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Best known for supervising repression, torture and killings, Kitson might more accurately be remembered as the sting in the tail of the dying wasp that was the British Empir
General Sir Frank Kitson, the architect of the Army’s response to terrorism during the Troubles, has died aged 97.
Chris Bambery on the army’s go-to ‘counter-insurgency expert’ who died this week Frank Kitson died on 2 January aged 97.
General Sir Frank Kitson, who has died aged 97, won two Military Crosses during his service in Kenya and Malaya, and went on to serve in Cyprus, Oman and Ulster; he was regarded as one of the most capable and controversial soldiers of his generation, and his expertise in counter-insurgency operations was probably unrivalled.
General Sir Frank Kitson, who has died aged 97, won two Military Crosses during his service in Kenya and Malaya, and went on to serve in Cyprus, Oman and Ulster; he was regarded as one of the most capable and controversial soldiers of his generation, and his expertise in counter-insurgency operations was probably unrivalled.