Kenneth Loch

Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth Morley Loch, KCIE, KBE, CB, MC, (1890–1961) was a Scottish soldier and defence planner.

Military career

Loch was educated at Wellington College. Joining the Royal Artillery in 1910, he saw action during the First World War at the retreat from Mons and the battles of Marne and Aisne, all in 1914. Leaving the front lines in 1916 he became an instructor in gunnery at the School of Instruction for the Royal Horse Artillery and the Royal Field Artillery until he returned to front line service in the Italian Campaign of 1918. During the war he was twice mentioned in despatches and received the Military Cross.

Between the wars Loch was involved in air defence preparations for Britain around the Empire. From 1926 to 1929 he was General Staff Officer 2 to the Territorial Army Air Defence Formations, and from 1932 to 1935 an instructor at the Staff College, Quetta; General Staff Officer 2 at the War Office, 1935–1937, and GSO 1, Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1937–1938.