Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge

1941, and in 1942 he was made a Commander. Giles was demobilised in
1945 and returned to the BBC where he was the Administrative Officer for
European Services from 1948 until his retirement in 1961. Giles died on 18
October 1998.
EDWARD ALAN BORTON (1946) grandson of N A B B (1866), was born in
India in 1921. After Bedford School he served with the Gurkha Rifles from
1940 to 1946 in India, Italy and the Middle East, achieving the rank of
Captain. He read Modern Languages at King’s and later qualified as a solicitor.
After some years he became a financial management consultant. Edward died
in October 1995.
DENIS BOUSQUET (1954) was born on 9 March 1928 in Saint-Hyacinthe,
Quebec. He obtained his first degree and then a doctorate in Political History
from the University of Montreal, where he was also a director of the student
newspaper. After researching diplomatic history at Columbia University, New
York, Denis came to King’s to undertake post-doctoral research on Anglo-
Canadian relations.
After returning to Canada, Denis became a Lecturer, and later Assistant
Professor, in History at the University of Ottawa. Between 1966 and 1970 he
served as an elected representative for the Union National Party in the
National Assembly of Quebec. He then worked as a researcher at both the
National Assembly and the Public Record Office in Montreal. Denis never
married; he died on 1 July 1997.
PHILIP BRACEGIRDLE (1940) was born in Mexborough,Yorkshire, in July
1921. He attended Doncaster Grammar School and came up to King’s as an
Exhibitioner to read Maths. From 1942 he served with the Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers, achieving the rank of Captain. He married his wife
Celia in September 1945.
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