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British Army Officers
1939-1945

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Kaplan, B.
to
Kraus, J.

B. Kaplan to J. Kraus

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

MBE	18.02.1943	Middle East 05.42-10.42
MID	22.12.1939	?
MID	08.07.1941	?
MID	30.06.1942	Middle East 07.41-10.41
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.

(09?).1916
Derby district, Derbyshire
-
03.2010 still alive aged 93

C.Sgt.	?
Lt.	11.12.1940 [159733]
T/Capt.	27.12.1941-(04.1946)
WS/Capt.	1946? (reld < 04.1947)
T/Maj.	(1946)

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

Kealy,
Michael Robert Bayley
"Mike"
M.R.B. Kealy

28.01.1912
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	28.01.1932 [50892]
Lt.	28.01.1935
A/Capt.	03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Capt.	03.12.1939-21.01.1940
Capt.	28.01.1940
A/Maj.	07.01.1942-27.01.1942, 12.03.1942-21.05.1942
T/Maj.	22.05.1942-08.07.1943, 15.12.1943-(04.1946)
Maj.	01.07.1946 (retd 16.07.1949; receiving a gratuity)
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	16.07.1949

	MID	15.11.1945	gallant and distinguished services in the field
	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]

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

	OBE	16.04.1942	Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
	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

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
-
died between 1967 and 1985

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	01.09.1927
Maj.	01.09.1944
A/Lt.Col.	30.09.1942-11.11.1942, 06.03.1945-22.04.1945
T/Lt.Col.	23.04.1945-28.12.1945, 22.04.1947-11.03.1950
Brig.	27.08.1957 (retd 25.08.1960)

MID

08.11.1945

Education: psc

01.09.1927			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
18.12.1939	-	20.10.1940	Instructor in gunnery
16.11.1940	-	12.10.1941	Instructor in gunnery
13.10.1941	-	29.09.1942	Instructor OCTU
30.09.1942	-	11.11.1942	Chief Instructor
12.11.1942	-	27.12.1942	Instructor
			Commanding Officer, 181st Field Regiment RA

Keightley,
Sir Charles Frederic
C.F. Keightley

Son of late Rev. C.A. Keightley.
Married (1932) Joan Lydia, daughter of late Brig.Gen. G.N.T. Smyth Osbourne, CB, CMG, DSO, Ash, Iddesleigh, N. Devon; two sons.

24.06.1901
-
17.06.1974

2nd Lt.	23.12.1921
...	...
Maj.	18.05.1938
local Lt.Col.	06.12.1938-18.05.1940
A/Lt.Col.	19.05.1940-18.08.1940
T/Lt.Col.	19.08.1940-12.11.1941
WS/Lt.Col.	13.11.1941
Lt.Col.	06.09.1943
A/Col.	13.05.1941-12.11.1941
T/Col.	13.11.1941-26.12.1942
WS/Col.	27.12.1942
Col.	27.04.1944, seniority 27.12.1942
A/Brig.	13.05.1941-12.11.1941
T/Brig.	13.11.1941-26.12.1942
A/Maj.Gen.	27.12.1941-26.12.1942
T/Maj.Gen.	27.12.1942-01.01.1945
Maj.Gen.	02.01.1945, seniority 21.10.1944
A/Lt.Gen.	02.08.1944-01.08.1945
T/Lt.Gen.	02.08.1945-31.10.1945
Lt.Gen.	30.01.1948, seniority 01.10.1946
Gen.	29.08.1951 (retd 22.10.1962)

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

23.12.1921			commissioned, 5th Dragoon Guards - Royal Armoured Corps
...	-	...	...
06.12.1938	-	18.05.1940	Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College, Camberley
19.05.1940	-	11.05.1941	Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AAQMG), 1st Armoured Division (France)
13.05.1941	-	26.12.1941	Commander, 30th Armoured Brigade
27.12.1941	-	20.04.1942	Commander, RAC Training Establishment
21.04.1942	-	17.05.1942	General Officer Commanding, 11th Armoured Division (Tunisia)
19.05.1942	-	13.12.1943	General Officer Commanding, 6th Armoured Division (UK, Tunisia [N Africa])
13.12.1943	-	01.08.1944	General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division(Italy, Egypt) [except for 9-30.7.1944]
02.08.1944	-	29.09.1945	Commander, V Corps (Italy & Austria)
...	-	...	...

Keith,
Cecil Graham
C.G. Keith

From London.

(06?).1896
Kensington, Greater London
-

Prob. 2nd Lt.	17.11.1915
2nd Lt.	25.02.1916, seniority 17.11.1915
A/Capt.	13.12.1916-01.09.1918
T/Capt.	02.09.1918-...
Lt.	12.06.1940 [136564]
T/Capt.	12.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.	26.10.1943
T/Lt.Col.	26.10.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Lt.Col.	09.06.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Col.	09.12.1943-(04.1944)
T/Col.	1945?
T/Brig.	?
Hon. Brig.	< 04.1946

OBE	01.02.1945	NW Europe
MC	14.11.1916	*
MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe
MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe

* For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led his men with the greatest dash, and, when he gained his objective, took complete charge of the situation. He not only beat off two counter-attacks, but pushed his line forward, and sent in an excellent report. He is only nineteen years of age, and set a fine example.

17.11.1915			commissioned, Grenadier Guards - Special Reserve of Officers
02.09.1918	-	?	Staff Captain
12.06.1940			commissioned, Grenadier Guards [emergency commission]

Kell,
Sir Vernon George Waldegrave
V.G.W. Kell

Son of late Maj. Waldegrave C.F. Kell.
Married Constance Rawdon, daughter of late James Scott,
Westlands, Queenstown; two sons, one daughter.

21.11.1873
Mutford, Suffolk
-
27.03.1942

2nd Lt.	01.10.1894
Capt.	1901 (retd 16.10.1909)
Maj. RoO	1913
Col. RoO	01.04.1924
Hon. Maj.Gen.	27.09.1939

	KBE	1919	?
	CB	1917	?

Knight, 1st Class, Order of St Olaf (Norway); American Order of the Chinese Dragon; Officer Legion of Honour; Officer Order of Leopold; Officer Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus; Jubilee Medal, 1935

Education: Home; Sandhurst

01.10.1894			commissioned, South Staffordshire Regiment
1900			served China, Boxer Campaign (medal with clasp, despatches)
1902	-	1903	Language Officer in China
1904	-	1907	Staff Captain, War Office
1907	-	1909	Imperial Defence Committee
1909			Reserve of Officers
1909			co-founded the Secret Service Bureau, the first incarnation of the Security Service
1909	-	1914	reemployed, War Office
1914	-	1924	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Directorate of Military Intelligence, War Office (despatches, CB, Bt LtCol, KBE)
1924	-	1940	reemployed, War Office:
1931	-	06.1940	first Director-General of the Security Service

Commandant War Department Constabulary; late Chairman, Japan Society.

Kelly,
Denis Howard
D.H. Kelly (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark C.D. Ashdown)

25.07.1909
Kensington district, (Greater) London / Middlesex
-
04.1996
Chichester district, Sussex

2nd Lt.	29.08.1929 [44136]
Lt.	29.08.1932
T/Capt.	04.11.1937-31.07.1938
Capt.	01.08.1938
A/Maj.	06.02.1941-05.05.1941
T/Maj.	06.05.1941-22.07.1941, 15.11.1941-01.04.1943
WS/Maj.	02.04.1943
Maj.	01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.	02.01.1943-01.04.1943
T/Lt.Col.	02.04.1943-22.04.1944
Lt.Col.	09.09.1952 (supernumerary 09.09.1955) (retd 01.01.1956)

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (No. 5 Company).

29.08.1929			commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
(03.1931)			1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Shorncliffe)
(06.1933)			1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Lichfield)
13.08.1936	-	11.09.1939	specially employed: Company Officer & Company Commander, The King's African Rifles (Northern Brigade)
12.09.1939	-	(04.1941)	served The King's African Rifles (Northern Brigade)
01.01.1956	-	25.07.1964	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Kelly,
William George
W.G. Kelly (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)

?
-

Cadet	? [14442542]
2nd Lt.	21.04.1945 [346162]
WS/Lt.	21.10.1945
T/Capt.	(1947)

21.04.1945			commissioned, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [emergency commission]
15.07.1946	-	(04.1947)	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade, General Staff, Southern Army, India
(1947)			HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)

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.

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)

KCMG	12.07.1963	Governor W Australia
CB	01.01.1958	New Year 58
CBE	21.12.1944	Italy
DSO	01.06.1943	North Africa
DSO	13.01.1944	Italy
DSO	04.05.1944	Italy
DSO	08.12.1953	Korea
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.

1919
-
21.02.1945
[Milsbeek War Cemetery, Limburg, the Neterlands, 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

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)

	BWM 14\|20	-	-
	VM	-	-

Education: Uppingham (1910-15; senior prefect, 1st XV, Captain of Games); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

23.11.1916			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Field Artillery) (served in Salonica 04.01.1917 to 24.11.1917, and later in France 21.12.1917 to 14.02.1918 as A.D.C. to the G.O.C. 5th Corps)
05.07.1940	-	1942	re-employed

Farming (about 500 acres).

Kennedy,
John Ross
J.R. Kennedy

Son of Robert Sinclair Kennedy and Annie Flora Kennedy, of Ferring, Sussex.
Husband of Lucretia Thrale Kennedy.

(03?).1905
lslington, Greater London, Middlesex
-
14.06.1942
(KIA) [age 37]
[Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya, 1.A.2]

2nd Lt.	? [34033]
Lt.	01.11.1928
Capt.	18.03.1931
Maj.	09.03.1934
Lt.Col.	05.05.1939

	DSO	11.07.1940	for gallant & distinguished services in recent operations
	OBE	16.04.1942	Middle East 07.41-10.41

Education: BSc

?			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
(03.1931)			50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Engineers (Newcastle-on-Tyne)
(06.1933)	-	(01.1939)	232nd (Northumbrian) Field Company RE, 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Engineers (Newcastle-on-Tyne)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
05.05.1939	-	14.06.1942	Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

AMICE, AMIEE. Military Member, County of Durham Territorial Army and Air Force Association.

Kennett,
Brian Bishop
"Bill"
J.R. Kennedy

Married (1919, Barnet, Greater London) ... Smith.

18.02.1899
Hastings district, Sussex
-
died between 1985 and 1990 ?

2nd Lt.	06.06.1917
Lt.	06.12.1918
Capt.	06.06.1928 (regimental seniority 11.09.1922)
Maj.	06.06.1937
A/Lt.Col.	17.04.1940-20.05.1940, 12.06.1940-07.08.1940
T/Lt.Col.	08.08.1940-31.07.1942
Lt.Col.	01.08.1942 (supernumerary 01.08.1945)
A/Col.	15.03.1942-14.09.1942
T/Col.	15.09.1942-(01.1946)
A/Brig.	07.09.1943-06.03.1944
T/Brig.	07.03.1944-(04.1946)
Brig.	01.12.1949 (retd 09.09.1952)

CBE	21.06.1945	?
MBE	?	?
MID	23.12.1918	?
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
GenSM	-	& clasp Palestine

Education: long survey course, School of Artillery

06.06.1917			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
13.01.1918	-	11.11.1918	served in France & Belgium (wounded)
01.10.1920	-	11.07.1924	posted to Royal Signals
12.07.1924			transferred, Royal Corps of Signals
01.1931			qualified as interpreter 2nd class in Arabic
28.01.1931	-	10.01.1935	Staff Captain, Signal Training Centre (Catterick Camp)
26.09.1935	-	08.08.1936	employed with Egytian Frontiers Administration
08.09.1936	-	15.12.1936	special appointment (Class FF), Palestine and Trans-Jordan (temporary)
(01.1939)			servved in Egypt
15.03.1942	-	16.08.1942	Chief Signal Officer, Home Forces
17.08.1942	-	14.12.1942	Deputy Chief Signal Officer, Home Forces

Served for 11 years in civil capacity with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Honorary Colonel, 16th & 40th Signal Regiments, 06.04.1952-06.04.1957.
Published: (with J.A. Tatman) Craftsmen of the Army : the story of the Royal Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers (1970)

Kenny,
John Edmund
J.E. Kenny

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.06.1942 [235556]
WS/Lt.	13.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

1941	-	13.06.1942	No. 31 Class, 141 Officer Cadet Training Unit (Aldershot)
13.06.1942			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Kent,
Geoffrey
G. Kent (Photo courtesy of Mr Paul Kent)

Originally:
Kohn, Gershon
(changed name (1945?) after he joined the Britsh Army; 09.09.1947 naturalized, then living at Coniston, Lancashire)

30.01.1914
Leipzig, Germany
-

Lt.	24.03.1945 [342691] (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt. ?	?
A/Maj. ?	?

24.03.1945			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
			possibly served with the 7th Armoured Division ('Desert Rats') (Holland)

Medical practitioner (MD).

Kenyon,
John Frederick
J.F. Kenyon

Married & divorced three times; two sons.

30.12.1921
Pradoe estate near Oswestry, Shropshire
-
12.2006

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.01.1942 [222758]
...	...
T/Maj.	28.06.1945-29.11.1948
...	...
Lt.Col.	31.12.1966
Col.	31.12.1970, seniority 30.06.1970 (retd 02.02.1974)

	OBE	?	?
	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)
...	-	...	...

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

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)

	Kt	1981	?
	MC	23.09.1943	North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)

15.06.1940			commissioned, 16th/5th Lancers - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1943)			HQ 26th Armoured Brigade

Kettle,
Harold Eric George
H.E.G. Kettle

14.01.1906
Burton upon Trent district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire
-
10.1993
Surrey Mid-Eastern

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	12.07.1941 [200328]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	20.02.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

12.07.1941			commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment [emergency commission]
18.01.1942			transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery
23.09.1942			transferred to The Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps

Post-war Secretary of the Glider Pilots' Association.

Keyes,
Geoffrey Charles Tasker
G.C.T. Keyes

Son of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes, GCB, KCVO, CMG, DSO and Eva Mary Salvin Bowlby (died 1973), Red Cross Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, daughter
of late Edward Salvin Bowlby, DL, of Gilston Park, Herts, and Knoydart, Invernessshire.
Brother of Lt. Roger G.B. Keyes, RN.

18.05.1917
Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
-
17.11.1941
Beda Littoria, Libya
(KIA) [age 24] [Benghazi War Cemetery, 7.D.5]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	28.01.1937 [71081]
Lt.	28.01.1940
T/Capt.	13.06.1940
Maj.	?
T/Lt.Col.	?

VC	19.06.1942	*
MC	?	?
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

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 Depatches, 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 Independant Company, then No. 2 Independant 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)

Kidston,
Antony Noel Wallace
A.N.W. Kidston

17.07.1913
-
died between 02.1957 and 02.1967

2nd Lt.	31.08.1933 [56738]
Lt.	31.08.1936
A/Capt.	15.05.1940-14.08.1940
T/Capt.	15.08.1940-30.08.1941
Capt.	31.08.1941
A/Maj.	29.05.1942-12.07.1942, 06.08.1942-20.09.1942
T/Maj.	21.09.1942-08.05.1945
WS/Maj.	09.05.1945
Maj.	31.08.1946 (retd 24.05.1956; disability)
A/Lt.Col.	09.02.1945-08.05.1945
T/Lt.Col.	09.05.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	24.05.1946

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe

Education: psc

31.08.1933			commissioned into the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
11.09.1937	-	30.12.1940	Assistant Instructor (Class GG to 31.07.1938)
(01.1944)	-	(06.1944)	Officer Commanding, A Company, 1st/8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
09.02.1945	-	(1945?)	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
06.1947	-	07.1947	acting Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Palestine)

Kidston,
Robert Alexander Patrick Richard
R.A.P.R. Kidston

?
-

2nd Lt.	04.09.1914 [20442]
Lt.	22.05.1917, seniority 01.06.1916
A/Capt.	06.09.1918-29.07.1919
Capt.	29.05.1920
T/Maj.	?
Maj.	31.01.1922
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.01.1930
Lt.Col.	03.06.1939, seniority 31.08.1931
Bt. Col.	31.08.1935

? (3rd Clasp 08.05.1953)

04.09.1914			commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
?	-	03.06.1939	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
03.06.1939	-	?	Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			Commanding Officer, 131st Field Regiment RA
?	-	19.12.1956	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Kilkelly,
Gerald *
"Smash"
G. Kilkelly

Son of Lt.-Col. Charles Randolph Kilkelly, CMG, MVO, MB, and of Florence Mary Kilkelly (née Petre), of Menengai, Kenya.
Brother of Lt.Col. R.G.P. Kilkelly, Indian Army.

* The CWGC database lists him (erroneously?) as:
Gerald Patrick Kilkelly

28.08.1900
St George Hanover Square, London
-
24.08.1944
[age 43]
[Hanover War Cemetery, Germany, 15.B.15]

2nd Lt.	17.12.1919 [6770]
Lt.	17.12.1921
Capt.	03.04.1932
Maj.	30.04.1938
T/Lt.Col.	23.04.1941-24.08.1944

17.12.1919			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps (8th King's Royal Irish Hussars)
09.09.1932	-	08.09.1934	attached to Sudan Defence Force
09.12.1934	-	29.04.1938	Depot Officer, Remount Depot, Abbassia, Cairo (Egypt)
23.04.1941	-	(06?).1942	Commanding Officer, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (Battle of Gazala; unit wipde out, taken prisoner)
(06?).1942	-	24.08.1944	POW in German captivity (killed by an American shell in a German POW camp just outside Brunswick)

Kind,
Robert William
R.W. Kind

Son of ... Kind, and ... Cox.

26.01.1918
Blaby district, Leicestershire
-
09.1987
Leicestershire Central district, Leicestershire

Lt.	07.08.1943 [287901]
WS/Capt.	07.08.1944

07.08.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

Kindersley,
the Hon. Hugh Kenyon Molesworth;
2nd Baron Kindersley of West Hoathly (1954)

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)

CBE	01.02.1945	NW Europe
MBE	01.01.1941	New Year 41
MC	15.02.1919	? *
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,
Geoffrey Sholto Douglas
G.S.D. King

Son of Henry Douglas King and Mary Beatrice Key, of Small Dole, Sussex.

(12?).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

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).

?
-

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

DSO	11.10.1945	NW Europe ("Fine record, personality & coolness under hazardous conditions")
MC	12.02.1942	Middle East ("Extreme gallantry & initiative Sidi Rezegh 22/23.11.1941")
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)

Son of ... King, and ... Thompson.
Married (1946, Liège, Belgium) Lucie Cormans; one son.

(03?).1917
Medway district, Kent
-

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)

TD	22.08.1952	?
TD	18.11.1958	1st clasp
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

EM	28.11.1946	?
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	-
It St	-	-
DefM	-	-
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

	KCVO	02.06.1962	HM's birthday 62
	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,
Henry William Richard
"Bill"
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

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

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

CBE	29.03.1945	NW Europe 44-45
DSO	1919	?
DSO	19.08.1941	Middle East (Syria, Iraq and Iran)
MC	?	?
14\|15 St	-	& clasp
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
MID	01.01.1916	?
MID	05.07.1919	?
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-
Def M	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-
MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe
Jub M 35	-	-
Cor M 37	-	-
Cor M 53	-	-
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

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)

CB	02.06.1943	HM's birthday 43
CMG	01.01.1947	New Year 47: Control Commission for Germany
CIE	11.07.1940	Deputy Master of the Ordnance, India
OBE	03.06.1927	HM's birthday 27
MC	14.01.1916	?
MC	WW I	*
14\|15 St	-	-
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
MID	01.01.1916	?
OON	?	?
LM	14.05.1948	?
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)

?
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.

Kirkman,
Sir Sidney Chevalier

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

MC	14.01.1916	?
MC	26.07.1918	*
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 (Arigyll 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 ve ry 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 (Arg yllshire) 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

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 LtCol)
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)

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.

Knatchbull-Hugessen,
Robin John Kay

see:

Indian Army section

Kneale,
Thomas
T. Kneale

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

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]

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
-
10.2012 still alive at 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)

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)

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-graduste 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 Finacial Officer and Corporate Secretary (1976-1978), then Vice-President, Finance (SX3-EX4) (1978-1982)). Director of Administration, Anglican Dioces of Ottawa, 1982-1985.

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,
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)

	MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe
	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)

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)

	OBE	12.06.1965	HM's birthday 65: Architect, Newcastle Regional Hospital Board.
	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
-
died between 1967 and 1984

2nd Lt.	15.02.1941 [170977]
A/Capt.	09.06.1942-08.09.1942
T/Capt.	09.09.1942-26.12.1943
A/Maj.	27.09.1943-26.12.1943
T/Maj.	27.12.1943-05.02.1946
Capt.	21.10.1946, seniority 27.12.1943
T/Maj.	15.01.1947-29.09.1953
Lt.	30.08.1947, seniority 30.03.1942
Capt.	30.08.1947, seniority 30.09.1946
Maj.	30.09.1953 (retd 29.07.1959)

	MBE	20.09.1945	Italy
	MID	19.07.1945	Italy

Education: completed the Long Transportation Course at the Transportation Centre RE

1943	-	20.11.1943	served in the ranks for 276 days
21.11.1943			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 20.10.1946]
(1945)			154th Railway Operating Company Royal Engineers (Italy)
21.10.1946			short service commission
30.08.1947			permanent commission

Knowles,
Edgar John [S]
E.J. Knowles

07.11.1917
-
05.03.1975
Vale Royal district

2nd Lt.	21.11.1943 [300855]
WS/Lt.	21.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe
LeoII	16.01.1947	?
CdeG	16.01.1947	?

21.11.1943			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(06.1944)			13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) (Normandy)

Knowles,
Joseph Theodore
J.T. Knowles

?
-
?

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.03.1941 [180292]
WS/Lt.	29.09.1942
T/Capt.	18.05.1943-17.11.1943
WS/Capt.	18.11.1943 (reld 31.10.1953)
T/Maj.	09.03.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	31.10.1953

?	-	29.03.1941	Officer Cadet Training Unit
29.03.1941			commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) [emergency commission]

Knowles,
Norman Wilfred
J.T. Knowles

(09?).1904
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire
-

Lt. *	26.08.1939 [94789]
T/Capt. **	26.07.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	06.10.1943
T/Maj.	06.10.1943-(04.1946)
Capt.	01.03.1947, seniority 06.10.1943 (reld 20.03.1948)
Hon. Maj.	20.03.1948

	CdeG	?	?
	TD	20.06.1950	?

* Ordnance [later Electrical] Mechanical Engineer 4th Class
** Ordnance Mechanical Engineer 3rd Class

26.08.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army
01.10.1942			transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(1944)	-	(1945)	Officer Commanding, 129th Brigade REME Workshops (43rd Wessex Infantry Division) (NW Europe)
01.03.1947	-	20.03.1948	short service commission, Regular Army

Knowles,
Ralph David
R.D. Knowles

Son of Ralph Geoffrey and Winifred Knowles, of Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire.
Residence: (1944) Amersham.

1921 ?
-
20.03.1944
(KIA) [age 23]
[Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, VIII.D.3]

2nd Lt.	24.07.1938 [76578]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	28.05.1942-20.03.1944

29.06.1944

Italy [posthumously]

			late Cadet Serjeant, Westminster School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
24.07.1938			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army (92nd (5th London) Field Brigade RA)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
?	-	20.03.1944	368th Battery, 92nd Field Regiment RA (killed in action, Anzio, Italy)

Knox,
Henry George
H.G. Knox

Married Winnifred Baynton, working for the Red Cross.
.

?
-

WS/QMS	?
Lt. QM	05.12.1943 [301154]

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

Kohn,
Gershon

see:

Kent,
Geoffrey

Kraus,
Jan
"John"
J. Kraus

?
-

Lt.	20.03.1943 [263484]
WS/Capt.	20.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

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]

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