Corporal Kenneth Horsfield GC of the Manchester Regiment was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in attempting to rescue a comrade trapped and injured by an ammunition explosion in the demolition area of Military Establishment 54 (ME 54, Mil. Est. 54) in Brindisi, which was effectively a factory for packing containers for parachute drops in support of SOE operations in Eastern Europe, on the 18th of August 1944. ME 54 was also known, particularly to the American OSS, as Paradise Camp. He was killed during this action by a second explosion.[1] There is no evidence to support the suggestion that he was a member of the SAS.
Born at 11 George St. Hyde in Cheshire, on 30 September 1920, he enlisted in 1939 and also fought in North Africa.[2] Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette on the 23rd of March 1945. He was finally buried in Bari War Cemetery.