Editing Henry Howarth Bashford (section)

==Early life==

Bashford was born in Kensington, London on 13 January 1880 the son of Frederick Bashford and Henrietta Eleanor, daughter of the Rev. Henry Howarth, Rector of [[St George's, Hanover Square]] and [[In ordinary|Chaplain in Ordinary]] to [[Queen Victoria]].  On his paternal side, his grandfather  Lt. J. Bashford (later Captain), [[Royal Navy]], was mentioned in the official list of the wounded at the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in which he took part on board {{HMS|Royal Sovereign|1786|6}}.<ref name="munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk"/>

Bashford was educated at [[Bedford Modern School]], the [[University of London]] and the [[Royal London Hospital|London Hospital]].<ref name="Who Was Who">''Who Was Who'', Published by A&C Black Limited, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920-2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014</ref>