Gilbert Kenneth More CBE (1914 - 1982)

Born 20 Sep 1914 in Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Beryl (Johnstone) Hewlett — married 1940 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 12 Jul 1982 at age 67 in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Kenneth More CBE was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

Kenneth More CBE is Notable.

Birth

Gilbert Kenneth More was born June qtr 1915, Gerrards Cross, Registration District of Eton, Buckinghamshire, England

The only son of Charles Gilbert More a Royal Naval Air Service pilot, and Edith Winifred Watkins

Marriage One

Kenneth G More wed Mary Beryl Johnstone 1940, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England - one daughter, Susan Jane

Marriage Two

Kenneth G More wed Mabel E Barkby 1952, Ploughley, Oxfordshire, England - one daughter, Sarah

?? nee Porter

Marriage Three

Kenneth G More wed Angela J Douglas 17 March 1968, Kensington, London, England

Death

Kenneth More died 12 July 1982 (aged 67), Fulham, London, England

Cremation

Cremated, at Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium Wimbledon

Occupation

Stage & Screen Actor - selected stage list

Windmill Theatre – 1935

Do You Remember? – Barry O’Brien Touring Company, August–November 1937

Stage Hands Never Lie by Olive Remple – November 1937

Stage Distinguished Gathering by James Parish – Wimbledon Theatre, August 1937

And No Birds Sing by Rev Arthur Platt – Aldwych Theatre, November 1946[32]

Power Without Glory – February–April 1947

Peace In Our Time by Noël Coward – Lyric Theatre, July 1948

The Way Things Go – Phoenix Theatre, May 1950

The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan – Duchess Theatre, March 1952

Our Man Crichton – Shaftesbury Theatre, December 1964 – ran six months

The Secretary Bird – Savoy Theatre, October 1968

The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan – New Theatre, November 1970 – ran nine months

Getting On by Alan Bennett – Queen's Theatre, October 1971 – ran nine months

Signs of the Times by Jeremy Kingston – Vaudeville Theatre, June 1973

Kenneth More Requests the Pleasure of Your Company – Kenneth More Theatre, April 1977 – an evening of poetry, prose and music

On Approval – Vaudeville Theatre, June 1977

Films - See Wikipedia for a selected list

Author - More wrote two autobiographies, Happy Go Lucky (1959) and More or Less (1978). In the second book he related how he had since childhood, a recurrent dream of something akin to a huge wasp descending towards him. During the war he experienced a German Stuka dive-bomber descending in just such a manner. After that he claimed never to have had that dream again. His other book - Kindly Leave the Stage (1965)

Honours

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Civil Division 1970

The Kenneth More Theatre, named in his honour, is in Ilford, Essex.

World War

Kenneth More received a commission as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and saw active service aboard the cruiser HMS Aurora and the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious.

Note

The Wikidata & Wikipedia dates are incorrect

Davey-570 16:29, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Sources

• Birth - "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FTH-KHC : 1 October 2014), Gilbert K More, 1915; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
• https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

• Marriage One - "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8L-73BS : 8 October 2014), Kenneth G More and null, 1940; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1940, quarter 2, vol. 6B, p. 1707, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Marriage Two - "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVD6-CB8T : 8 October 2014), Kenneth G More and null, 1952; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1952, quarter 3, vol. 6B, p. 2346, Ploughley, Oxfordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Marriage Three - "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV66-JHQQ : 8 October 2014), Kenneth G More and null, 1968; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1968, quarter 1, vol. 5C, p. 2052, Kensington, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Death - "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZQ-MMG4 : 4 September 2014), Kenneth More, 1982; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Fulham, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Burial - "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-14Z3 : 26 July 2019), Kenneth More, 1982; Burial, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, Greater London, England, Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium; citing record ID 6871689, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Other reading
• 1970 New Year Honours, Wikipedia

• Kenneth More Wikipedia