After graduating from the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, King was commissioned into the
West Yorkshire Regiment on 30 January 1924.
Eric Bols and
Cecil Firbank were among his graduates, both also future major generals. King served in the Far East in the
Second World War, for which he was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order. After the war he became commander of the
17th Infantry Brigade in Germany in December 1946, deputy director of Military Operations at the
War Office in February 1953, and General Officer Commanding
44th (Home Counties) Division in January 1954. His last appointment was as Director of Quartering at the War Office in February 1957 before retiring in April 1959. ==References==