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SOF | OBITUARIES
Lt Col Arts visited Trish to pay his respects.
Much revered by all Framlinghamians, he
He later spoke of his great affection for
was loved by all with whom he came into
Ken: “We Dutch will always be grateful to
contact. A man with no ‘side’, he was
the British for their part in liberating our
interested in everyone and in everything.
country in the war. Ken was one of our
greatest war heroes, a true inspiration to
all those members of our Armed Forces
who have met this modest, kind, brave
man whose bearing touched everyone
from the highest in the land to the least.
None of us will forget his presence.”
Royal Anglian Lt Col Tony Slater, now
retired, spent time with Ken in his last
month: “Ken felt there were two formative
influences on his life. The first was
Ken at an OF Supper with OF grandson, Jack
Richards.
Framlingham College and in particular
the grounding that its sport and its
friendships gave him. The second was his
He is survived by his brother, Jimmy, an
military career in the Suffolks – whilst life
ex-WW2 commando, a stripling of 101, by
in the infantry was often horrendous, the
his wife Trish, 40 years joyously together
comradeship in the regiment made him
and married for 29 years less two days,
who he was. Always keen to foster and
by a son and twin daughters by his first
encourage the young, Ken never talked
wife Betty, now deceased, and Trish’s two
about his war experiences but we all knew
daughters.
what he had done. He was a hero. His
modesty and dignity meant that of all the
WING COMMANDER MIKE ALLPORT
veterans he was the exemplar of what we
MBE (R54-62)
all try to live up to.
Mike emigrated to Australia in 2013, and
Ken’s hope for the future was simply
died peacefully on Tuesday 5 October in
expressed: “I hope that I will be
Sydney, after a courageous battle with
remembered as a righteous, reliable
cancer aged 77. He was at Brandeston
and modest man, who has fully enjoyed
Hall and Framlingham College from
long-lasting friendships, interest in sports,
1954-1962 and was the House Captain of
industrial life and a most satisfactory
Rendlesham. He was a founding member
social life. To the younger generation I
of the RAF CCF Section commanded
would like to say: be courageous with
by John Maulden and, as a cadet, was
respect to the convictions you have and do
awarded a Gliding Scholarship aged 16
the things that you think are good for you.
and a Flying Scholarship a year later. He
Appreciate your family and friends.”
also succeeded in gaining an RAF Sixth
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