Major General Kenneth Galloway died on the 27 February 2013 at the age of 95 years.

Ken was born in Dundee on 3 November 1917. He was educated at Oban High School and after successfully completing Scottish Highers went on to St Andrews University where he qualified as a dentist obtaining his LDS in 1939, followed by his BDS, with a commendation, in July 1940.

At university he excelled at hockey and badminton, but particularly at tennis and played for the East of Scotland. He was awarded a tennis blue from St Andrews in 1936.

In 1940 he was conscripted into the Army Dental Corps and served in Egypt, Syria, Palestine and Iraq.

After the end of World War Two, Ken decided to make a career in the Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC) in which he served with great distinction with his last three appointments being Deputy Director Dental Service BAOR in the rank of Brigadier, Director Army Dental Service as a Major General and in retirement, Colonel Commandant RADC. He was appointed Queen's Honorary Dental Surgeon (QHDS) in 1971.

Ken and his wife, Sheila, met in 1949 when he was based at the Army Dental Centre Chilwell and Sheila was working in the same building as a Welfare Officer for the Ordnance Depot. Ken noticed Sheila immediately and, at a party, invited her to watch him play in a tennis tournament. He won. They were married six months later.

The great affection and respect with which General Galloway was held in the RADC was particularly well demonstrated at his memorial service held in a very full Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot on 15 March 2013. Ken is survived by his beloved wife, Sheila, and his daughters Cookie and Susie. They lost their first child, David, at the age of three.

Extracted from his eulogy:

Ken was a wise, patient and kind man – a very fair man – with a keen intelligence and a great sense of humour.

At the Camberley Mess, were the technology possible, one portrait of a past director would stand out in three dimensions – that of Major General Kenneth Gardiner Galloway CB, OBE, Order of St John, Scottish Gentleman.