Almond, Basil George, 1926-2001
- GB-2014-WSA-02093
- Person
- 1926-2001
Almond, Basil George, son of Sir James Almond, Kt, Judicial Commissioner, North-West Provinces, India, and May Victoria Howard, d. of Rev. Samuel Howard Baker, Vicar of Donnington, Berks; b. 21 July 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1940 for Bishop Cotton Sch., Simla; aboard SS City of Cairo when she was torpedo by German forces, 1942; re-adm. Jan. 1943; left July 1944; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA and MA 1951; RAF 1945-8; asst. master Aldenham Sch. 1951; partner musical instrument makers 1971; dialysis administrator Roy. Infirmary Dundee 1974; m. 1st, 12 Apr. 1950 Anne Delicia de la Chapelle, d. of Charles Ewing Prior, asst. master Harrow Sch., of St Jean-de-Luz, France, and Ross-on-Wye, Heref; 2nd, 7 Sept. 1979 Alison Sturrock Webster Pickard, pharmacist; d. 10 Oct. 2001.