
Vernon Kell
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 82 years ago |
Date of birth | November 21,1873 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Great Yarmouth |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | March 27,1942 |
Died | Buckinghamshire |
United Kingdom | |
Years of service | 1894-1939 |
Battles and wars | Boxer Rebellion |
First World War | |
Awards | Order of the British Empire |
Order of Leopold | |
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Founded | MI5 |
Education | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
Servic year | 1909–1940 |
Servicebranch | British Army |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 559952 |
Vernon Kell Life story
Major General Sir Vernon George Waldegrave Kell, KCMG, KBE, CB was a British Army general and the founder and first Director of the British Security Service, otherwise known as MI5. Known as K, he was described in Who's Who as "Commandant, War Department Constabulary".