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Kenneth Norman Paxton was born in Maidenhead on 15 November 1916, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Paxton DSO, MC, of the Royal Engineers, and Florence (née Dennys). He was educated at Cheltenham College and subsequently entered Worcester College, Oxford on 14 October 1934. He achieved 3rd class honours in Italian and German in 1938.
Kenneth Paxton worked in the Foreign Office in Berlin after leaving Oxford, until he enlisted in the Intelligence Corps following the outbreak of war. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 4 October 1942 and served with an Armoured Division in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
Captain Kenneth Paxton was killed in a traffic accident while on active service in Berlin on 13 August 1945. He was 28 years old.
Kenneth Paxton is buried in Berlin 1939-1945 Cemetery, and commemorated on the war memorial at Worcester College, Oxford.