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Albert, David Fenwick, brother of Aubrey John Fenwick (qv); b. 20 June 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (R); left Oct. 1931; Univ. Coll. Lond., BSc; FRGS; RNVR (Sub-Lieut. 1942); m. 20 June 1940 Muriel Rita, d. of G. Etheridge of St Leonard's-on-Sea; d. 19 Mar. 1985.

Alers-Hankey, Richard Lyons, son of Sydney George Alers-Hankey of Zara, Dalmatia, and Theodosia Abdy; b. 7 Oct. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left Apr. 1921; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. 1925, BA 1928, LLB 1929, MA 1932; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Jan. 1929; Treasury Solicitor's Office 1939; Prin. Asst Solicitor Min. of Transport and Civi Aviation 1953-63; dep. Treas. Solicitor 1964-9; CB Jan. 1957; m. 30 July 1937 Margaret Lavender Reyne, née Barr; d. 14 Nov. 1969.

ALINGTON, JULIUS, fifth son of John Alington (qv); b. 6 Dec 1836; adm. (R) 18 Oct 1851; went out to Natal with Edward Lingen Burton (qv) and became a noted hunter (Markham, Recollections of a Town Boy, 37); of Little Barford House, Beds.; High Sheriff Bedfordshire 1883; JP Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire; m. 5 Jan 1871 Catherine Mary, second dau. of Edmund Wright, Halston Hall, Shropshire; d. 16 Nov 1905.

Allen, George Pemberton, son of William Henry Allen, M.Inst.C.E., of Bramham, Beds, by Annie May, daughter of William Howell, of Glamorganshire; b. Sept. 17, 1872; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (R); left Dec. 1888; Univ. Coll. London; F.R.I.B.A. 1919; an architect and surveyor at Bedford; m. July 5, 1911, Carol Perry, youngest daughter of William Annesley Owen, barrister-at-law of the Inner Temple, Recorder of Walsall; d. July 1956.

Allen, Harold Gwynne, brother of George Pemberton Allen (q.v.); b. March 20, 1874; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (R); left July 1892; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 18, 1892); B.A. 1895; M.A. 1911; A.M.I.C.E.; M.I. Mech.E.; managing director of W. H. Allen, Sons, and Co., Ltd., Queen's Engineering Works, Bedford; High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1925; m. Oct. 20, 1903, Hilda Margaret Sophia, youngest daughter of George E. Langley, of Bedford; d. Jan. 26, 1960.

Allen, Harold Norman Gwynne, brother of Sir William Kenneth Gwynne Allen (qv); b. 30 Apr. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left Apr. 1930; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1937; MIMechE 1951, MICE 1962, FEng. 1979; FICE, FIMechE, FRINA, FIMarE, FIProdE; eng. training John Samuel White & Co, Cowes, John Brown Ltd, Clydebank, and Merchant Navy, 1933-7; progressive staff appts W. H. Allen Sons & Co, chairman 1970-7; Governor Coll. of Aeronautics, Cranfield 1955-69; Charter pro-Chancellor, Cranfield Inst. of Technology 1969- 75; CBE 1965; hon. DSc Bath 1967, Cranfield 1977; DL (Beds) 1978; member Magic Circle; m. 29 Jan. 1938 Marjorie Ellen, d. of William Henry Brown of Cowes, I. of W.; d. 6 Dec. 1995.

Allen, Sir William Kenneth Gwynne, son of Harold Gwynne Allen (qv); b. 23 May. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1925; Univ. of Neuchatel, Switzerland; engineering pupil Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow and Belfast; subsequently W. H. Allen Sons & Co., Bedford, dir. 1937-70, man. dir. 1946-70, chairman 1955-70; chairman Amalg. Power Engineering 1968-70; FIMarE, MRINA; pres. Engineering Employers' Fedn 1962-4; Freeman City of London, Liveryman Worshipful Company of Shipwrights; Beds CC 1945-55, High Sheriff 1958-9; Kt 1961; DL (Beds) 1978; m. 1 July 1931 Eleanor Mary, d. of Henry Eeles, shipbuilder, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; d. 4 Apr. 2000.

Allpress, Anthony Lawrence, son of Capt. William Aguillar Allpress, R.G.A., of London, by Ada Margaret, daughter of Major Harper Toulmin, of St. Albans, Herts; b. May 13, 1904; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (R); left Dec. 1919; a company director in Southern Rhodesia; J. P.; Capt. R.E. (S. R.) May 10, 1939; A. Q. M. G. (Movements) 21st Army Group; Lieut.-Col. S. H. A. E. F.; m. Feb. 7, 1940, Doris Sara, daughter of William Hugh Davies-Cooke, of Mold, Flint.

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

Anderson, William Seton (Chevallier), son of Charles Macdonell Anderson, M. D., M.R.C.S., of West Brampton, by Maud Chevallier, daughter of Henry Chevallier Cobbold, of Kensing­ ton; b. Jan. 31, 1898; adm. April 26, 1912 (R); left Dec. 1914; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Aug. 26, 1916; Lieut. Feb. 26, 1918; served in Flanders and Germany; retired Feb. 1920 and farmed at Southwater, Sussex; assumed the additional surname of Seton and abandoned the name Chevallier 1929; recalled to the Army as Lieut. R.E. 1940; Lieut.-Col.; Commandant of No. 143 O. C. T. U., Transportation Services, R.E.; demobilised July 1947 and entered the service of the L. M. S. Railway; Principal of the Railway Executive Staff Training Schools, Darlington, 1952; m. Sept. 17. 1923, Helen, daughter of J. A. Campbell, of Melbourne, Australia.