...   He led a pioneering education program under some difficulties to help inmates return to normal life by finding them employment on release. Participants often declaring, “I have never worked in my life why should I work now”.

Ken had seen a notice placed in Navy News in February 1983 about the formation of The Nelson Society in October 1982, and he joined the founding committee, becoming lifetime friends with Tom Vincent, who had also served in the Royal Navy, and Keith Evans, who had worked with naval intelligence, MOD.   Together with Michael Nash they served on the committee under its founding chairman, the late Ron Fiske.  Four people who unexpectedly had come together agreed at a celebratory dinner on the 14 May 1990 to form The 1805 Club on the 1st August 1990, the anniversary of the Battle of the Nile.  It was decided the official date of its start would be 21st October 1990 with all four founding members agreeing to pay the subscription rate in advance for four years to help fund the cost of its launch and primary year.

Ken became editor in 2010 of the successful Club magazine, The Kedge Anchor, established and named by Randy Mafit, who was the previous North American editor.

Ken's family naval background and his continuing interest in the Nelson period, particularly the 20th century Royal Navy, has resulted in a naval library in excess of 1,000 books. He has written and continues to write various papers of naval interest.