and APE(X)C.

Early life and education

Hylda Valerie Britten was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, on 9 July 1922 the second of three children of Gladys May, née Kitchen (1894-1966) and Frederick John Britten (1897-1995), who worked as an Inland Revenue tax clerk. She began using the first name Kathleen in childhood. She grew up in the West Midlands area and attended the King Edward VI Grammar School for Girls

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