| Biography | Ken Rattenbury (10 September 1920April 9, 2001) was an English jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer and author born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire to Sidney, a postman, and Maude (nee Miller), a homemaker. He would go on to serve in the British Army from 1940-1946 as a private first class. He received a World War II Victory Medal, Defence Medal, and the British Expeditionary Forces medal. |