What is Kenneth Mayhew?
{{Infobox military person |name= Kenneth George Mayhew |image = Kenneth Mayhew 03.jpg |caption= Mayhew in 2011 |nickname= |birth_date= {{Birth date|df=yes|1917|1|18}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|5|14|1917|1|18}} |birth_place= [[Helmingham]], Suffolk |death_place= |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= [[British Army]] |serviceyears= 1939–45 |rank= Major |commands= |unit= [[Suffolk Regiment]] |battles= [[Second World War]] *[[North West Europe Campaign]] **[[Normandy landings|D-Day]] ([[Sword Beach]]) **[[Operation Charnwood]] **[[Operation Market Garden]] **[[Battle of Overloon]] |awards= [[Military William Order|Knight 4th Class of the Military William Order]] (Netherlands) |relations= |laterwork= }} Major '''Kenneth George Mayhew''' (18 January 1917 &ndash; 14 May 2021) was a [[British Army]] veteran of [[World War II]]. Mayhew was one of the only four living knights of the very exclusive [[Military William Order]], the highest [[Dutch honours system|honour]] of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]].<ref name=defensie>{{cite web |url=http://www.boekje-pienter.nl/images/nieuws-03112011.pdf |title=En toen waren er weer acht... |publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Defensiekrant]] |language=nl |date=3 November 2011 |access-date=23 August 2018 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105328/http://www.boekje-pienter.nl/images/nieuws-03112011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1939 Mayhew was an officer of the 1st Battalion of the [[Suffolk Regiment]]. He commanded a company which [[Normandy landings|landed in Normandy]] in 1944 and fought in the [[North West Europe Campaign]]. Mayhew was injured while fighting in the [[Netherlands]]. In 1946, Mayhew was [[Knighthood|knighted]] by Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]], receiving the Knight fourth class of the Military William Order. The chapter of the order lost contact with him in the 1980s until he was seen wearing his medal at a memorial service in 2011.<ref name=oldframlinghamian>{{cite