3 CDO BDE Francis, Kenneth David

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Francis ​

• FORENAME

Kenneth David ​

• UNIT

R.M. 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

NO23442U ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st May 1982 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

buried at sea from SS Canberra ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 24.9.1952 RAF Hospital, Ely, Cambridgeshire​

eldest son of Don and Olive Francis, Faldingworth, Lincolnshire​

husband of Jan Francis, Lyndhurst, Hampshire (1 son born 28.10.1982) (married April 1980)​

educated Hullavington​

educated Malmesbury Grammar School, Wiltshire​

educated Tottenham Grammar School, North London​

graduated with Honours University of Kent, Canterbury 1974​

joined R.M. 1.4.1977​

41 Commando 1977-81​

3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron February 1982​

KIA Falklands (shot down by groundfire near Port san Carlos in Gazelle XX 402) ​