Kay Irgens

Second Lieutenant Kay Hendrik Irgens was an Anglo-Norwegian officer of the British Army who died during the Second World War.
He was born on 26 June 1925, in Kensington, the only son of Norwegian parents Eric Fredrik and Janicke Irgens (née Knudtzon).Familien Erik Fredrik Irgens/Janniche Elisabeth Knudtzon, boslekt.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015. His father worked for C E Heath (Insurance Broking) Ltd.Being Anglo-Nordic, hrionline.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
Irgens was commissioned on 24 March 1944, in the Coldstream Guards,The London Gazette (36519), p. 2277. 19 May 1944, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2015. and became a platoon commander in No. 2 Company, 1st Battalion. On 8 September 1944, Irgens and a number of men from the company were killed by anti-tank fire from Bourg Leopold. His battalion had been tasked with taking the Belgian village, but the anti-tank fire killed Irgens before he reached the start-line.Howard, Michael Eliot & Sparrow, ‎John Hanbury Angus (1951), The Coldstream Guards: 1920-1946, p. 289.
He is buried in Heverlee War Cemetery.
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*Irgens, Kay Hendrik, cwgc.org. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
Category:1925 births
Category:1944 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of Norwegian descent
Category:Buried in Belgium
Category:Second Lieutenants