Background
KING, Frank was born on March 9, 1919 in Brightwell, Berkshire. Son of Arthur King and Kate Eliza ■""heard.
KING, Frank was born on March 9, 1919 in Brightwell, Berkshire. Son of Arthur King and Kate Eliza ■""heard.
Wallingford ( ounty Grammar School.
Served with 21st Royal Fusiliers 1940-1942, Airborne Forces 1943-1945. Royal Military College, of Science 1946. Staff College 1950; Command, Second Battalion
Parachute Regiment 1960-1962, 11th Infantry Brigade Group, British Army of the Rhine (Bachelor of Arts.O.R.) 1962-1964.
Director Land-Air Warfare, Ministry of Defence 1967-1968. Commdt. Royal Military College, of Science 70.
G.O.C.-in-C. Strategic Command 1971-1972. G.O.C.-in-C. Director of Operations, North. Ireland 1973-1975.
Commander, Northern Army Group and C.- in-C.
Director Springthorpe, Kilton Property Companies 1979, Airborne Forces Charitable Development Trust since 1988. Senior Military Adviser, Short Brothers 1979-1984.
Deputy Chairman Control Risks Limited.
1979-1987; Chairman, John Taylor Trust 1978-1989. Chairman Asset Protection Institute Limited.
1981-1986.
Council Air League 1982-1989.
Married Joy Emily Ellen Taylor-Lane in 1947.