Kenneth
Firstname
F
Middle Name
Marks
Surname
Date of Birth
School Years:
Date of Death:
1918 - 24
Family
Married Nancy Kemball in 1939
School Record
Senior Prefect (Head Boy). Higher School Certificate and winner of the Caroline Barnes Prize for English Literature and the Modern Languages Prize. He was also Captain of Rigaud House and Captain of Association Football and Hockey as well as President of Athletics and Victor Ludorum.He was a member of the O.T.C. for 4 years and became a cadet Officer He had a great influence for good in the School and was a keen disciplinarian
Branch of Service:
Army Indian
Service Number:
Rank:
Decorations:
Service Record
Lt. Colonel
Campaign Medals
Post War Career
Kenneth Marks enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment in 1924 and did so well that, after 2 years' service, he was awarded a "Y Cadetship" which enabled him to go to Sandhurst without payment of fees. He then went to India and was appointed to the 13th Frontier Force Rifles and for most of his pre-war service he served with the fourth battalion on the North West Frontier. He then went to Staff College in Quetta and, upon returning to England on leave, he was selected for the Senior Staff Course at Minley Manor Camberley. At the outbreak of war, he was ordered back to India where he was initially a Staff Officer at Army H. Q. in New Delhi and, from there, he moved to to Southern India and was appointed G. S. O. 2 at Madras District H.Q. He was appointed Major and became Brigade Major of the 1st Indian Infantry Brigade in 23 Indian Division which in 1942 and 1943 was defending the North East Frontier in the Impal area against the Japanese. He was promoted to Lt. Colonel and appointed to command the 14/13 Frontier Rifles in the 20 Indian Division which in 1944 and 1945 was prominent in driving the Japanese out of Central Burma and the valley of the Irrawaddy River. After the end of the war, he was denied the post of Brigadier and retired before his normal time as a result of the dismissal of all British Officers on partition in 1947.
It should be noted that he passed the exam for RMC Sandhurst on leaving school but he did not take up his place as parents paid for military education but it was considered by him too much of a financial burden on his widowed mother. He enlisted in the Suffolks as a private.
After retirement, he settled in South Africa near Durban as an Administrative Officer in the Durban Light Infantry (territorial) and later went into business.
He returned to England in 1960 probably due to his wish to send his son, Stephen, to the School
Burial Information
Additional Information
Obituary OIM No 21 of 1973 at pages 85/6.
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