Alport, Claude Mashiter, 1888-1945
- GB-2014-WSA-02097
- Person
- 1888-1945
Alport, Claude Mashiter, younger son of Laurence Alport, of Kensington, by Mary Ann Frances, daughter of Thomas Augustus Sackville Manning; b. Oct. 29, 1888; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (R); left Easter 1906; went out to China; Cipher Officer H. B. M. Legations, Pekin and Hankow 1934; Temp. Sec. H. B. M. Embassy, Ankara, 1940; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1941; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. Black Watch Feb. 18, 1916, Lieut. Sept. 18, 1917, Capt. May 24, 1918, attached R.A.F.; m. June 26, 1918, Violet, only daughter of Leslie Charles Wintle, of Eastbourne, Sussex; d. Dec. 18, 1945