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Knowles, Geoffrey Churton, son of Ralph Geoffrey Knowles of Croydon and Winifred, d. of Charles Henry Jackson of Streatham; b. 31 Mar. 1917; adm. May 1930 (R); left July 1934; Imp. Coll. Lond.; PO RAFVR Nov. 1937, FO Dec. 1939, Flt Lieut. Mar. 1941; Flt Lieut. (GD) RAF Mar. 1945, transf. Fighter Control 1949, Sqdn Ldr Jan. 1959; RAF Liaison Officer HMS Dryad 1961; retd RAF 1972; admin. officer at comprehensive school in Hants; m. 25 Jan. 1947 Joan Elizabeth, d. of Maj. David Simmons, Dorsetshire Regt, of Sway, Hants.; d. 5 Feb. 1995.

Knowlden, Martin John Eyles, son of Alfred John Knowlden CBE, Exchequer and Audit Dept, and Gladys Winifred, d. of Charles Bere of Kelvedon, Essex; b. 14 July 1929; adm. Sept. 1944 (R); left July 1947; Univ. of Lond., BSc 1955, MSc 1961; an actuary, with Clerical Medical and General Life Assurance Soc.; d. 1 June 1993.

Kitson, Roland Dudley, 3rd Baron Airedale, only son of James, 1st Baron Airedale, by his second wife, Mary Laura, daughter of Edward Fisher Smith, of Dudley, Worcs; b. July 19, 1882; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (R); left July 1901; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. West Yorks Regt. April 23, 1912; Lieut. July 1, 1914; Capt. June 20, 1915; Gen. Staff Officer, 3rd grade, Sept. 20, 1916; served in France and Italy; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 11, 1917, and May 30, 1918; M.C. June 4, 1917; D.S.O. June 3, 1918; a director of Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. Ltd., and of the Monk Bridge Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.; a Governor of the Bank of England 1923; Deputy Governor, London Assurance Corpn.; Lieutenant of the City of London; High Sheriff of the County of London 1928; succeeded his half-brother as 3rd Baron March 11, 1944; m. 1st July 1, 1913, Sheila Grace, daughter of Frank Edward Vandeleur, of South Kensington; 2nd Sept. 26, 1937, Dorothy Christabel, widow of Hugh Mortimer Rodland, and 4th daughter of the Rev. Canon Raymond Pelly; d. March 20, 1958.

King-Farlow, John, son of Hugh St Denys Nettleton King-Farlow MBE, of Biding Gap, Sussex, and his first wife Barbara Hazel McKinley, d. of Benjamin Guggenheim of New York, USA; b. 9 July 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1951; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1956, MA 1969; Duke Univ., USA, MA 1958; Stanford Univ., USA, PhD 1960; asst. Prof. of Philosophy Univ. of California (Santa Barbara), USA 1962-5; Leverhulme Foundn. Fellow Univ. of Liverpool 1966-8; Prof. of Philosophy, Univ. of Alberta, Canada 1972-98; visiting Prof. Univ. of Guelph, Canada 1971-2, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada 1972-3; sec. Canadian Philosophical Assn. 1974, Pres. 1977-8; editor Canadian Journal of Philosophy 1971-; FRS (Canada); author and joint author of several works on philosophy, sociology and religion; m. 1st, 27 Nov. 1959 Nancy Carole, d. of H. A. Holman of Chicago, IL, USA; 2nd, 19 Mar. 1971 Sylvia Ann, d. of N. Kostyk of Edmonton, Alberta; 3rd, Elizabeth Ann Slater, registered nurse, d. of Kenneth Ellison Slater; d. 31 July 2002.

King, Henry Vernon, son of Henry John King FCA, Treasurer Gravesend BC, and Dorothy Margaret, d. of John Hanks Cooper of Gravesend; b. 2 May 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (R), KS Sept. 1932; left July 1936; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), regazetted FO 1948; AFRAeS 1948; aircraft designer De Havilland Aircraft Co. 1946-59; project designer Plessey Co. 1959-80; tech. co­-ordinator Marconi Underwater Systems Ltd 1980-3; retd 1983; m. 12 Dec. 1942 Yvonne Peta, d. of Mrs E. D. Caine of Hoddesdon, Herts; d. 11 Aug. 2008.

Kindersley, Hallam Nassau, son of Maj. Guy Molesworth Kindersley OBE MP and Kathleen Agnes Rhoda, d. of Sir Edmond Harry Elton Bt; b. 14 Nov. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (R); d. 22 Nov. 1925.

Kerpen, Claude Valentine, son of James Louis Baron von Kerpen, of South Kensington, by Millicent, daughter of James Maude, of Cheltenham, Glos.; b. May 28, 1897; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left July 1914; enlisted in R. N. Div. Oct. 1914; joined the 4th Batt. Royal Fusiliers and in Feb. 1915 obtained a commission in the 3rd Batt. Northamptonshire Regt.; transferred R. F. C. June 11, 1916; Lieut. July 1, 1917; was wounded Aug. 7, 1917, at Herdin, in France; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 4, 1939; Flying Officer Sept. 12, 1939; Flight­ Lieut. Dec. 1, 1941; seconded for special duty Dec. 1943 to Feb. 1944; m. March 28, 1923, Frances Deborah, elder daughter of John Frances Albright, of Hook Heath, Woking.

Kerensky, Oleg, son of Oleg Alexander Kerensky CBE FRS DSc MICE, and his first wife Nathalie, d. of James Bely of Chelsea; b. 9 Jan. 1930; adm. Sept. 1943 (R); left July 1948; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1951, MA 1955; a journalist and critic; dep. editor The Listener 1963-8; ballet critic Daily Mail 1957-71, New Statesman 1968-78, International Herald Tribune 1971-9; New York correspondent The Stage 1980-; adj. Prof. New York Univ., USA 1985-; author of Ballet Scene 1970, Anna Pavlova 1973, The New British Drama 1979; d. 9 July 1993.

Kent, Maurice Basil, son of Maurice Churchill Kent and Maud, d. of Cooper Worth; b. 20 Aug. 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1924; reported d. in the Seychelles 1944.

Kendall, William Henry Fitzhugh, son of George Ernest Kendall OBE FRIBA, consult. architect Board of Education, of Esher, Surrey, and Doris Annie, d. of Henry Collingwood Dickens, art publisher, of Chipping Barnet, Herts; b. 11 Nov. 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (R); left July 1935; Artists Rifles (TA) 1937-40; York & Lancaster Regt 1940-5 (Capt.), served India and Burma; TD; property co. surveyor 1959-74; m. 1st 29 Dec. 1945 Joan Hughes Maddock; 2nd 14 Nov. 1957 Yvonne Sarah Turnpenny; d. July 2006.