Kenneth Farnhill

Kenneth Haydn Farnhill
Born 13 April 1913
Died 6 December 1983
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1930-1969
Rank Rear Admiral
Awards CB, OBE

Rear Admiral Kenneth Haydn Farnhill CB OBE (1913–1983) was a senior Royal Navy officer.

Naval career

Born on 13 April 1913, Kenneth Farnhill was educated at Bedford School. He joined the Royal Navy in 1930 and served during the Second World War. Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1966, he was Director of the Management of Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence between 1966 and 1969. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1969 and was Secretary of the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee, responsible for issuing D-Notices, between 1973 and 1980.[1]

Rear Admiral Kenneth Farnhill was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1945,[2] and as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1968.[3] He died on 6 December 1983.

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who
  2. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36866/supplement/9/data.pdf
  3. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44484/supplement/2/data.pdf
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