Kenneth Stonehouse

March 10, 1908 (age 35)

Cape Town, South Africa

He was killed in the downing of BOAC Flight 777. He began his career working for the Cape Times and then joined the staff of the South African Morning Newspapers in London. He then applied to work for Reuters, who assigned him to New New York In 1939 Stonehouse married Evelyn Peggy Margetts. Stonehouse was sent to Washington, District of Columbia as Reuters senior correspondent, covering top stories, including British Prime Minister Winston Churchill"s visit to the United States and Canada during the Second World War. In the summer of 1943 Stonehouse had just completed an eighteen-month assignment in Washington, District of Columbia when he volunteered to become a war correspondent with the United States armed forces fighting in Europe. They arrived in Lisbon on 28 May and booked a flight to London.

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Stonehouse was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1908.

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He was killed in the downing of BOAC Flight 777. He began his career working for the Cape Times and then joined the staff of the South African Morning Newspapers in London. He then applied to work for Reuters, who assigned him to New New York

In 1939 Stonehouse married Evelyn Peggy Margetts.

Stonehouse was sent to Washington, District of Columbia as Reuters senior correspondent, covering top stories, including British Prime Minister Winston Churchill"s visit to the United States and Canada during the Second World War. In the summer of 1943 Stonehouse had just completed an eighteen-month assignment in Washington, District of Columbia when he volunteered to become a war correspondent with the United States armed forces fighting in Europe.

They arrived in Lisbon on 28 May and booked a flight to London.

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