)
1943 - 1944 'Z' Special Boat Section (attached to 8th Submarine Flotilla in HMS Maidstone in Algiers)
Kennedy,
Darby Michael
"John" / "Sticky"
D.M. Kennedy
Son of Edward Robert Kennedy (1860-1925), and Doris Lumsdaine, of Bishopscourt, Straffan, Ireland.
From Kildare, Eire.

12.1921
Naas, Ireland
-
21.02.1945
[Milsbeek War Cemetery, Limburg, the Netherlands, I.D.4]
2nd Lt. 15.07.1939 [94576]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941
T/Capt. 09.09.1941-25.04.1944
WS/Capt. 26.04.1944
T/Maj. 26.04.1944-21.02.1945
Military Cross MC 15.06.1944 Italy
Education: Harrow School (1933.2-1935.3; West Acre House).
      late Cadet, Harrow School Contingent, Officer Training Corps
15.07.1939     commissioned, Irish Guards - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939     mobilized SRO (served Norway 1940, Middle East (twice wounded), Italy, NW Europe)
(1944)     1st Battalion Irish Guards (Italy) (MC)
? - 21.02.1945 3rd Battalion Irish Guards (NW Europe)
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,
James Richard Pringle
F. Kennedy
14.10.1919
-
01.08.2010
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [180344]
WS/Lt. 29.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
AuxAF:  
F/O 24.03.1947, seniority 31.12.1946 [91300] (reld 24.03.1957)
      either 163rd, 167th or 168th Officer Cadet Training Unit
29.03.1941     commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) [emergency commission]
24.03.1947     commissioned, (Royal) Auxiliary Air Force (General Duties Branch)
      603 (Edinburgh) Squadron AuxAF
17.01.1949 - 12.11.1950 Royal Auxiliary Air Force Reserve of Officers (Class C)
13.11.1950 - 24.03.1957 restored to Royal Auxiliary Air Force
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. 
14.01.1905
Islington, 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
-
15.07.1983
Arborfield, Berkshire
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 Egyptian Frontiers Administration
08.09.1936
-
15.12.1936
special appointment (Class FF), Palestine and Trans-Jordan (temporary)
(01.1939)
 
 
served 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
1922?
-

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 British 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).
Kent,
Reginald Henry Somerset Miles
R.H.S.M. Kent (Photo courtesy of Mr Kimberly J. Lindsay)
19.12.1914
-
22.03.1943
(KIA) [age 28]
[Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia, XIV.A.14]
2nd Lt. 31.01.1935 [64584]
... ...
Maj. ?
31.01.1935     commissioned, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
... - ... ...
31.01.1942 - 23.05.1942 6th War Course, Middle East Staff School (Haifa)
... - ... ...
Kent,
Robert Kenneth
R.K. Kent
Residence: (1962) Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia; (1967) Applecross, Western Australia.
30.08.1907
-
Prob. Lt. 19.03.1930 [45116]
Lt. 14.10.1930, seniority 19.03.1930
Capt. 19.09.1933 (retd 15.02.1938; receiving a gratuity)
T/Maj. 16.03.1944-14.02.1945
WS/Maj. 15.02.1945 (demobilized > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
Maj. 01.01.1949
T/Lt.Col. 15.02.1945-(01.1946)
Registered as veterinary surgeon, 29.12.1929 (Glasgow). MRCVS.
19.03.1930     commissioned, Royal Army Veterinary Corps
... - ... ...
1938? - 30.08.1962 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
      served in India
(1944)     Commanding Officer, No. 5 Remount Purchasing Commission (South-East Italy)
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)
...
-
...
...
Kenyon,
Peter Henry Thomas
F. Kennedy
Son of ... Kenyon, and ... Hargreaves.
Married ((06?).1939, St Marylebone district, London) Euphemia H. McMullan; ... children (one son?).
06.01.1915
Richmond district, Surrey
-
30.09.1996
South Warwickshire district, Warwickshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 10.08.1940 [143002]
WS/Lt. 10.02.1942
T/Capt. 03.04.1942-22.12.1943
WS/Capt. 22.12.1943
T/Maj. 22.12.1943-09.04.1945
WS/Maj. 10.04.1945 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col. 10.04.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col. > 01.1946, < 04.1946
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 16.09.1949 -
      either 122nd, 123rd, 125th or 133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
10.08.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      served Special Operations Executive (SOE) (French section)
Kenyon,
William Charles
W.C. Kenyon (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Griffiths) W.C. Kenyon (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Griffiths)
Son of William A. Kenyon, and Ruth C. McGunnigall.
25.08.1920
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
10.2001
East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire
2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [156233]
WS/Lt. 02.05.1942
T/Capt. 13.11.1945-12.03.1946
WS/Capt. 13.03.1946 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Maj. 13.03.1946-(08.1946)
02.11.1940     commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission]
Kerley,
Stanley James

S.J. Kerley
Son of ... Kerley, and ... York.
Married ((03?).1951, Romford district, Essex) Irma E. Siegmann; one son.
01.08.1914
West Ham district, London
-
07.1997
Colchester district, Essex
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 07.03.1943 [281417]
WS/Lt. 07.09.1943 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Capt. 26.02.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 01.1946, < 04.1946
07.03.1943     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
      served in India & Burma
Kerr,
Bryce Alexander

B.A. Kerr
Son of ... Kerr, and ... Cross.
Married ((06?).1937, Edmonton district, Middlesex) Annie Elsie Winifred Akers (16.04.1914 - 10.2000); ... children.
12.08.1914
Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
(12?).1978
Enfield district, Greater London
Cadet ? [1129817]
2nd Lt. 16.10.1943 [295639]
WS/Lt. 16.07.1944 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
16.10.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      attached Indian Army
Kerr,
Wilfred William

W.W. Kerr
Married 1st ((09?).1939, Chelsea district, London) Mary K. McCormack; two sons.
Married 2nd ((03?).1967, St Marylebone district, London) Barbara M. Stuart; one son.
24.06.1912
Dublin South, Ireland
-
19.09.1980
Westminster district, London
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 15.12.1939 [109044]
WS/Lt. 15.06.1941
TCapt. 26.11.1942-09.08.1944
WSCapt. 10.08.1944 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 10.08.1944-(10.1945)
Hon. Maj. < 04.1946
15.12.1939     commissioned, Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission]
20.11.1941     transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers
Managing partner, Rider Hunt International.
Kershaw,
Arthur Howard
A.H. Kershaw (Photo courtesy of Amanda Kershaw)

Son (with five sisters and three brothers) of Robert Burns Kershaw (1875-1922), and Mary Fordham Collier (1860-1945).
Married (04.11.1941, Upper Agbrigg, Huddersfield, East Riding of Yorkshire) Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Wallis (17.06.1923 - 18.10.2016), daughter (with one brother and one sister) of William Frederick Wallis (1873-), and Lilley Amanda Dutton Tompson (1876-1955); three sons.
25.02.1909
Hessle, Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
23.08.1956
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
L/Sgt. ? [2654928]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 12.07.1941 [197137]
WS/Lt. 24.02.1942 (demobilized > 01.1946, < 04.1946) (reld 19.11.1947)
T/Capt. 01.03.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Capt. 19.11.1947
      served in the ranks, 3rd Battalion The Coldstream Guards
12.07.1941     commissioned, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) [emergency commission]
Emigrated to Canada, 1947.
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.
Kettles,
Alexander Reginald
"Reggie"
A.R. Kettles A.R. Kettles
A.R. Kettles A.R. Kettles
Son of Alexander Weems Kettles (1873-1945), and Martha ....
Married (12.02.1942, Upton, Cheshire) Olive Rita Ballance, daughter of Hedley Tabor Ballance ((09?).1917 - 28.01.2015); one son, two daughters.

28.04.1919
Glasgow, Scotland
-
30.10.2016
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 16.03.1940 [126153]
WS/Lt. 28.03.1941
A/Capt. 28.12.1940-27.03.1941
T/Capt. 28.03.1941-19.04.1944
WS/Capt. 20.04.1944
A/Maj. 20.01.1944-19.04.1944
T/Maj. 20.04.1944-10.02.1947
Lt. 18.05.1946, seniority 28.10.1941
Capt. 01.07.1946
T/Maj. 18.12.1949-31.01.1951,
07.05.1951-27.04.1953
Maj. 28.04.1953
T/Lt.Col. 05.03.1959-27.11.1961
Lt.Col. 28.11.1961
T/Col. 28.04.1964-18.09.1964
Col. 19.09.1964 (retd 04.06.1974)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 10.06.1961 HM's birthday 1961: HQ AFNE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 01.05.1953 Malaya
Military Cross MC 20.07.1944 Italy
Mention in Despatches MID 20.12.1940 BEF (France)
Education: Glasgow Academy; jssc, psc.
      served in the ranks for 196 days
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
      162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
16.03.1940     commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [emergency commission]
(1940)     platoon commander, 2nd Battalion The Camerionians (BEF) (despatches)
(1943)     company commander, 2nd Battalion The Camerionians (Sicily) (MC)
18.05.1946     commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [permanent Regular Army commission]
18.12.1949 - 31.01.1951 General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2), HQ Lowland District
12.05.1953 - 11.03.1954 General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) to Chief of Staff FARELF
08.01.1955 - 08.01.1956 Instructor, School of [nfantry (Tactical Wing)
05.03.1959 - 17.03.1961 Assistant Quarter-Master-General (AQMG) (Operations & Plans), HQ Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNE) (OBE)
01.04.1961 - 17.11.1961 Admin. Comdt. (Exp.). HQ Aldershot District
1961 - 1964 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Cameronians
28.04.1964 - 11.04.1965 Area Commander, Federal Regular Army, Middle East Land Forces (MELF)
12.04.1965 - 29.04.1966 Deputy Commander
02.09.1966 - 1970 Commandant of the Support Wepaons Wing & Chief lnstructor, School of 1nfantry
1970 - 1974 Defence Advisor to the British High Commissioner, Zambia
Keyes,
Geoffrey Charles Tasker
G.C.T. Keyes
G.C.T. Keyes
Son of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes, GCB, KCVO, CMG, DSO (1872-1945), and Eva Mary Salvin Bowlby (1882-1973), Red Cross Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium.
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])
Kiaer,
Eric Arnold [Aage]
E.A. Kiaer
Son of Aage Juel Kiaer (1880?-1931), merchant banker, and Karen Margrethe Sophia Sonne (1888-1972), of London & Copenhagen.
Of Danish descent.
His brother, Lt. Leslie Herbert Sonne Kiaer, Parachute Regiment, also died on active service.
Brother-in-law of Maj. Leonard Maxwell Harper Gow, RA.

07.07.1918
Staines district, Middlesex
-
06.06.1944
Normandy
(KIA) [age 25]
[Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy, France, X.H.24]
Cadet ? [224659 ?]
2nd Lt. 29.04.1940 [130209]
WS/Lt. 29.10.1941
Mention in Despatches MID 27.04.1944 escape as POW (Italy) *
* Lieut. Kiaer was serving in No. 1 Commando in North Africa, and was captured on Operation "Bizerta" in December, 1943 [= 1942]. He was transferred to a POW Camp in Italy, from which he escaped in January, 1944 [= 1943], but was recaptured. On the signing of the Armistice with Italy [= 3 Sept 1943], Lieut. Kiaer proceeded on foot towards the British Forces then operating in Southern Italy. He covered over 600 miles in 6 weeks, and finally succeeded in crossing the British lines. At one point Lieut. Kiaer was recaptured and placed in a German POW Camp. He remained there 12 hours, during which time he organised 3 escape parties, and then escaped from the Camp and proceeded to the British lines. The high courage and fine independance shown by this officer are worthy of the finest  traditions of Special Service Troops.
[Recommended 17 Febr 1944 by Brig. Lord Lovat, Commander 1st Special Service Brigade, endorsed by Maj.Gen. R.G. Sturges, General Officer Commanding Special Service Group, and Maj.Gen. R.E. Laycock, Chief of Combined Operations. Recommended for an MC, but he finally got a Mention in Despatches, based on recommendation by the Deputy Director of Military Intelligence.] [Citation courtesy of Mr Jørgen Flintholm].
? - 29.04.1940

either 110th, 121st, 168th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit

29.04.1940     commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
01.08.1942     transferred, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
      No. 10 Independent Company, then No. 2 Independent Company, then No. 4 Independent Company; POW in Italy and escaped (with others) walking the length of the Apennines for 3 months before reaching allied lines (despatches)
      Holding Operational Commando (Wrexham)
06.1944 - 06.06.1944 No. 3 Commando (Normandy) (killed in action; wounded and half drowned during the landing, he died eventually on the beach)
Kidd,
?
Kidd
?
-
?
2nd Lt. ?
... ...
Capt. ?
(04.1945)     14th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment
Kidd,
John
J. Kidd (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Murphy)
(06?).1924 ?
Lancaster district, Lancashire ?
-
L/Sgt. ? [2658624]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 06.05.1944 [324128]
WS/Lt. 06.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
      served in the ranks, The Coldstream Guards
06.05.1944     commissioned, The Queen's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [emergency commission]
Kidston,
Antony Noel Wallace
A.N.W. Kidston
17.07.1913
-
10.10.1965
St James Hospital, Portsmouth
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, 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
30.05.1894
-
22.06.1969
Helensburgh, Scotland
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)
Education: Fettes College.
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 (with one brother [who died 1917] and one sister) of Lt.-Col. Charles Randolph Kilkelly, CMG, MVO, MB (1861-1953), and of Florence Mary Petre (1965-1956), of Menengai, Kenya.
Cousin 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
Education: Downside School (05.1914-03.1917).
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)

Killanin,
Lord; Morris, Michael;
3rd Baron Killanin, cr. 1900, of Galway; 3rd Baronet Morris, cr. 1885, of Galway
Lord Killanin Lord Killanin
Lord Killanin Lord Killanin
Lord Killanin Lord Killanin
Only son of Lt.Col. the Hon. George Henry Morris (1872-1914), Irish Guards, 2nd son of 1st Baron, and Dora Maryan Hall (1891-1948) (who married 2nd, 1918, Lt.Col. Gerard Prideaux Tharp (1871-1934), Rifle Brigade), daughter of late James Wesley Hall, of Mount Morgan and Melbourne, Australia.
Succeeded uncle, 11.08.1927.
Married (17.12.1945, Chelsea district, London) Mary Sheila Cathcart Dunlop, MBE 1946 (25.11.1917 - 02.03.2007), only daughter of Rev. Canon Douglas Lyall Cathcart Dunlop, MA, of Kilcummin, Galway; three sons, one daughter.

30.07.1914
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
25.04.1999
Dublin, Ireland
2nd Lt. 05.11.1938 [77851]
WS/Lt. 09.12.1939
T/Capt. 09.12.1939-18.07.1941
WS/Capt. 19.07.1941 (reld > 04.1947)
A/Maj. 19.04.1941-18.07.1941
T/Maj. 19.07.1941-(01.1943),
02.04.1943-(07.1945)
Hon. Maj. > 04.1947
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 01.02.1945 NW Europe *
Territorial Decoration TD 21.04.1950 -
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 28.11.1946 cancelled 24.08.1951 due to being awarded the TD in lieu

Knight of Honour and Devotion, SMO, Malta, 1943; Commander, Order of Olympic Merit (Finland), 1952; Star of Solidarity 1st Class (Italy), 1957; Commander, Order of the Grimaldis, 1961; Medal, Miroslav Tyrs (Czechoslovakia), 1970; Commander, Order of Merit (German Federal Republic), 1972; Star of the Sacred Treasure (Japan), 1972; Order of the Madara Rider (Bulgaria), 1973; Grand Officer, Order of Merit of Republic. of Italy, 1973; Grand Cross, Order of Civil Merit (Spain), 1976; Grand Officer, Order of Republic (Tunis), 1976; Grand Officer, Order of the Phoenix of Greece, 1976; Commander, Order of Sports Merit (Ivory Coast), 1977; Chevalier, Order of Duarte Sanchez y Mella (Dominican Republic), 1977; Commander's Order of Merit with Star (Poland), 1979; Commader, Legion of Honour (France), 1980; Olympic Order of Merit (gold), 1980; Yugo Slav Flag with ribbon, 1984; Commander, Order of Merit (Congo), 1978; decorations from Austria, Brazil, China, Columbia, USSR etc.

Education: Eton (1931); Sorbonne, Paris; Magdalene College, Cambridge (BA 1935, MA 1939).
Formerly on Editorial Staff, Daily Express; Daily Mail, 1935-1939; Special Daily Mail War Correspondent Japanese­Chinese War, 1937-1938. Political Columnist Sunday Dispatch, 1938-1939.
      late Cadet, Eton College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
05.11.1938     commissioned, Queen's Westminsters, King's Royal Rifle Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
10.01.1941 - (07.)1941 Adjutant, ...
11.1943 - (07.)1945 Brigade Major, 30th Armoured Brigade (79th Armoured Division) (NW Europe)
(10.1945) - (04.1947) Unemployed List
> 04.1947 - 03.12.1951 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Author, film producer. President, International Olympic Committee, 1972-1980, then Honorary Life President. Past Director: Chubb (Ireland) Ltd (Chairman); Northern Telecom (Ireland) Ltd (Chairman); Gallahers (Dublin) Ltd (Chairman); Irish Shell Ltd; Hibernian Life Association Ltd (Chairman); Ulster Investment Bank (Chairman); Lombard & Ulster Banking Ireland Ltd (Chairman); Director, Syntex Ireland Ltd. International Olympic Committee: Member, 1952; Member, Executive Board, 1967; Vice-President, 1968-1972; President: Olympic Council of Ireland, 1950-1973; Incorporated Sales Managers' Association (Ireland), 1955-1958; Galway Chamber of Commerce, 1952-1953; Chairman of the Dublin Theatre Festival, 1958-1970. Member, Irish Government Commission on Film Industry, 1957; Chairman: Irish Government Commission on Thoroughbred Horse Breeding, 1982; National Heritage Council, 1988-. Member: Council Irish Red Cross Society, 1947-1972; Committee RNLI (a Life Vice-President); Cultural Advisory Committee to Minister for External Affairs, 1947-1972; National Monuments of Ireland Advisory Council, 1947-1980 (Chairman, 1961-1965); RIA, 1952; Irish National Sports Council, 1970-1972; Irish Turf Club (Steward 1971-1973, 1981-1983); Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee; first President, Irish Club, London, 1947-1965; Honorary Life Member, Royal Dublin Society, 1982; Trustee, Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust, 1955-. Fellow, Irish Management Institute, 1987. Honorary LLD NUI, 1975; Honorary DLitt New University of Ulster, 1977. Member, French Academy of Sport, 1974.
Films: (with John Ford) The Quiet Man; The Rising of the Moon; Gideon's Day; Young Cassidy; also, Playboy of the Western World; Alfred the Great; Connemara and its Pony (scriptwriter).
Published: Contributions to: British, American and European Press; Four Days; Sir Godfrey Kneller; Shell Guide to Ireland, 1975 (with Prof. M. V. Duignan); (ed with J. Rodda) The Olympic Games, 1976; Olympic Games Moscow­Lake Placid, 1979; My Olympic Years (autobiography), 1983; (ed with J. Rodda) Olympic Games-Los Angeles and Sarajevo, 1984; My Ireland, 1987.
* Recommendation for the appointment as Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) for T/Maj. Michael, Lord Killanin: "This officer has been Brigade Major of this Brigade for the past eighteen months. In December 1943 it converted from its normal Armoured Brigade role and was equipped throughout with flail tanks The resultant change in establishment involved an immense amount of additional work which largely fell on the Brigade Major. The training consequent on the new role with exercises further added to the duties which fell to him. The special role of the Brigade which involves cooperation with many other formations meant additional work on a different level from that which falls on the Brigade Major in an ordinary Armoured Brigade. Lord Killanin has spared no pains to ensure that his duties are efficiently carried out. His cheerful willingness has ensured the efficient working of the Brigade staff while his high moral sense and devotion to duty have always been an admirable example to all who come into contact with him. Operations have presented many new problems with other formations but they have always been met by a display of efficiency and courtesy which have done much to smooth the path for all concerned and ensure the success of the Brigade and of the units working with it."
[Recommended 06.08.1944 by Brig. N.W. Duncan, Commander 30th Armoured Brigade, approved 14.08.1944 by Maj.Gen. P.C.S. Hobart, General Officer Commanding 79th Armoured Division.]
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,
Gabriel St Lawrence

G.St.L. King
Youngest son of George Charles King, and Agnes Geary (1871-1950), of Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Married 1st ((09).1941, Taunton district, Somerset) Muriel "Bobbie" Fulford-Brown (21.07.1916 - 07.01.1947), widow of Sq.Ldr. Dennis Clare Oliver, DFC, and daughter of Norman Fulford-Brown (1889-1964), and Esther Mary Beddoe (1893-1986).
Married 2nd ((12?).1947, St Marylebone district, London) Letitia Neville "Bunny" Horsfall (16.04.1916 - 04.1994), only daughter of John Horsfall, of Battle, Sussex, and Mrs A.L. Horsfall, of Sydney, Australia. She remarried (1967) Edward J.W. Davies.
Married 3rd ((06?).1964, Hampstead district, Middlesex) Anne V.L. Woodmansee.
03.09.1912
Alcester district, Warwickshire
-
04.1986
Taunton Dean district, Somerset
2nd Lt. 13.08.1932 [53432]
Lt. 12.11.1935
Capt. 31.05.1939
T/Maj. 16.04.1941-(04.1946)
WS/Maj. 29.03.1946 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Lt.Col. 29.03.1946-(04.1947)
Mention in Despatches MID 20.12.1940 operations in the field 03-06.40
Territorial Decoration TD 12.09.1947 -
      late Cadet Under Officer, Ampleforth College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
13.08.1932     commissioned, 48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
(1944/45)     Second-in-Command, 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Signals
? - 03.10.1962 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
His son writes: "He served with the BEF, was at Dunkirk, D-Day, Arnhem and after the war in Europe, went to the East, possibly Singapore and then Ceylon as it was."
King,
Geoffrey Sholto Douglas

G.S.D. King
Son of Henry Douglas King and Mary Beatrice Key, of Small Dole, Sussex.
11.09.1913
Chertsey district, Surrey
-
05.02.1945
(KIA) [age 32]
[Nederweert War Cemetery, the Netherlands, III.B.5]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 21.12.1940 [164667]
WS/Lt. 21.06.1942
T/Capt. 26.04.1944-05.02.1945
Mention in Despatches MID 06.04.1944 Middle East
? - 21.12.1940 either 163rd or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.12.1940     commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment [emergency commission]
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).
11.06.1908
-
1995
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,
Peter Edward

P.E. King (Photo courtesy of Mr Ron King) P.E. King (Photo courtesy of Mr Ron King)
Son (with one sister) of Ronald Andrews King (1880-1945), and Beatrice Marie Thompson (1892-1962).
Married (22.03.1946, Liège, Belgium; divorced) Lucie Jeanne Marie Louise Julia Coremans (07.05.1925 - 19.04.1982), daughter of Eduard Coremans, and Hermine Leclerc; one son. Lucie King remarried (1958) William Henry Gibbs.
18.03.1917
Medway district, Kent
-
(03?).1986
Kensington and Chelsea district, London
Gnr. ?
2nd Lt. 20.01.1940 [117226]
WS/Lt. 20.07.1941 (reld 25.06.1951)
T/Capt. 19.10.1942-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. 25.06.1951
20.01.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      fought in Europe with the British Expeditionary Force and was rescued at Dunkirk; he later fought in Burma
King,
Thomas Henry Patrick

T.H.P. King (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Burroughs)
14.09.1895
St Marylebone district, London
-
01.1990
Brighton district, Sussex
Pte. 1912 [1427]
2nd Lt. 23.06.1915
T/Lt. 07.03.1916 (reld 01.09.1921)
A/Capt. 13.07.1918-30.08.1918
Lt. 15.02.1941 [168563]
T/Capt. 07.08.1943-(07.1945)
Hon. Capt. > 07.1945, < 10.1945
1912     enlisted
      served in the ranks, 18th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
23.06.1915     commissioned, 5th Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment - Territorial Force
WW I     2/5th The East Lancashire Regiment (13.07.1918-30.08.1918 Company Commander)
15.02.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.11.1942     transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers (Movement Control Section)
Vice president of the London Irish Rifles Association.
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
Kingsley,
[Sir] Patrick Graham Toler
P.G.T. Kingsley (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
Eldest son (with two brothers?) of Gerald Kingsley, and Constance Mary Leitch, of Ashlyns Hall,  Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire.
Married (01.11.1947) Pricilla Rosemary Lovett-Cameron, only daughter of Capt. Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron, RN, of Brookhill House, Cowfold, Sussex; three sons, one daughter.
26.05.1908
Calcutta, Bengal, India

-
24.08.1999
Yeovil, Somerset
2nd Lt. 25.04.1931 [50245]
Lt. 25.04.1934
Capt. 02.05.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 23.01.1941-(01.1944)
Hon. Maj. < 04.1946
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO 02.06.1962 HM's birthday 62
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO 02.01.1950 New Year 50
Education: Winchester College (Morshead's (Southgate Corner) House; Cloister Time 1922-Cloister Time 1927; Sen.Co.Prae., Lords XI 1923-27 [twice Captain]; Assoc. XI 1924-27 [Captain], VI 1924-26, Princes 1926-27; Cadet Serjeant, Winchester College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps); New College, Oxford University (Cricket XI 1928-1930 [Captain 1930]; OU Assoc. XI 1927 & 29).
Marylebone Cricket Club (1931) & Minor Counties (1931).
25.04.1931     commissioned, 24th London Regiment [7th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)} - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
1939     Staff Captain, 131st Infantry Brigade, British Expeditionary Force (France)
1944 - 1945 1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)
? - 05.07.1958 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Assistant Secretary, Duchy of Cornwall, 1930-1954. Secretary and Keeper of Records, Duchy of Cornwall, 1954-1972.
Kingston,
Ernest Jack

E. Kingston
Son of ... Kingston, and ... Solway.
Married ((09?).1950, Wood Green district, Middlesex) Betty C. Hutton; two sons.
02.03.1924
Cardiff district, Glamorganshire
-
08.03.2019
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 10.06.1945 [352661]
WS/Lt. 10.12.1945
Lt. 23.08.1947, seniority 21.10.1946
Capt. 31.08.1951 (retd 30.11.1958; receiving a gratuity)
Hon. Maj. 30.11.1958
10.06.1945     commissioned, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) [emergency commission]
23.08.1947     short service commission
Kingston,
Henry William Richard
"Bill"

H.W.R. Kingston (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Etherton) H.W.R. Kingston (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Etherton)
Eldest son of Maj. Henry F. Kingston, and Alice E. May, of Pinner, Middlesex.
Married (04.07.1945, Shilbottle, nr Alnwick, Northumberland North Second district) Esther Middlemist (20.03.1926 - 04.09.2009), only daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Middlemist, of Alnwick, Northumberland; one daughter.
11.02.1919
Islington district, London
-
12.05.2010
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 11.04.1942 [232105]
WS/Lt. 11.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 30.06.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 04.1947
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 18.02.1949 -
Education: Merchant Taylor's School (cadet).
11.04.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
1944 - 1945 Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 4 (1) [Far East Recommission as Naval Party 755] (Arakan coast)
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 14.01.1916 ?
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 - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 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 (26.03.1949, Church of Corpus Christi, Westminster, London) Ingeborg Hildegard Friedenberger; two daughters.

* later used as last name:
Keith-Kirk
18.04.1904
Naseby, Otago, New Zealand
-
21.09.1989
Wellington, New Zealand
2nd Lt. 07.08.1944 [325406]
WS/Lt. 09.11.1944
T/Capt. 09.11.1944-10.12.1945
WS/Capt. 11.12.1945
T/Maj. 11.12.1945-(04.1946)
Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 07.02.1945 (reld 25.09.1949)
Hon. Capt. 25.09.1949
Education: Magdalene College, Oxford.
Called to the bar, Greys Inn, Westminster, London.
07.08.1944     commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
      served British Army of the Rhine (with Guards Armoured Division ?)
Kirkcaldie,
Bruce Keith
B.K. Kirkcaldie (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Thomas)
15.01.1916
New Zealand
-
21.02.1994
Tauranga, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
 
2nd Lt. 24.08.1941 [203467]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 05.05.1944-(04.1946)
      Officer Training School, Belgaum (India)
24.08.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
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.
Kirkland-Laman,
Eric Graham

E.G. Kirkland-Laman (Photo courtesy of Mrs Frances Voelcker)
Son of Ernest Kirkland-Laman, and Edith Sybil Johns.
Married Eanswythe Irene Norman Taylor (03.02.1917 - 07.2001); five daughters, one son.
11.09.1915
Brecknock district, Breconshire
-
20.10.2003
Salisbury district, Wiltshire
2nd Lt. 21.08.1935 [65824]
29.01.1938, seniority 27.08.1936
Lt. 27.08.1939
A/Capt. 24.03.1940-23.06.1940
T/Capt. 24.06.1940-11.01.1941,
15.01.1941-30.06.1941,
01.07.1941-19.09.1941,
24.09.1941-24.01.1944
WS/Capt. 25.01.1944
Capt. 27.08.1944
A/Maj. 25.10.1943-24.01.1944
T/Maj. 25.01.1944-18.03.1944,
08.08.1944-(01.1946)
Maj. 27.08.1949 (retd 01.07.1955; receiving a gratuity)
      late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Wrekin College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
21.08.1935     commissioned, The South Wales Borderers - Supplementary Reserve of Officers (University Candidates)
29.01.1938     transferred, Regular Army [permanent commission]
? - ? ?
01.07.1955 - 11.09.1965 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
His daughter writes: "Although based in India from 1938 till 1944 (Landi Kotal, Cawnpore/Khanpur, Mhow and Quetta) and within that period in the Middle East (Passes for Amman; Baghdad; Palestine in 1942) serving with military intelligence, my father was then in the final push through Europe. He was in the Netherlands (billeted on Cor Schoofs of Helmond, with whom he corresponded many years after the war.) He was wounded in the leg right at the end of the Second World War in Rethem near Bremen in Northern Germany. He spent some days as a prisoner of war before being repatriated to Wales. In 1946 while recovering he was at on the staff at the Military Training School in Warminster. In 1947-48 he was sent to Egypt (Moascar), again in Intelligence. By 1950 he was back in Brecon at the Dering Lines, commanding National Service recruits. 1951-1953 military Attaché in Paris. His last posting was with the 1st Battalion of the South Wales Borderers in Braunschweig."
Kirkman,
Sir Sidney Chevalier
S.C. Kirkman S.C. Kirkman (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 17979))

29.07.1895
-
05.11.1982
2nd Lt. 10.02.1915
... ...
Maj. 15.03.1935
A/Lt.Col. 04.06.1940-03.09.1940
T/Lt.Col. 04.09.1940-22.09.1941
WS/Lt.Col. 23.09.1941
Lt.Col. 22.05.1942
A/Col. 23.03.1941-22.09.1941
T/Col. 23.09.1941-11.03.1944
Col. 12.03.1944
A/Brig. 23.03.1941-22.09.1941
T/Brig. 23.09.1941-13.04.1944
A/Maj.Gen. 14.04.1943-13.04.1944
T/Maj.Gen. 14.04.1944-25.12.1944
Maj.Gen. 26.12.1944
A/Lt.Gen. 20.01.1944-19.01.1945
T/Lt.Gen. 20.01.1945-(01.1946)
... ...
Gen. 22.08.1947 (retd 22.07.1950)

GCB (1951; KCB 1949; CB 01.06.1944), KBE (05.07.1945; CBE 05.081943), MC, psc

10.02.1915     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
... - ... ....
06.09.1942 - 18.02.1943 Brigadier Royal Artillery, 8th Army (North Africa)
19.02.1943 - 13.04.1943 Brigadier Royal Artillery, ...
14.04.1943 - 19.01.1944 General Officer Commanding, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division (N Africa, Libya, Egypt, Sicily, UK) [except for 14-22.9.1943]
1944 - 1945 Commander, XIII Corps (Italy)
1945 - 1945 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command
24.09.1945 - 1947 Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office
... - ... ...
Kirsop,
Purves Alexander

P.A. Kirsop
Son of James Nixon Kirsop and Christina Henderson.
Married (10.06.1926, Bearsden, Dunbartonshire) Lilias Laidlaw Dykes (1898-), of Kessington, Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, daughter of Alexander Whyte Dykes, and Mary Scott Laidlaw; two sons.
01.08.1894
Partick, Glasgow, Scotland
-
27.05.1940
(KIA) [age 45]
[Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France, 2.17.2]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 18.12.1912 [16304]
T/Maj. 09.04.1921
Lt.Col. 05.06.1928
Brev. Col. 05.06.1932 (retd 05.06.1933)
T/Lt.Col. 24.12.1938
Lt.Col. 07.06.1939
Military Cross MC 14.01.1916 ?
Military Cross MC 26.07.1918 *
Territorial Decoration TD 28.10.1927 -

* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When his company were holding the front positions of the battle zone, his fine courage and personal example caused them to offer resistance till the last possible moment. Several times, under his leadership, they drove back the enemy in disorder, his cheerfulness and disregard of danger contributing largely to a gallant defence.

Justice of the Peace (JP).
      Glasgow University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
18.12.1912     commissioned, 9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) - Territorial Army
      In the 1914-1918 war joined, from school, the 9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (TA). This wa s the Dunbartonshire battalion. In the second battle of Ypres the 9th was very badly "shot-up". Of 30 Officers and 1000 O.R's only 8 Officers and 200 O. R's remained fit for active duty. The remnants were merged with the 8th (Argyllshire) battalion. After the war the 9th was reconstituted and he served with it until retiring as CO in 1933, with the rank of Brevet-Colonel after 21 years service. This rank is a rare distinction and carries full Colonel's badges of rank. In February 1939 the battalion was converted to 54th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
24.12.1938 - 06.06.1939 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
07.06.1939     Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
08.1939 - 27.05.1940 Commanding Officer, 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
[In April 1939 a second line regiment was raised as 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery and he was recalled to take command of it. The regiment served in the BEF in France in 19 40. He was killed at Dunkirk in 1940, having been last seen by James Dick Dykes, in France, about 14th May 1940.]
Kisch,
Frederick Hermann
F.H. Kisch F.H. Kisch

Son of Hermann Michael Kisch, CSI (1850-1942), and Alice Charlotte Elkin (1857-1917).
Married (26.10.1927) Ruth Laura Franklin (1891-), of Aldingbourne, Sussex, daughter of Sir Leonard Benjamin Franklin, OBE (1862-1944), and Laura Agnes Ladenburg (1866-1952); two sons.

23.08.1888
Darjeeling, India
-
07.04.1943
(KIA) [age 54]
[Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia, VI.F.22]
2nd Lt. 23.07.1907 [4035]
... ...
Bt. Lt.Col. 03.06.1919 (retd 29.11.1922)
Lt.Col. RARO 29.11.1922, seniority 03.09.1918
T/Brig. ?

CB 1942, CBE 1919, DSO 1916, MID 24.06.1943 (Middle East), Officier de la Légion d'Honneur 1918, Croix de Guerre (France) avec Palme.

Education: Clifton College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
23.07.1907     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
1914 - 1917 served in France (1914/15) & Mesopotamia (1916/17) (despatches thrice, wounded thrice, DSO, Croix de Guerre, Bt Maj., Bt Lt.Col.)
1919     British Delegation Versailles Peace Conference
Chairman, Palestine Zionist Executive, 1922-1931.
1939     rejoined Lt.Col. RE
1941    
Chief Engineer Cyrenaica Command
1941 - 07.04.1943 Chief Engineer 8th Army (North Africa) (killed with his staff by an enemy landmine in Wadi Akarit, Tripoli, Libya)
Chairman Palestine­British Trade Association.
Published: Palestine diary (1938).
Kitchen,
Arthur Frederick Cotton

A.F.C. Kitchen
Son of ... Kitchen, and ... Cotton.
Married ((06?).1936, Plymouth district, Devon) Kathleen Weymouth R. Adams (03.09.1914 - 05.1986).
23.02.1913
Plymouth district, Devon

-
12.1986
Truro district, Cornwall
2nd Lt. 09.03.1940 [124845]
WS/Lt. 09.09.1941
T/Capt. 13.10.1942-17.03.1944
WS/Capt. 18.03.1944
T/Maj. 18.03.1944-(04.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 24.01.1946 NW Europe 44-45 [citation available upon request]
09.03.1940     commissioned, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [emergency commission]
(09.1944)     Officer Commanding, "C" Company, 5th Battalion The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Chartered accountant.
Kitts,
Thomas Edgar

T.E. Kitts
Son of Thomas and Catherine Kitts.
Married 1st ((06?).1923, West Derby district, Lancashire) Muriel Kirkwood.
Married 2nd ((06?).1945, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Audrey Bertha Kitts.
(06?).1898
Liverpool, West Derby district, Lancashire
-
07.12.1963
Wallasey, Cheshire
Cpl ?
2nd Lt. 21.03.1931 [50191]
Lt. 21.03.1934
WS/Capt. 11.02.1941 (reld 06.08.1945; disability)
T/Maj. 11.02.1941-06.08.1945
Hon. Maj. 06.08.1945
Mention in Despatches MID 26.07.1940 France
21.03.1931     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939     mobilized SRO
(1940)     served British Expeditionary Force (France; Dunkirk) (despatches)
 (1944)     served in Kenya
04.1945     Regular Army Reserve of Officers (dated 07.05.1943)
Knatchbull-Hugessen,
Robin John Kay
see:

Indian Army section  
Kneale,
Thomas

T. Kneale
Son of William Kneale, and Clara E. Quayle.
Brother of Maj. William Geoffrey Kneale, Royal Engineers.
23.03.1914
-
01.1993
Ashford district, Kent
2nd Lt. 08.07.1936 [68279]
Lt. 08.07.1939
T/Capt. 16.12.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt. 13.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Maj. 11.06.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col. > 04.1946, < 04.1947
Territorial Decoration TD 22.09.1950 & 1st clasp
      Officer Cadet, Liverpool University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
08.07.1936     commissioned, 55th (West Lancashire) Divisional Engineers, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
1942     served with GHQ Auxiliary Units
? - 24.03.1964 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Kneale,
William Geoffrey

W.G. Kneale
Son of William Kneale, and Clara E. Quayle.
Brother of Lt.Col. Thomas Kneale, Royal Engineers.
Married ((09?).1947, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Gwendoline J. Stewart; ... children (one daughter?).
08.07.1919
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
10.1996
Mid Surrey district, Surrey
2nd Lt. 08.03.1941 [174850]
WS/Lt. 08.09.1942 (reld 25.08.1949)
T/Capt. 12.12.1943-(07.1944),
31.08.1944-07.11.1945
WS/Capt. 08.11.1945
T/Maj. 08.11.1945-(04.1946)
RMFVR:  
Lt. 25.08.1949, seniority 27.09.1944
Capt. ? (reld 30.06.1956)
      either 141st or 142nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
08.03.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
25.08.1949 - 30.06.1956 commissioned, Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve
Knight,
Cyril Aubrey

C.A. Knight
26.08.1910
Bath, Somerset
-
01.1986
Yeovil district, Somerset
2nd Lt. 04.06.1944 [321772]
WS/Lt. 02.12.1944 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
04.06.1944     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
      served in Kenya and Tanganyika
Knight,
Cyril Ensor
"Bob""

C.E. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mr Robin Knight)
Married (30.08.1941, Hazel Ethel "Sally" Heard (? - 2010); one son, one daughter.

18.04.1917
-
12.03.2013

Mattishall, Norfolk
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 27.01.1939 [72358]
WS/Lt. 16.12.1940
Lt. 01.01.1941
A/Capt. 16.09.1940-15.12.1940
T/Capt. 16.12.1940-22.10.1941,
29.04.1942-14.11.1944
WS/Capt. 15.11.1944
Capt. 01.07.1946
A/Maj. 15.08.1944-14.11.1944
T/Maj. 15.11.1944-09.11.1948,
09.10.1950-26.01.1952
Maj. 27.01.1952
T/Lt.Col. 01.01.1959-17.03.1959
Lt.Col. 18.03.1959 (supernumerary 18.03.1962)
T/Col. 09.06.1964-30.07.1964
Col. 31.07.1964 (retd 11.10.1967)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 07.01.1949 Palestine 03.-09.46
Education: Cranleigh School; Staff College (psc).
      late Cadet Corporal, Cranleigh School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
      served in the ranks, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry) - Territorial Army
26.06.1937     commissioned, Royal Norfolk Regiment - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
27.01.1939     commissioned, The East Lancashire Regiment (from 01.07.1958 The Lancashire Regiment (PWV))
28.06.1940 - 22.10.1941 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Southern Command
29.04.1942 - 02.06.1943 Adjutant, ...
03.06.1943 - 15.08.1944 Staff Captain, ... Infantry Brigade
16.08.1944 - 04.09.1944 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), ... Infantry Division
05.09.1944 - 03.01.1945 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), HQ 1st Corps
29.08.1945 - 30.01.1946 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), HQ Southern Command
23.02.1946 - 31.08.1948 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG), British Troops in Palestine
09.10.1950 - 18.01.1953 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Training), HQ British Troops in Austria
07.02.1953 - 19.07.1955 Instructor, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
01.01.1959 - 09.06.1961 Deputy Commander, Lancastrian Brigade Depot
10.08.1961 - 28.05.1964 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (AA&QMG) & Deputy Garrison Commander, Garrison HQ Terendak Camp, Far East Land Forces
09.06.1964 - (02.)1967 Brigade Colonel, HQ Lancastrian Brigade
University of East Anglia (1967-82) i/c accommodation. Norfolk County Commissioner St. John's Ambulance Brigade. KStJ, 1988 (CStJ, 1983; OStJ, 1980).
Knight,
Derek William
D.W. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Bowes) D.W. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Bowes)
D.W. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Bowes) D.W. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Bowes)
D.W. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Bowes) D.W. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Bowes)
D.W. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Bowes) D.W. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Bowes)
Son (with two sisters and one brother) of William Knight (1900-1990), and Jennie Gibbs (1900-1998).
Married (11.11.1945, Leicester, Leicestershire) Joan A. Zanker ((03?).1923 - ), daughter of Charles Zanker (1897-1944), and Dora Hill (1895-1972); three daughters, three sons.
03.08.1922
Leicester, Leicestershire
-
21.02.1985
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
[buried at Capital Garden Cemetery, Nepean, Ont.]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 20.06.1942 [235916]
WS/Lt. 20.12.1942 (dispersed 10.12.1946) (reld 28.06.1952)
T/Capt. 04.07.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. 10.12.1946 & 28.06.1952
Education: elementary school, Leicester, 1927-1933; Wyggeston Boys' Grammar School; Leicester, 1933-1938 (scholarship); Birmingham University, 1939-1940 (later 2 years post-graduate works in economics towards PhD, university scholarship, then B.Com (Economics & Political Science; 1st Class Honours), 1946-1949).
      stationed in Northampton (05.03.41); Cornwall; Officer Cadet Training Unit; Berwick-on-Tweed; then overseas with the 8th Army in North Africa; Sicily; Italy and Austria:
20.06.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(07.1943)     Operation Husky (Sicily)
04.06.1944     discharged, 11th CON Depot to RA (Middle Eastern Force)
28.06.1944     posted, 105th Anti-Tank Regiment RA (Middle Eastern Force)
09.08.1944     posted, 8th Indian Division (Central Mediterranean Force)
01.03.1945     posted, 10th Corps (Central Mediterranean Force)
10.06.1945     posted, British Cadre 8th Army Disposal Unit ("F" Army Vehicle Disposal Unit) (wounded 29.01.1946)
01.05.1946     57th Anti-Tank Regiment RA (returns to UK 30.08.1946)
Emigrated to Canada. Served with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1955-1982 (Economist (1955-1955), then Supervisor, Economics & Statistics (1955-1963), then Director, Economics and Statistics Division (1963-1969), then Director, Program Evaluation Division (1970), then Executive Director, Finance (1971-1976), then Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary (1976-1978), then Vice-President, Finance (SX3-EX4) (1978-1982)). Director of Administration, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, 1982-1985.
Knight,
Edward
E. Knight
Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Lt.Col. Lionel Charles Edward Knight (1872-1932), and Dorothy Mary Deedes (1884-1961), of Alton, Hampshire.
Married 1st (05.05.1934, Alton, Hampshire; divorced) ...; two children,
Married 2nd (17.09.1946, Newbury, Berkshire) Elizabeth "Betty" Hay (25.02.1915 - 29.07.1993) [widow of Maj. David Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis who died of fever in India in 1943], daughter of Robert Athole Hay (1891-1939), and Margaret Heywood Heywood-Jones (1889-1928); three children.
18.08.1910
London
-
08.10.1987
Alton, Hampshire
2nd Lt. 24.07.1931 (reld 29.10.1934)
2nd Lt. 07.07.1936, seniority 13.07.1934
Lt. 13.07.1937
Capt. 26.08.1939 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Maj. ?
Hon. Maj. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
Education: Sherborne School (1924.1-1928).
      late Cadet-Corporal, Sherborne School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
 24.07.1931 - 29.10.1934 commissioned, 9th London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) - Territorial Army (served as A.D.C. in Kenya)
07.07.1936     commissioned, 4th Battalion The Hampshire Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
(01.1943) - (10.1945) attached, 9th Jat Regiment - Indian Army
A grandchild writes: "Served in Shimla, Rawlpindi and the North West Frontier. Adjutant was Captain Roy Lawrie."
Knight,
John Arthur
J.A. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 29.05.1943 [277931]
WS/Lt. 29.11.1943 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 12.04.1945-(04.1946)
29.05.1943     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
23.01.1944     transferred, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
(1945)     1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)
Knight,
Peter Austen
P.A. Knight (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin)
Son of George Brook Knight (1877-1958), and Florence Madeleine Burr (1890-1984), of Farnham, Surrey.
Married (20.07.1939, Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh) Alexandra Vivien Anne Robertson, daughter of Col. Kenneth Struan Robertson, OBE, of Edinburgh.
29.08.1916
Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire
-
27.05.1940
(KIA) [age 23]
[Gaurain-Ramecroix War Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium, I.A.9]
2nd Lt. 28.01.1937 [71127]
Lt. 28.01.1940
28.01.1937     commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
? - 27.05.1940 Signals Officer, HQ Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (France & Belgium) (killed in action)
Knight,
Ronald Arthur

R.A. Knight
?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 25.09.1942 [245457]
WS/Lt. 25.03.1943
Lt. 17.10.1946, seniority 25.03.1943
Capt. 20.01.1949 (Empl. List 4)
Maj. (Empl. List 4) 20.01.1956
25.09.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      served in Malaysia
17.10.1946     short service commission
17.10.1957 - 16.09.1958 Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III)
Knight,
Richard Beatty Macbean
R.B.M. Knight
29.08.1919
-
11.11.1999
Brighton district, Sussex
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 02.03.1940 [121765]
Lt. 16.01.1946, seniority 28.02.1942
A/Capt. ? (03.1945)
Capt. 29.08.1946 (half-pay 17.05.1947; disability) (retd 17.05.1952)
      Inns of Court Regiment (Cadets, Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst)
02.03.1940     commissioned, 7th Royal Hussars [emergency commission]
20.11.1943     transferred, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
(03.1945)     HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade
16.01.1946     permanent commission
Chartered accountant. FCA.
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]
Knighton,
Philip Harold

P.H. Knighton (Photo courtesy of Mrs Selina A. Powers) P.H. Knighton (Photo courtesy of Mrs Selina A. Powers)
P.H. Knighton (Photo courtesy of Mrs Selina A. Powers)
Married ((09?).1934, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) Marie Kathleen Baker (21.09.1905 - 03.07.1979); one son.
19.04.1907
Melton Mowbray district, Leicestershire
-
15.01.1967
Beech Grove,
Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne (heart attack)
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 16.06.1941 [191374]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
WS/Capt. 13.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Maj. 13.06.1944-(04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 12.06.1965 HM's birthday 65: Architect, Newcastle Regional Hospital Board.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 14.06.1945 HM's birthday 45
Education: Coatham Grammar School, Redcar, Yorkshire; Sheffield University School of Architecture.
Having qualified as an ARIBA he moved in 1933 to live in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire working in the architects department of Buckinghamshire County Council.
09.1939     volunteered for the Army
16.06.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
      sent to India where after June 1942 he became in charge of all aspects of building Hosptal Town at Jalahalli then the biggest hospital in the world; he was involved in Field Marshal Alexander's famous fighting retreat from Burma having been flown into Burma in March 1942 as a captain he returned to India in June 1942 via Assam; served in India (under Welfare General in India, Lt.Gen. Sir Noel Beresford-Peirse, Southern Army) (engineer officer in direct charge of two large hospital projects: at Secunderabad & Hospital Town in Bangalore) (MBE)
Deputy County Architect for Buckinghamshire a post which he held until 1948 when he became the first Regional Chief Architect for the newly formed Newcastle Regional Hospital Board. He was responsible for many major hospital projects in the north of England.
Knights,
Douglas Robert

D.R. Knights
Son of ... Knights, and ... Mountney.
From Clifton, Bristol.
07.02.1918
Swindon district, Wiltshire
-
28.03.1982
Chepstow, Gwent
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
Knowland,
Harry St Michael

H.St.M. Knowland
Son (with five brothers) of Albert James Knowland (1885-1984), and Maria Maud Sturley (1887-1949).
Married (14.09.1939, All Soul's Church, Langham Place, St Marylebone district, London) Kathleen Edna Salmon (14.07.1913 - 02.1990), daughter of Harry Lionel Salmon (1875-1958), and Adeline Alice Brayne (1877-1917), of Hampstead; one son, two daughters.
29.09.1915
Shoreditch district, London
-
21.10.2004
Eastbourne, Sussex
Gnr. ? [898315]
2nd Lt. 21.12.1940 [164260]
WS/Lt. 21.06.1942
T/Capt. 23.03.1944-25.06.1945
WS/Capt. 26.06.1945 (reld  > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Maj. 26.06.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Mention in Despatches MID 09.08.1945 NW Europe
Education: Dulwich College (1929-1932).
? - 20.12.1940 122nd Officer Cadet Training Unit (Larkhill)
21.12.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(04.1944) - (10.1944) seconded
Knowles,
?
Knowles
?
-
?
Lt. ?
Maj. ?
(04.1945)     14th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment
Knowles,
Edgar John [Scriven]

E.J. Knowles
07.11.1917
-
04.03.1975
Cuddington, nr Northwich, Vale Royal district, Cheshire
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,
John

C.A. Knight
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
05.12.1910
-
03.11.1994
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
Gnr. ?
2nd Lt. 06.01.1940 [109327]
WS/Lt. 06.07.1941
T/Capt. 09.05.1942-27.11.1945
WS/Maj. 28.11.1945 (reld 19.12.1948)
T/Lt.Col. 28.11.1945-(04.1947)
Hon. Lt.Col. 19.12.1948
Maj. 01.01.1949 (reld 05.12.1965)
Member of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1948 New Year 1948 [recommendation available upon request]
Mention in Despatches MID 23.05.1946 Mediterranean
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 16.03.1947 -
      served in the ranks, Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
06.01.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps
01.1947 - (08.1947) Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (AA&QMG) of British Troops in Trieste [HQ 24th Guards Brigade] (OBE)
01.01.1949 - 05.12.1965 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Knowles,
Joseph Theodore

J.T. Knowles
10.01.1913
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
-
15.05.1969
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
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
06.08.1904
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
-
3108.1972
Liverpool, 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.
(06?).1920
Croydon, London
-
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
Knox,
John

J. Knox (Photo courtesy of John and Liz Knox) J. Knox
J. Knox J. Knox
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
08.03.1910
-
17.01.1988
Stotton, Knaresborough, Leeds district, North Yorkshire
2nd Lt. 16.08.1938 [94713]
WS/Lt. 01.07.1940
A/Capt. 01.04.1940-30.06.1940
T/Capt. 01.07.1940-17.03.1942
WS/Capt. 18.03.1942 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
A/Maj. 18.12.1941-17.03.1942
T/Maj. 18.03.1942-(01.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 24.01.1946 NW Europe (Walcheren 11.44, Xanten 03.45) [recommendation available upon request]
Mention in Despatches MID 09.08.1945 NW Europe
16.08.1938     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
05.1943 - 1945 Brigade Major Royal Artillery, 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
Kohn,
Gershon
see: Kent,
Geoffrey
 
Kraus,
Jan
"John"

J. Kraus

?
-
Lt. 20.03.1943 [263484]
WS/Capt. 20.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 18.10.1945 in recognition of distinguished services during the liberation of prisoners in German Concentration Camps
20.03.1943     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
Kukla,
[Charles] Ernest *

E. Kukla
Son of Charles Kukla, and ... Cast.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
* First names also found as: Frederick Ernest Charles, and: Ernest Charles Frederick
02.03.1914
Bucklow district, Cheshire
-
1985
Belgium
L/Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 24.03.1941 [178146]
WS/Lt. 08.05.1942
T/Capt. 08.05.1942-...
WS/Capt. ?
T/Maj. ?
Hon. Maj. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Mention in Despatches MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe
24.03.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
His son writes: "My father joined the army as volunteer, did the D-Day landings with 79th Armoured Division (not sure if it was the second day), then went to Belgium from there up into Germany."
Kumar,
Krisham

K. Kumar
?
-
Lt. 20.12.1940 [163372]
WS/Capt. 20.12.1941
Education: MB.
20.12.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
Kyle,
Barry Burnaby

K. Kumar
Son (with one(?) brother) of George Oliver Kyle, and Ellen Sarah Dainty.
Married ((12?).1935, Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire) Freda Tall (08.06.1908 - 05.1996), daughter (with four sisters and two brothers) of Collett Fisher Tall (1870-1951), and Susannah Meadows (1873-); two daughters, one son.
21.09.1906
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
-
06.01.1962
Plymouth district, Devon
2nd Lt. 21.04.1937 [71485]
WS/Lt. 21.04.1940
T/Capt. 21.05.1940-14.10.1942
WS/Capt. 15.10.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Maj. 15.10.1942-(01.1945),
06.02.1945-(10.1945)
Hon. Maj. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
2nd Lt. 22.02.1947, seniority 21.04.1937
Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 21.04.1940
Capt. 01.11.1947
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration AERD 12.11.1957 -
Education: Wellingborough School.
      late Cadet Corporal, Wellingborough School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
21.04.1937     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939     mobilized SRO
22.02.1947     Regular Army Reserve of Officers
His son writes: "Served BEF France (evacuation), then North Africa, Sicily & Italy. Spent time in Italy in Military Hospital and was sent home for a period."
       
 
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