Rev. David T. Youngson has submitted the following:
949 Williamson Lodge
Year of Warrant 1863
Masonic Hall, Monkwearmouth
Lieutenant Charles Percy ALMOND
Royal Engineers Base Depot
He was the son of Charles and Mary Almond of Sunderland. A Mining Engineer residing at Southwick, Sunderland, he was Initiated into Williamson Lodge No 949, Durham, on the 17th January 1910; Passed 21st March 1910 and Raised on the 29th April 1910. He was Joining Member of Lodge of Light No 2721, London on the 21st November 1913 when his occupation was given as a Mining Engineer. This Lodge records that he died in April 1915 but there is no evidence to support this. He died on the 5th April, 1917, aged 31. The husband of Frances E. Almond of Gainsborough Lodge, Frinton on Sea, he is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France Grave Reference: Officers, B.5.29.
Editor’s Note
There was a large Military Hospital at St. Sever, Rouen. Clearly his unit and his death indicate that he died of an ailment/accident rather than being on active service.
Acknowledgments also to Reg. Hornsby
Charles Percy Almond is remembered at Monkwearmouth on page 164, in Newcastle on NUT009 and on the Masonic Roll of Honour where he is described as being a "Master Mariner."
