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Major. Kenneth Wilis McHarg
British Army 6th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment
from:Shipley, West Yorkshire
(d.16th June 1944)
Ken McHarg was the only son of Mr and Mrs William Stewart McHarg (mother Hannah Stangoe Willis) of Nab Wood Drive, Shipley. Born 1914 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He was keen on sports and was the winner of the Territorial Cup in the Open Golf Championship held in York in 1939. He went to Shrewsbury School and won 14 sports' trophies.
In 1941 he married Patricia Thornton, daughter of Mrs and Col. W. H. Thornton M.C, T.D., Officer commanding 4th Battalion, Home Guard.
He spent 2 years in Iceland as adjutant for his regiment. He was presented with a huskie dog by a Norwegian unit whilst there.