Kenneth Stanley Grange was born in Stoke On Trent in the first quarter of 1925 to parents Albert Edward Grange born 26th January 1903 Chesterton, Staffordshire,and Alice Gertrude nee Lancaster born 28th September 1900 Bucknall Staffordshire . Albert and Alice were married at Stoke On Trent in the 3rd quarter of 1924. Kenneth was their only child. 

The 1921 census sees Alice Gertrude Lancaster living at 185 Werrington Rd, Bucknall, Stoke-On-Trent with her father Abraham Lancaster a Pitch Labourer at the Gas & Heavy Acids Hardman Chemical Works, mother Mary Jane Lancaster and siblings Elsie May, Gilbert, his wife Ann and their daughter Ivy. 

In 1921 Albert Edward Grange was working as a Chemical Worker, Coke Wheeler Bye Product, living at 30 Andley Rd, Chesterton, Staffs with parents John William Grange, Lily E Grange and siblings Harry E, John W, Ernest, Florence, Arnold, Arthur and Brenda. 

In the 1939 Register of England and Wales we see Albert and Alice living at 183 Werrington Road, next door to Alice's widowed father  Abraham and sister Elise May Lancaster and widowed brother Gilbert and his daughter Ivy. Albert Grange was a Public Works Foreman, there is a redacted file on the entry for this address which most likely was Kenneth. 

We do not know a specific date when Kenneth joined the Army,  but from various sources, mainly newspaper reports, we know it to be around May 1943 and that he served with the 285th Field Company of the Royal Engineers and was recorded as a casualty wounded on the 18th October 1944, further information tells us that he died, aged 19, on the 11th December 1944 at Kelpen in Holland. His cause of death is cited as a motorcycle accident.

Kenneth is buried in the GROESBEEK CANADIAN War Cemetery plot number X11.D.6.

Newspapers reports of The Staffordshire Sentinel tell us that he lived at 183 Werrington Road, Bucknall and prior to enlistment had been in the employ of Royal Doulton, Burslem and Calendars Cable and Construction Company Ltd.

The Sentinel newspaper reported in 1956 the Nijmegen Pilgrims.

A BUCKNALL couple, Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Grange, of 360, Werrington road. will be among relatives taking part in a pilgrimage to Holland for the unveiling of the Groesbeck Memorial, near Nijmegen, on June 2nd. The Memorial commemorating 1,103 officers and men of the armies in the Commonwealth who died during the advance from the Seine into Germany and have no known grave-will be unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, President of the Imperial War Graves Commission. The pilgrimage is being arranged by the British Legion, and it is anticipated that the party will number 500. The pilgrims will leave London on the evening of May 31st and will arrive back in London on June 5th. Altogether they will spend four days in Holland. Valuable help being received from the Dutch authorities in the matter of accommodation at Nijmegen enables the cost to each pilgrim to be kept down to £12. 

The obituary for Kenneth's father reads 

GRANGE (Albert, Edward). -Treasured memories of a dear husband, who died Nov. 17th, 1964. Also dear Son in Holland 1944, reunited. While the light lasts I will remember, and in the darkness I will not forget. Sadly missed.-Wife Alice. 

On October 18th 1978, Alice Gertrude Grange died , aged 78 years. 

Kenneth Stanley Grange is remembered on the Royal Doulton Burslem Memorial and for his service he was entitled to the 1939-45 Star, France Germany Star and War Medal. 

He is also remembered on the Monument of Tolerance website this Monument was unveiled on 8 March 2001 as a reminder of the war years 1940-1945 and of the more than 800 soldiers of 11 nationalities who lost their lives in the Leudal area, Netherlands. 

Sources 

• The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; 1921 Census Returns; Reference: RG 15/12579, ED 14, Sch 199; Book: 12579
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; 1921 Census Returns; Reference: RG 15/12753, ED 3, Sch 64; Book: 12753 
• England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
• Birth: General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 6b, Page 420
• The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/5293C
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Roll of Honour, Second World War.; Publication Title: Army Roll of Honour 1939-45. Soldiers Died in World War Two. (WO304); Publication Format: CD Rom; Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• The National Archives; London, England, UK; WO 417: Army Casualty Lists, 1939-45 War; Reference: WO 417/86
• https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19441102/008/0001 
• https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19441227/008/0001 
• https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19560224/006/0006 
• https://monumentoftolerance.com/en/mot/soldiers/detail/1610/kenneth-stanley-grange 
• https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2663426/kenneth-stanley-grange/
• https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/12206919/person/13323945919/facts