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The service number of each person is (when known) given after the date of commissioning. Most officers had only a wartime career, but when no indication is given about a Territorial Army commission or an emergency commission, the officer involved served as a Regular Army officer, with in most cases an active army career before and after the war. For explanations & abbreviations you can look at the help page.

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Kane, Lawrence Patrick "Larry"	12.04.1920 Canada -	Lt. 20.11.1943?	served Calgary Highlanders 04.04.1944 No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC (from No. A-16 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC) 04.05.1944 Canloan scheme: CDN/482 (embarked 04.05.1944, disembarked 10.05.1944) 12.05.1944 - (09.)1944 Officer Commanding, 1 Platoon (A Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (Oflag 79, # 00569) 24.04.1945 - 24.05.1945 No. 1 Canadian Reception Depot 25.05.1945 - 01.06.1945 No. 1 Canadian Repatriation Depot 02.06.1945 - 09.08.1945 No. 13 District Depot (struck off strength at own request)
Kaufmann, Martin Leo Son (with seven brothers and five sisters) of John T Kaufman (1885-1975), and Elizabeth Dirksing (1889-1965). Married (06.1954) Ruth Anne Roherty (24.09.1919 - 26.12.2017); two sons, two daughters.	07.09.1919 Cavell, Sask. - 06.09.2008 Lacombe Health Care Center, Alberta	2nd Lt. 07.1943 Lt. 1944? A/Capt. 08.09.1945 CD ? ?	Education: University of Saksatchewan; University of Wisconsin (PhD). Worked on the farm as well as at an uncle's retail outlet until 1941 when he was inducted into the Canadian Army. 1941 conscripted Duty Officer, Prince of Wales Rangers 01.03.1944 No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC (from No. A-15 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC) Canloan scheme: CDN/167 (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 11 Platoon (C Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (at Oflag IX A/H at Spangenberg) 16.05.1945 - 13.07.1945 No. 12 District Depot 13.07.1945 - Staff, No. 12 District Depot Worked at the Agriculture Canada Research Station, Lacombe, Alberta. He was head of cereal crop breeding until his retirement in 1984.
Kavanagh, Desmond Thomas Son of Peter James Kavanagh and Mary Josephine Kavanagh, of Aintree, Liverpool.	(06?).1919 Cork, Ireland - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.B.1]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 30.08.1941 [204081] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 12.01.1943	30.08.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Para Platoon & 2 Para Jeep Section, 250th Light Composite Company RASC (1st Airborne Division) (Arnhem [killed in action])
Kaye, Stanley Lawrence [or Laurie] Son of Nathan Kaye [originally Karpf] (1874-1943), and Florence Evelyn Tomlins (1880-1925). Married (01.1943, Paddington, London) Pamela Joy Ohsten (1921 - 2006); three daughters, one son.	28.05.1919 Hampstead district, Greater London - 04.05.2008 Brighton, Sussex	Lt. 19.09.1942 [246299] WS/Capt. 19.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Charing Cross Medical School (MB; 1938-1942; Thomas Green Prize and Final Year Gold Medal); MD, FRCP 19.09.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (1943?) - 26.09.1944 Section Officer, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (N Africa, Italy, Arnhem) [at Arnhem attached 1st Parachute Battalion & acting Medical Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (POW); captured] 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 618) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig 10.1944-01.1945; Stalag 17B, Krems, Wien 01.1945-04.1945) House Officer National Hospital for Nervous Diseases 1946-47. Principal in General Practice and also Physician, Royal Sussex County Hospital 1947-1984. School MO Brighton College, MO to Brighton hospices, Tarner Home and Coppercliffs from 1948-1986. Chief Medical Officer (Underwriting) Legal & General Assurance Company 1974-1984. Senior Physician Examining to numerous assurance companies. Retired 1989.
Kayne, Dennis Benjamin Of Jewish descent. Son of M.I.  Kayne, and ... Cohen, of 18 St George's Rd., Golders Green NW11, grandson of Rabbi J. Kyansky Minister of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hebrew Congregation. Husband of Monica.	19.06.1921 Islington district, Greater London - 07.1996 Brent, Middlesex	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.10.1942 [249279] WS/Lt. 17.04.1943 (retd 15.01.1946; disability) Hon. Lt. 15.01.1946	17.10.1942 commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] Intelligence Officer 20.11.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) - 20.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 8 Platoon (B Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 90855) in German captivity (Stalag XIIB, Hadamar)
Keesey, John Howard Only child of Capt. George Ernest Howard Keesey (1886-1916), 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade & teacher, and Violet Marian Swinglehurst, of Kendal. Married ((06?).1942, Wantage district, Berkshire) Susette Harvey (14.03.1914 - 18.12.1989), younger daughter of Thomas Arnold Harvey (the Rt.Rev. the Lord Bishop of Cashel) and Isabel Kathleen Burrows, of Bishopsgrove, Waterford, Eire. She re-married (1946) Gp.Capt. John Gerald Russell, RAF. Residence: (1944) Glasshouse, Waterford, Irish Republic.	11.12.1915 Kendal district, Westmorland - 02.10.1944 (DOW) [age 28] [Becklingen War Cemetery, 8.C.1]	Lt. 04.09.1941 [199991] WS/Capt. 04.09.1942	Education: Wellington College (1929.3-134); Clare College, Cambridge (1935) & St Thomas' Hospital (1937-1940). MB, BChir (Cantab.) 1940; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1940. House Surgeon, Botley's Park War Hospital, Cherstsey. Late Casualty Officer, St Thomas' Hospital. 04.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]       served in the Middle East (09.1944)     Section Officer, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC [attached 3rd Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [captured]; died of wounds after being shot by a German sentry when trying to escape from an ambulance train at Apeldoorn)
Kennedy, Colin Osborne Son (with three sisters and three brothers [one died at birth]) of David Davidson Kennedy (1875-1942), and Elizabeth "Lizzie, Nance, Ruthy or Betty" Rutherford (1885-1971). Married ((09?).1944, Melton Mowbray district, Leicestershire) Margaret Mary Mason (10.1923 - 17.10.2007).	10.08.1921 Alnwick district, Northumberland - 02.12.1984 Liverpool, Lancashire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 14.06.1941 [190765] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 13.07.1944 Lt. TA 08.11.1948, seniority 10.08.1944 Capt. TA 22.05.1951 A/Maj. TA 01.03.1952-01.06.1955	14.06.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA (Airborne) [attached 1st Parachute Brigade HQ] (Arnhem [glider did not arrive; crashed over the North Sea] 08.11.1948 - 08.10.1957 served Territorial Army 08.10.1957 - ? served Territorial Army Reserve of Officers School teacher who taught ER at one time and later became headmaster of a school in Didsbury, Manchester.
Kennett, Alan Bishop "Bill" Son of Brian Bishop Kennett (1899-1983), and Kathleen Mary Smith (1900-1921). Married (09.01.1946, Staines district, Middlesex) Josephine Mary Wright (18.12.1922 - 07.03.1992); one son, one daughter.	11.09.1920 Barnet district, Greater London - 12.05.2009 Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate, North Yorkshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 06.09.1941 [204041] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 28.12.1946, seniority 11.03.1943 A/Capt. 21.01.1944-20.04.1944 T/Capt. 21.04.1944-31.08.1946 WS/Capt. 01.09.1946 Capt. 11.09.1947 A/Maj. 01.06.1946-31.08.1946 T/Maj. 01.09.1946-21.05.1948, 13.03.1954-10.09.1954 Maj. 11.09.1954 (retd 29.08.1961)	served in the ranks for 360 days 06.09.1941 commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission to 27.12.1946] (09.1944) Brigade Signals Officer, 4th Parachute Brigade [K Section (No. 2 Company), 1st Airborne Divisional Signals] (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 527) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Mainz) 28.12.1946 - 29.08.1961 permanent commission
Kershaw, James Heywood Son of Frank Kershaw (1879-1958), and Mary Cecily Heywood (1881-1951). Married ((12?).1938, Chelsea district, London) Rosemary Milnes (02.11.1914 - 12.08.1994); one daughter. .	19.04.1913 Salford district, Lancashire - (03?).1979 Southam district, Warwickshire	Cadet Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 22.05.1937 [71848] WS/Lt. 22.05.1940 T/Capt. 14.06.1943 Capt. 29.10.1945	late Cadet Corporal, Cheltenham College Contingent, Junior division, Officer Training Corps 22.05.1937 commissioned, 2nd City of London Regiment - Territorial Army ? transferred, The Royal Fusiliers - Territorial Army (9th Battalion) 30.11.1938 transferred, Unattached List, Infantry 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 10.02.1940 transferred, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) 09.11.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) ? - 25.05.1963 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Kiaer, Leslie Herbert Sonne 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. Eric Arnold Kiaer, Royal Fusiliers, also died on active service. Brother-in-law of Maj. Leonard Maxwell Harper Gow, RA.	09.01.1920 Hampstead, Greater London - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 19.C.12]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 16.08.1941 [201427] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	16.08.1941     commissioned, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 27.01.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon (A Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [killed in action])
Killick, [Sir] John Edward Son of late Edward William James Killick, schoolmaster, and Doris Marjorie Stokes. Married 1st (1949) Lynette du Preez (née Leach) (died 1984); no children. Married 2nd (1985) Irene M.H. Easton, OBE (died 1995).	(06?).1920 Rathdown district, Ireland - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.11.1941 [217467] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	Education: Latymer Upper School; University College, London; Bonn University   commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 89th Parachute Field Security Section (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar) 01.05.1947 - 10.01.1948 Intelligence Corps - Territorial Army Foreign Office, 1946-1948. Control Commission and High Commission for Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt and Bonn), 1948-1951. Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign Office, 1951-1954. British Embassy, Addis Ababa, 1954-1957. Canadian National Defence College, 1957-1958. Western Department, Foreign Office, 1958-1962. Imperial Defence College, 1963. Counsellor and Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Washington, 1963-1968. Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1968-1971. Ambassador to USSR,1971-1973. Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Permanent Representative on Council of Western European Union, 1973-1975. Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to NATO, 1975-1979. Director, Dunlop South Africa, 1980-1985. President, 1985-1992, Vice-President, 1992-1993, GB Atlantic Committee; Vice-President, Atlantic Treaty Association, 1992-1994. Fellow 1973, Bonn University.
Kilmartin, Michael Gabriel Son of Ambrose and Eve Kilmartin, of Jarvis Brook, Sussex.	1920 ? Ireland - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]	Cadet   ?   2nd Lt.   15.11.1941 [217467]   WS/Lt.   01.10.1942	15.11.1941 commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] 13.11.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Platoon (R Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
King, [Sir] Frank Douglas Son of Arthur King, farmer, and Kate Eliza Sheard, of Brightwell, Berkshire. Married (1947) Joy Emily Ellen Taylor­Lane; one son, two daughters.	09.03.1919 Brightwell, Berkshire - 30.03.1998 Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [138204] WS/Lt. 10.01.1941 Lt. 22.02.1947, seniority 07.11.1941 A/Capt. 10.10.1940-09.01.1941 T/Capt. 10.01.1941-15.12.1943, 15.05.1944-23.06.1945, 09.07.1945-21.02.1947 Capt. 22.02.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 T/Maj. 12.02.1951-06.05.1953 Maj. 07.05.1953, seniority 09.03.1953 T/Lt.Col. 16.10.1958-31.03.1960 Lt.Col. 01.04.1960 Col. 10.12.1962 T/Brig. 17.12.1962-16.12.1965 Brig. 17.12.1965 Maj.Gen. 01.01.1967, seniority 31.05.1966 Lt.Gen. 01.11.1971, seniority 02.02.1971 Gen. 16.03.1976, seniority 01.09.1975 (retd 27.12.1978) GCB 01.01.1976 New Year 1976 KCB 01.01.1972 New Year 1972 CB 01.01.1971 New Year 1971 MBE 01.06.1953 HM's coronation	Education: Wallingford Grammar School; Royal Military College of Science (ptsc), 1946; Staff College, Camberley (psc), 1950 1939 joined Army 04.07.1940 commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers [emergency commission to 21.02.1947] 14.06.1941 transferred, The Royal Fusiliers 15.07.1941 transferred, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps 19.10.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Support Company, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 585) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar) 22.02.1947 commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment 12.02.1951 - 17.04.1953 Technical Staff Officer, 2nd grade (TSO2) Infantry (B), War Office 18.05.1955 - 31.03.1957 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Indian Parachute Brigade Group 31.05.1958 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 16.08.1958 - 24.02.1960 Assistant Military Secretary (MS Tech), War Office 1960 - 1962 Commanding Officer, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Middle East) 17.12.1962 - 20.01.1965 Commander, 11th Infantry Brigade Group (Germany) 1965 - 1966 Military Adviser (Overseas Equipment) 01.01.1967 - 05.08.1968 Director, Land/Air Warfare, Ministry of Defence 05.08.1968 - 15.05.1969 Director, Military Assistance Overseas, Ministry of Defence 10.07.1969 - 01.10.1971 Commandant, Royal Military College of Science 01.11.1971 - 31.03.1972 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Army Strategic Command 01.04.1972 - 15.01.1973 Deputy Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces 01.02.1973 - 01.08.1975 General Officer Commanding & Director of Operations, Northern Ireland 20.01.1976 - 30.09.1978 Commander, Northern Army Group, and Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine ADC General to the Queen, 1977-27.12.1978. Colonel Commandant, Army Air Corps, 1974-01.01.1980. Military Adviser, Short Bros Ltd, 1979-1985. Chairman: Assets Protection Internat. Ltd, 1981-1986; John Taylor Trust, 1978-1988; Director: Control Risks Ltd, 1979-1986; Plaza Fish, 1978-1991; Director 1978-1988: John Taylor Ltd; John Taylor (Worksop); Leicester Frozen Foods. Trustee, Airborne Forces Security Trust, 1981-; Member Council, Air League, 1982-1990; Dir, Airborne Forces Charitable Trust, 1988-; Pres., Arnhem Veterans Club, 1988-. Kermit Roosevelt Lecturer, 1977. Director, 1978-1992: Kilton Properties; Springthorpe Property Co.
Kipping, Albert Edward Son of Arthur Victor and Ada Jean Kipping, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.	18.06.1923 Toronto, Ontario - 18.09.1944 Ginkel Heath, Arnhem, The Netherlands (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 16.B.1]	Prov. 2nd Lt. 11.12.1943 [B.44706] Lt. 22.01.1944	? - 11.12.1943 Cadet, No. O1 Officer Training Centre (Provisional Reinforcements) 11.12.1943     commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps 17.12.1943 - 07.03.1944 transferred, A-10 Canadian Infantry Training Centre, Camp Borden, Ont. 07.03.1944 - 05.04.1944 transferred, No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC       Canloan scheme: CDN/169 24.04.1944 - 18.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 15 Platoon (D Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK, emplaned for Arnhem 17.09.1944[killed in action])

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